Office of the Secretary General

The Office of the Secretary General, consisting of the Secretary General, the Deputy Secretaries General and the units affiliated with it, ensures the coordination necessary for the administrative units of the university to work in harmony with one another and reports to the Rector. It is also responsible for conducting correspondence with the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) and other official institutions in accordance with the relevant legislation.

Duties, Powers and Responsibilities

• To ensure that the units within the university's administrative organization operate efficiently, systematically and in harmony, in accordance with the relevant laws, statutes, regulations, directives, and procedures and principles. 
• To prepare the agendas of the University Senate and the University Board of Directors and ensure their timely distribution to the relevant parties.
• To ensure that the decisions of the University Senate and the University Board of Directors are recorded, protected, archived and communicated to the university's units and relevant individuals, and to conduct the internal and external correspondence of the Rectorate.
• To ensure that sound and positive relations are established between the university's administrative units and private and public institutions.
• To ensure coordination and cooperation among the Faculty/School/Institute Secretaries and to create an efficient and orderly working environment.
• To ensure that all support services of the university are provided.
• To identify the in-service training needs of the administrative staff working at the university and to provide training programs in line with these needs.
• To ensure the provision and organization of support services for the Rectorate's protocol, visit and ceremony affairs.
• To chair and/or contribute to the boards and commissions of which it is a member, and to ensure the development of systems and regulations.
• To carry out work related to ensuring all aspects of employees' social security.
• To ensure efficiency in the use of resources.
• To ensure the supervision and oversight of all activities of the Office of the Secretary General and its affiliated units.
• To make recommendations to the Rector regarding personnel to be assigned within the university's administrative organization.
• To handle the internal and external correspondence of the university.