Melikşah University was established by Burç Eğitim Kültür ve Sağlık Vakfı and covered an area of 32,025 m2 (344,710 sq ft).[2]
On 23 July 2016, Melikşah University, along with 14 other Turkish universities, was closed by a statutory decree under the state of emergency declared by the Turkish government following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt. The government alleged the university had ties to the Gülenist which has been accused by Turkey of being behind the coup plot.[3] The university's assets were seized and transferred to Erciyes University. At the time of its closure the university had an academic staff of 175 and 4500 students.[4]Scholars at Risk has expressed concern at these mass closures, saying that they have a chilling effect on academic freedom, undermine democratic society, and may represent a grave threat to higher education in Turkey.[5]
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