Tosun Terzioglu
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Tosun Terzioğlu is a Turkish
Turkey
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mathematician
Mathematician
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and academic administrator.
Terzioğlu was born in İstanbul
Istanbul
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, Turkey
Turkey
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. He graduated from Robert College
Robert College
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in 1961. He studied mathematics at Newcastle University, UK and received his BS
Bachelor of Science
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in 1965. He earned his PhD
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from Frankfurt University in Germany
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in 1968. Between 1968-1994, he taught at Middle East Technical University
Middle East Technical University
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(METU) in Ankara. He worked as a visiting professor at Michigan University between 1975-1976 and University of Wuppertal
University of Wuppertal
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in Germany between 1982-1983. He had been the president of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) between 1992-1997. He has been the president of Sabanci University
Sabanci University
Sabancı University is a private research institution located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 1996. SU is a small and highly focused university with 2861 undergraduates and 624 graduates, maintaining a strong emphasis on social and natural sciences...
, Istanbul since then.