Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University Vocational School was established in accordance with the decision given in the meeting on 5 May 2005. Since the establishment of the Faculty of Dentistry on 13 February 2008 and the Faculty of Fine Arts on 26 August 2008, there have been 13 Faculties, 3 Schools, 7 Vocational Schools and a State Conservatory in Zonguldak Karaelmas University. The university was named after Turkish Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit in 2012. The university is a member of the Caucasus University Association. Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University Bülent Ecevit University (, formerly Zonguldak Karaelmas University) is a state university located in Zonguldak, Turkey. The
Bülent Ecevit solu"), which proved controversial. In the 1973 general election, the CHP won a plurality of the votes and seats in parliament. Despite the party's secular credentials, Ecevit formed a coalition with the Islamist National Salvation Party (MSP) headed by Necmettin Erbakan. Despite lasting only ten months, Ecevit's first government was responsible for the successful Turkish invasion of Cyprus, for which he is nicknamed the 'conqueror of Cyprus' (Turkish: "Kıbrıs Fatihi"). Despite winning an increased share of the votes and seats in the 1977 general election, Ecevit was unable to form a coalition and instead formed a minority government which lasted