title: Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University
text: # Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University
  
  Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University (Turkish: Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi) (Formerly known as "Nigde University" until 2016) is a public higher educational institution located in Niğde, Central Anatolia in Turkey. It has six faculties, two institutes, two colleges and six vocational colleges. The university campus is situated 6 km (3.7 mi) southwest of Niğde.
  
  The university was renamed in honor of Sgt. Maj. Ömer Halisdemir (1974–2016), a non-commissioned officer, who was killed on duty in the night of 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, right after he shot dead a pro-coup general and prevented so the coupists capture the headquarters of the Special Forces Command in Ankara. He is remembered as a major contributor to the failure of the coup attempt. He was a native of Çukurkuyu town in Bor, Niğde.
  
  ## Academic units
  
  ### Faculties
  
  * Engineering
  * Science and Letters
  * Economics and Business Administration
  * Education
  * Architecture
  * Agricultural Sciences and Technologies
  
  ### Institutes
  
  * Social Sciences
  * Sciences
  
  ### Colleges
  
  * Physical Education and Sports
  * Niğde Zübeyde Hanım Health Sciences
  
  ### Vocational colleges (VC)
  
  * Niğde Social Sciences VC
  * Bor VC
  * Niğde Zübeyde Hanım Health Services VC
  * Ulukışla VC
  * Bor Halil Zöhre Ataman VC
  
  ## Affiliations
  
  The university is a member of the Caucasus University Association.
  
  