Sabahettin Zaim University

Istanbul sabahattin zaim University was established under the provisions of the Higher Education Law by the “ilim yayma vakfi” which means Science Diffusion Association.
This association İlim Yayma was established in 1973 as an institution of public benefit according to the announcement of the Council of Ministers.
The reason of establishing the association is to encourage the scope of education locally and abroad, also to provide materialistic benefits for talented students at all levels of education. In addition, it provides management of schools, accommodation, libraries, and universities. It prepares financial aid for the institutions and organizations that have similar aims.
In the process of the Ottoman modernization, many educational institutions under the ownership of the Al Sultan Beyazid II Association were hosted. The hosting of many educational institutions to give the Association of “science diffusion” to establish the Istanbul Sabahuddin University as a Foundation University affiliated to the Turkish Higher Education Law No. 2547, to immortalize the place where Muhammad Akif Arsoy was a student and teacher till this day. Moreover, opening of the Muhammed Akef Arsoy hall that is decorated with great edifice, which has the image of the poet Muhammed Akif alongside the Turkish independence anthem. To add, assigning the Agricultural Museum (Muhammad Akif Arsoy Museum) to be a legacy transmitted via generations and followed by the youths.