Nevşehir, The Capital Of Cappadocia
Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University was founded on 17 May 2007 in the Cappadocia region of Turkey which has been the home of many civilisations and is where nature and history come together.
Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University is a university which protects and enrichens its cultural heritage, aims to turn information into technology and added-value by using it for the benefit of society and is a university which believes in development as well as having strong self-confidence and awareness.
Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University, is quickly becoming one of Turkey's most important universities with its large academic staff based in scientific endeavours, more than 20 thousand students in 2018 as well as its physical and social resources.
Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University has 8 faculties, 8 occupational colleges, 3 colleges, 3 institutes and 8 applied research centres over 7 different campuses, one of which is the main campus. Our university's unique campus architecture and 208,800 metre-squared covered area is quickly being completed.
Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University, which has the aim of being an internationally recognised university, has in line with this goal gained the Europass Diploma Supplement, known in the international sphere as a "Certificate of Excellence", as well as ECTS accreditation with the work it has already done.
The number of Erasmus agreements we have with universities has increased to 69, a number which has been doubling every year. Moreover, we have agreements with universities on 3 continents with the Mevlana Exchange Programme. We have taken our place on the international level thanks to the scientific projects and programmes as well as faculty staff and student exchanges.
Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University has very convenient access to transportation and accommodation. There are 3 female dormitories with a total capacity of 2975 people and 2 male dormitories with a capacity of 988 people which belong to the Credit and Dormitories Organisation (KYK) in the centre of Nevsehir province. In the districts, there are 4 female dormitories with a capacity of 1193 and 3 male dormitories with a capacity of 603. Moreover, there are many private dormitories and flats around our campuses.
Coach services to Nevsehir are available from across Turkey. There are also regular Turkish Airline flights from Istanbul. Students can also easily reach Nevsehir by car. Transportation between the centre and the districts are provided by council and private busses which use double-sealed roads.
CULTURAL DETAILS OF NEVŞEHİR
Nevşehir, The Capital Of Cappadocia
Cappadocia (
/kæpəˈdoʊʃə/; also Capadocia; Turkish Kapadokya, from Greek: Καππαδοκία / Kappadokía, Persian: کاپادوکیه Kāpādōkiyeh) is a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in Nevşehir Province.
In the time of Herodotus, the Cappadocians were reported as occupying the whole region from Mount Taurus to the vicinity of the Euxine (Black Sea). Cappadocia, in this sense, was bounded in the south by the chain of the Taurus Mountains that separate it from Cilicia, to the east by the upper Euphrates and the Armenian Highland, to the north by Pontus, and to the west by Lycaonia and eastern Galatia.[1]
The name was traditionally used in Christian sources throughout history and is still widely used as an international tourism concept to define a region of exceptional natural wonders, in particular characterized by fairy chimneys and a unique historical and cultural heritage. The term, as used in tourism, roughly corresponds to present-day Nevşehir Province. In pre-Hellenistic times, Persians, Hittites Assyrians and Greeks all lived in Cappodocia. All of these groups were Hellenised in the era of the Greek city-states. During the Middle Ages, after the settlement of Armenians in the Cappadocian theme during the Byzantine era, numerous Turkish tribes invaded the region, which was subsequently settled by them. Since 1915-1922 Turkish people constitute the vast majority of the population of this region.
Geography and climate
Cappadocia lies in eastern Anatolia, in the center of what is now Turkey. The relief consists of a high plateau over 1000 m in altitude that is pierced by volcanic peaks, withMount Erciyes (ancient Argaeus) near Kayseri (ancient Caesarea) being the tallest at 3916 m. The boundaries of historical Cappadocia are vague, particularly towards the west. To the south, the Taurus Mountains form the boundary with Cilicia and separate Cappadocia from the Mediterranean Sea. To the west, Cappadocia is bounded by the historical regions of Lycaonia to the southwest, and Galatia to the northwest. The Black Sea coastal ranges separate Cappadocia from Pontus and the Black Sea, while to the east Cappadocia is bounded by the upper Euphrates, before that river bends to the southeast to flow into Mesopotamia, and the Armenian Highland.[1] This results in an area approximately 400 km (250 mi) east–west and 250 km (160 mi) north–south. Due to its inland location and high altitude, Cappadocia has a markedly continental climate, with hot dry summers and cold snowy winters.[4] Rainfall is sparse and the region is largely semi-arid.
History
Cappadocia was known as Hatti in the late Bronze Age, and was the homeland of theHittite power centred at Hattusa. After the fall of the Hittite Empire, with the decline of the Syro-Cappadocians (Mushki) after their defeat by the Lydian king Croesus in the 6th century, Cappadocia was ruled by a sort of feudal aristocracy, dwelling in strong castles and keeping the peasants in a servile condition, which later made them apt for foreign slavery. It was included in the third Persian satrapy in the division established by Darius, but continued to be governed by rulers of its own, none apparently supreme over the whole country and all more or less tributaries of the Great King.
After bringing the Persian Empire to an end, Alexander the Great tried to rule the area through one of his military commanders. But Ariarathes, a Persian aristocrat, somehow became king of the Cappadocians. Ariarathes I(332—322 BC) was a successful ruler, and he extended the borders of the Cappadocian Kingdom as far as to the Black Sea. The kingdom of Cappadocia lived in peace until the death of Alexander. The previous empire was then divided into many parts, and Cappadocia fell to Eumenes. His claims were made good in 322 BC by the regent Perdiccas, who crucified Ariarathes; but in the dissensions which brought about Eumenes's death, the son of Ariarathes recovered his inheritance and left it to a line of successors, who mostly bore the name of the founder of the dynasty.
Under Ariarathes IV, Cappadocia came into relations with Rome, first as a foe espousing the cause of Antiochus the Great, then as an ally against Perseus of Macedon. The kings henceforward threw in their lot with the Republic as against the Seleucids, to whom they had been from time to time tributary. Ariarathes V marched with the Roman proconsul Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus against Aristonicus, a claimant to the throne ofPergamon, and their forces were annihilated (130 BC). The imbroglio which followed his death ultimately led to interference by the rising power of Pontus and the intrigues and wars which ended in the failure of the dynasty.[5]