History

Founder Foundation "Gelisim Education Culture Health and Social Service Foundation" in 2008 took the first steps to establish "Istanbul Gelisim Vocational High School" . Upon the letter of Ministry of National Education dated 08/07/2008 and numbered 17261, according to Annex 2 of the Law No. 2547 dated 14/07/2008 by the Council of Ministers, the Vocational High School was established and first academic year for Gelisim University began.

"Gelisim University" was established with the Law No. 6114 dated 17/02/2011. The Department of Aviation Management, under the roof of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences of our university, is continuing its education and training adventure in 2014-2015 with 813 students in English and Turkish.