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Yunus Söylet (b. November 16, 1956, Istanbul), Turkish academician, professor of medicine, former rector of Istanbul University and former member of YÖK.

Education
Yunus Söylet was born in 1956 in Istanbul and started primary school in 1962 at the Mahmudiye Primary School in Aksaray. Söylet completed her secondary education in Istanbul High Schoo l in 1974. He graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine in 1980. During his study years, he went to Switzerland many times between 1977 and 1979 as an exchange student and medical intern, clinics in the cantons of Winterthur, Aarau, Frauenfeld.

After graduation, he moved to İstanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine and worked as a specialist at the general surgery clinic until 1982. He later moved to the pediatric surgery clinic, where in 1986 he became a pediatric surgery specialist. He worked as a research assistant in the same clinic until 1987 and in the same year he went to Cologne, Germany. He worked as a pediatric surgery clinic assistant in the children's hospital there for about 11 months.

Career
In 1992, he started to work as an associate professor in Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery. In 1996, Söylet became a professor at the same clinic.

His professional interests cover pediatric urology, laparoscopic surgery, voiding dysfunctions. Yunus Söylet served as the head of the Department of Pediatric Urology in the Clinic of Pediatric Surgery, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University between 2002-2005.

Söylet has served in various positions in many associations. Turkish Pediatric Urology Association presidency, Medical Doctors' Rights Association founding chairman, Istanbul Medical Chamber Board of Directors member, the Warm Home Foundation founding member, Turkey Hemophilia Association Board of Directors member, Turkey Pediatric Surgery Association Qualification Board membership and the Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Health, member of the Acreditation Board.

Yunus Söylet awarded an "honorary membership" by the German Society of Pediatric Surgery on September 5, 2009 as the first Turkish Surgeon to be awarded by them.

On 7 December 2012, Söylet received an honorary doctorate from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje.

He was awarded the honorary doctorate by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia on 28 May 2014, becoming the first Turkish scientist to receive an honorary doctorate from this academy. He recieved his award from Prof. Stefan Vodenicharov.

Istanbul University Rectorate and YÖK Membership
Yunus Söylet was appointed by the Council of Ministers as a member of the Council of Higher Education in September 2007. He resigned from the Council of Higher Education on October 24, 2008, the date when process of the election of the rectorate to be held at Istanbul University was determined and the election officialized.

In a statement made by the Presidential Press Center on 29 December 2008, President Abdullah Gül appointed Yunus Söylet to the Rectorate of Istanbul University.

On July 18, 2009, President Abdullah Gül appointed Söylet as a member to the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) for the second time with the former Rector of Boğaziçi University, Ayşe Soysal.

On January 3, 2013, he was appointed as the Rector of Istanbul University by President Abdullah Gül for the second time.

On 10 February 2015, he resigned from the rectorate to become a candidate for parliament.

 Personal Life 

He is married and has two children.