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Top 25 Research universities based in Türkiye

Name: Research universities based in Türkiye
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 172 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 172 research universities headquartered in Türkiye as of September 2026 and tracks 85,508 professional contacts across them, including 23,623 with verified work emails. Istanbul is the largest hub.

This list covers research universities headquartered in Türkiye, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest research universities based in Türkiye

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 172 research universities based in Türkiye, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to research universities: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Istanbul University	Indirect evidence	İstanbul, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	6,231 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü" Dünyanın En İyi 500 Üniversitesi Arasında Öğrenci Odaklı Eğitim Anlayışı 48039 Lisans Öğrencisi 12536 Yüksek Lisans Öğrencisi 6625 Doktora…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	Hacettepe University	Indirect evidence	Ankara, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,883 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded on the foundations of the Chair of Child Health established in 1954 by Prof.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	Dokuz Eylul University	Indirect evidence	Alsancak, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	4,074 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) which is one of the largest higher education institutions in our country, offers faculties of Buca Education, Maritime, Dental Medicine, Literature…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	Anadolu University	Indirect evidence	Eskişehir, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,801 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “First founded as Eskişehir Academy of Economy and Commercial Sciences in 1958, it became Anadolu University in 1982.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	Kocaeli University	Indirect evidence	Kocaeli, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,889 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Kocaeli University’s mother institution was founded in 1976 as Kocaeli State Academy of Engineering and Architecture, and housed Electrical and Mechanical Faculty, Faculty of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	KOÇ University	Partial evidence	Istanbul, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,884 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Koç University strives to be a center of excellence, one that succeeds in providing a world-class education to its students, creating new knowledge via the research of its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	Bilkent University	Indirect evidence	Ankara, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,666 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Türkiye’nin ilk vakıf üniversitesi olan Bilkent’in kuruluş hazırlıkları 1967’ye dayanır.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	Medipol University	Indirect evidence	İstanbul, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,332 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Medipol: The Choice of Champions” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	Uludag University	Partial evidence	Nilufer, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,248 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Uludag University is a state funded public university with 4 Institutes, 11 Faculties, 1 State Conservatory, 3 Graduate Schools, 15 Vocational Schools and 19 Research and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Bahcesehir University	Partial evidence	Istanbul, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,187 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As a higher education institution dedicated to teaching, research, and service to our society, the mission of Bahceşehir University is to educate the leading work force of future…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	Istanbul Bilgi University	Indirect evidence	İstanbul, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,976 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1996 with the motto “Learning not for school but for life” (Non scholae sed vitae discimus), BİLGİ has attempted to establish a community that promotes tolerance and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	Akdeniz University	Indirect evidence	Antalya, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	1,956 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Selçuk Üniversitesi	Indirect evidence	Selçuklu, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,913 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Selçuk University was established in 1975.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	Sabanci University	Indirect evidence	Istanbul, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	1,778 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sabancı University will be a participatory institution that is financially and administratively self-sufficient and sustainable.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	İstanbul Aydin University	Indirect evidence	İstanbul, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,759 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Towards a Bright Future” being the slogan of the Istanbul Aydin University, it is not surprising to come across our graduate students in the most successful place in their career.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi	Indirect evidence	Aydın, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,503 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi 03.07.1992 tarihli 3837 sayılı Yükseköğretim Kurumları Teşkilatı Hakkında 41 Sayılı Kanun Hükmünde Kararnamenin değiştirilerek kabulüne dair 2809…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	Özyeğin University	Indirect evidence	İstanbul, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,466 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 2007 by the Hüsnü M.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi	Indirect evidence	Samsun, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	1,366 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Misyonumuz; araştıran, sorgulayan, çözümleyen, girişimci, etik değerlere önem veren ve sosyal sorumluluk sahibi bireyler yetiştirmek; inovatif araştırmalar yapmak, paydaş odaklı…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Afyon Kocatepe University	Indirect evidence	Afyon, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,292 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Afyon Kocatepe University was founded on July 3, 1992.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi	Indirect evidence	Eskişehir, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,253 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi is a yüksek öğrenim company based out of Eskişehir, Turkey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	Okan University	Indirect evidence	Istanbul, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,169 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Neden İstanbul Okan Üniversitesi?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	İstinye Üniversitesi	Indirect evidence	İstanbul, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,078 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Vizyonumuz Üniversite olarak vizyonumuz, ulusal ve uluslararası düzeyde ürettiği akademik bilgiyi yurt içi ve dışından bilim insanlarının farklı bakış açıları ile kaynaştırarak…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi	Indirect evidence	Ankara, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	1,075 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Geçmişten Geleceğe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi	Indirect evidence	Muğla, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,054 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Uluslararası standartlarda gerçekleştirdiği eğitim-öğretim, araştırma ve uygulamalarıyla bölgesine, ülkesine ve insanlığa hizmetler sunan Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi, 2018…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi	Indirect evidence	Istanbul, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	982 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “2008 yılında,'İstanbul Gelişim Meslek Yüksekokulu' adında Meslek Yüksekokulu kurmak üzere girişimde bulunan “Gelişim Eğitim Kültür Sağlık ve Sosyal Hizmet Vakfı”, Milli Eğitim…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: research universities. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names research universities.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of research universities, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name research universities. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Research universities based in Türkiye at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

27.6%Verified-email coverage

497.1Average contacts per company

1,001-5,000Median size (employees)

16.9%Largest-city concentration · Istanbul

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Türkiye, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Türkiye, over 172 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among research universities, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Türkiye whose own description of what they do matches “research universities”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names research universities), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among research universities, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Türkiye are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 23,623 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names research universities, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many research universities are there based in Türkiye?

RevenueBase identified 172 research universities headquartered in Türkiye as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Istanbul University, headquartered in Istanbul, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most research universities?

Istanbul leads with 29 headquartered companies, followed by Ankara (10) and Konya (6).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 23,623 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 172 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.