sculpture" was built in front of the faculty by the Festival Organization Committee 2000. Notable alumni Hashim al-Atassi (1875 - 1960), statesman and President of Syria from 1936 to 1939, 1949 to 1951, and 1954 to 1955. Abdülkadir Aksu (born 1944), politician Mehmet Ağar (born 1951), police chief, politician, government minister and leader of the Democratic Party (DP) Rıdvan Akar (born 1961), journalist and author Ekrem Alican (1916-2000), politician, government minister and leader of the New Turkey Party (YTP) Ertuğrul Apakan (born 1947), diplomat Sadun Aren (1922–2008), Academic and politician İnal Batu (1936-2013), diplomat and politician Hikmet Bilâ (1954-2011), journalist and columnist Necdet Calp (1922-1998), civil servant and politician Nurettin Canikli (born 1960) Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Cengiz Çandar (born 1948), journalist and former war correspondent Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (born 1968), politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey since 24 November 2015 Hikmet Çetin (born 1937), politician, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Sulejman Delvina (1884-1932), Albanian politician Nexhip Draga (1867-1920), Albanian politician Shukri al-Quwatli (1891-1967) the first President of post-independence Syria from 1943 to 1949, from 1955 to 22 February 1958 Abdullah Öcalan (born 1946), Kurdistan Workers' Party leader and political thinker Halil Ergün (born 1946), actor Rauf Fico (born 1881), Albanian politician and diplomat Mesut Yılmaz (born 1947), politician and former Prime Minister Vecdi Gönül (born 1939), politician and former Minister of National Defence of Turkey Şükrü Sina Gürel (born 1950), diplomat, politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Aydın Güven Gürkan (1941-2006), academic, politician, former Minister of Labor and Social Security, and leader of the People's Party (HP) and Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) Hasan Celal Güzel (born 1946), politician and journalist Necip Hablemitoğlu (1954-2002), historian and intellectual Vahit Melih Halefoğlu (born 1919), diplomat, politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Mustafa Kamalak (born 1948), politician and leader of the Felicity Party (SP) Cezmi Kartay (1920-2000), civil servant, politician and leader of the Social Democracy Party (SODEP) Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (1939-1999), academic, political scientist, columnist, intellectual Atilla Koç (born 1946), politician and former Minister of Culture and Tourism İsmet Kotak (1939–2011), Turkish Cypriot politician, public administrator, journalist and columnist Hayri Kozakçıoğlu (1938-2013), high-ranking civil servant and politician Yalçın Küçük (born 1938), writer, philosopher, economist and historian Ferit Melen (1906-1988), civil servant, politician and former Prime Minister Altan Öymen (born 1932), journalist, author, politician and former leader of the