GTU General Secretariat is responsible for fulfilling its duties under the Rectorate including ensuring that the offices within the university’s administrative organization work effectively, properly and in coordination with one another, the services determined within the framework of the article 27 of the Delegated Legislation numbered 124 on Higher Education Supreme Institutions and the Administrative Organization of Higher Education Institutions are provided in an exact and healthy manner, and the senior management is supported in terms of the institution’s administrative organization.
Historical Development:
Established on July 11, 1992 by Law No. 3837 and started its activities in Istanbul, Gebze Institute of Technology (GIT) moved to its new building in Gebze on December 03, 1993. In accordance with Article 51 of the Law No. 2547 and Articles 26 and 27 of the Decree Law No. 124 on the Administrative Organization of Higher Education Supreme Institutions and Higher Education Institutions, the first Secretary General for GIT was appointed on December 16, 1993 and the General Secretariat of the Institute wrote the first Senate decisions on July 01, 1994 and the first Executive Board decisions on July 13, 1994. Under the General Secretariat, the Office of Correspondence was established by the Institute Board of Directors' Decision dated dated May 10, 2005 and numbered 2005/13-6, and the Disaster and Emergency Management Division was also established by the Institute Board of Directors' Decision dated December 09, 2009 and numbered 2009/47-03. The Secretariat continues to carry out its duties of organizing official meetings, visits, and ceremonies and ensuring the execution of Press and Public Relations services since 1997 through The Office of Press and Public Relations under its structure.
