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
2007 Turkish presidential election as the favorite, a controversy started after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan's last speech. Erdoğan said "The people who say that (Gül is not my president), must renounce their citizenship" on television in reply to an article of Bekir Coşkun, a columnist known for his opposition to the ruling AKP. Many people find this anti-democratic. After completion of the second round, Abdullah Gül was elected. The results are: Summary of the August 2007 Turkish presidential election candidates ! style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9; vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"|Candidates ! style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9; vertical-align:top;"|Party ! style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;"|1st round(20 August) ! style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;"|2nd round(24 August) ! style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:right;"|3rd round(28 August)