Çankaya University (Turkish: Çankaya Üniversitesi) was established on August 27, 1997, by the Sıtkı Alp Education Foundation in Ankara, Turkey. The university began its teaching in the Fall 1997 semester. Sıtkı Alp is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Çankaya University is a university owned by a private foundation in Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey. The university was established by Sıtkı Alp, as a transition of his secondary education level school, the Arı Koleji, into a higher education institute, and opened by the former president of Turkey, Süleyman Demirel, in 1997. Being established in the old campus of the Arı College, Çankaya University's new campus is under construction. The new campus is expected to open in 2010, which will be the third largest in Ankara after the campuses of the METU and Bilkent University. Faculty of Arts and Sciences Faculty of Engineering and Architecture - Dean: Prof. Dr. Levent Kandiller Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Faculty of Law - Dean: Prof. Dr.