Abdullah Gül University first steps towards founding Abdullah Gul University were taken in 2007, by the Kayseri City Council and other city notables. The aim was to raise the profile of education in Kayseri in line with the city’s own vision of its development. The University was named after the prominent Kayseri citizen and 11th president of the Turkish Republic, Abdullah Gül and was formally inaugurated on July 21, 2010. The university’s first campus was established on the former site of Turkey’s first industrial complex. In the future, the university will also open a second campus, known as Mimar Sinan. AGU’s current campus
Gul Muhammad Khatri were published in different newspapers and periodicals. Due to his lifelong interest in the art of the Indus Valley, he was known as "Mussawar-e-Latif" and Founder of the Indus Art. He learned art from his teacher Charanjit Singh Wordi under whose mentorship he studied for about 12 years. In 1967, Khatri founded Mehran Cultural Association to develop Indus art and literature and was elected its President. In 2010, along with other notable Sindh artists, Gul Munhammed Khatri was posthumously honoured with a special shield in acknowledgement of services to Sindh Art at a seminar organised by the Institute of Art