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37-597: Jediism (or Jedism ) is a philosophy, and, in some cases, a tongue-in-cheek joke religion , mainly based on the depiction of the Jedi characters in Star Wars media. Jediism attracted public attention in 2001 when a number of people recorded their religion as "Jedi" on national censuses . Jediism is inspired by certain elements of Star Wars , namely the fictional religion of the Jedi. Early websites dedicated to bringing up
74-489: A belief system from the Star Wars films were "The Jedi Religion and regulations" and "Jediism". These websites cited the Jedi code, consisting of 21 maxims, as the starting point for a "real Jedi" belief system. The real-world Jediism movement has no leader or central structure. Although followers of Jediism acknowledge the influence of Star Wars on their religion, by following the moral and spiritual codes demonstrated by
111-641: A coach to Bath and on the way apprehends a highwayman . This provokes an altercation with a less brave passenger: He looked back and pronounced with a faltering voice, 'O! 'tis very well—damn my blood! I shall find a time.' I signified my contempt of him by thrusting my tongue in my cheek, which humbled him so much, that he scarce swore another oath aloud during the whole journey. The phrase appears in 1828 in The Fair Maid of Perth by Sir Walter Scott : The fellow who gave this all-hail thrust his tongue in his cheek to some scapegraces like himself. It
148-713: A joke. In 2005, the Temple of the Jedi Order was registered in Texas . It was granted IRS tax exemption in 2015. In May 2005, an article on the growth of Jedi religion by Catholic author Jon M. Sweeney was the most read article on the website Explorefaith.org that year. During the drafting of the UK Racial and Religious Hatred Act , an amendment was proposed that excluded Jedi Knights from any protection, along with Satanists and believers in animal sacrifice . The amendment
185-487: A serious manner. The phrase originally expressed contempt, but by 1842 had acquired its modern meaning. Early users of the phrase include Sir Walter Scott in his 1828 The Fair Maid of Perth . The physical act of putting one's tongue into one's cheek once signified contempt . For example, in Tobias Smollett 's The Adventures of Roderick Random , which was published in 1748, the eponymous hero takes
222-448: A suburban campus like Maslak has created the opportunity of building many sports areas. Ayazağa Gymnasium is the center of sports in ITU. Ayazağa Gymnasium also has a stadium with a seating capacity of 3500 for basketball and volleyball matches. A fitness center is also located there. Basketball matches are among the most important sports activities in ITU. The ITU basketball Team, which won
259-432: Is a conference where students participate as United Nations delegates. Participants research and formulate political positions based on the actual policies of the countries they represent. ITU dormitories have a capacity of 3,000 students. They include Lakeside Housings, IMKB Dormitory, Verda Urundul, Ayazaga Dormitory and Gumussuyu dormitory. Additional dormitories are planned. Radio ITU (or Technical University Radio )
296-707: Is a suburban campus, covering a total area of 1.600.000 m². The University Rectorate, swimming pool, stadium, along with most of the faculties, student residence halls and the central library of ITU are located there. Another suburban campus of ITU is the Tuzla Campus. It serves the Maritime Faculty students and faculty members. It is located in the Tuzla district of Istanbul , which is a dockyard area. The three urban campuses are near to one another and are situated close to Taksim Square . Taşkışla campus
333-601: Is accredited by NAAB and the Faculty of Maritime is accredited by IMO . Minimum score of 72 from TOEFL IBT, or success in the English proficiency exam is one of the prerequisites to register the Bachelor, Master, or Doctorate level courses at ITU. Instruction is both in English and Turkish (roughly 30% and 70%, respectively or 100% in English for some disciplines). Master and Doctorate courses are mostly held in English. ITU
370-521: Is an public technical university located in Istanbul , Turkey . It is the world's third-oldest technical university dedicated to engineering and natural sciences as well as social sciences recently, and is one of the most prominent educational institutions in Turkey. İTÜ is ranked 95th worldwide (1st nationwide) in the field of "Engineering & Technology", and 275th worldwide (2nd nationwide) in
407-672: Is currently the first and only campus that hosts the ITU-TRNC Education and Research Campuses faculty. ITU's nuclear reactor of Triga Mark-2 is in the Maslak campus. It is located at the Energy Institute. Since the foundation in 2003 Arı Technopolis , which is located at the Ayazağa Campus, provides companies with research, technology development and production opportunities at the university, in cooperation with
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#1732782733320444-613: Is highly reputable institution in the area of engineering sciences within the Europe. Therefore, the university provides a broad range of options, that involve highly reputable institutions, to its students for the Erasmus Mobility. Istanbul Technical University is consistently featured as one of the highest-ranked universities in Turkey. In the QS World University Rankings 2023, ITU is ranked within
481-706: Is not clear how Scott intended readers to understand the phrase. The more modern ironic sense appeared in a poem in The Ingoldsby Legends (1842) by the English clergyman Richard Barham , in which a Frenchman inspects a watch and cries: 'Superbe! Magnifique!' / (with his tongue in his cheek) The ironic usage originates with the idea of suppressed mirth—biting one's tongue to prevent an outburst of laughter. Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul ( Turkish : İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi , commonly referred to as İTÜ ),
518-1126: Is opened in May 2007, are also available in the Ayazaga Campus. An open-air swimming pool serves the ITU faculties. ITU's American football team ITU Hornets has won the Unilig (Turkish University Sports Leagues) Super League of American football in the 2013-2014 season and in 2014-2015 season. Other sports clubs/activities in ITU are: Badminton, ultimate, fencing, diving, winter sports, dancing and gymnastics, tennis, paintball, aikido, athletics, mountaineering, bridge, swimming, cycling and triathlon, skiing, parachuting, korfball, handball, iaido, capoeira, wrestling, archery, ultimate frisbee and sailing. ITU offers many options to students who like doing extra-curricular work during their studying years. The most popular ones are Rock Club, Cinema Club, Model United Nations, EPGIK, International Engineering Club. Also ITU has an option for those who like to organise events and socialise with people from various European countries in
555-649: Is the first university radio station in Turkey . Radio ITU is located in the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering building on Maslak campus . ITU Stadium is one of the most popular locations in Istanbul for concerts and such those performances. For instance, Metallica (in 2014), Justin Timberlake (in 2014), and Roger Waters (in 2013) gave concerts at the ITU stadium. Lady Gaga also performed at
592-628: Is the personification of engineering and architectural education in Turkey. Istanbul Technical University not only played a leading role in the modernization movement of the Ottoman Empire , but has also maintained its leadership position in the changes and innovations taking place in the construction, industrialization, and technological realms during the modern days of the Turkish Republic. Engineers and architects trained at Istanbul Technical University have played significant roles in
629-452: Is where the Faculty of Architecture is located. The Taşkışla building is one of the most renowned historical buildings in Istanbul. It dates backs to the Ottoman era and was used as military barracks . Gümuşsuyu (Mechanical Engineering Faculty) and Maçka (Management Faculty) campuses are also among the important historical buildings of Istanbul. The Famagusta campus at Northern Cyprus
666-696: The Nizam-ı Cedid reforms, as the Imperial School of Naval Engineering ( Mühendishâne-i Bahrî-i Hümâyun ), in the Kasımpaşa quarter on the Golden Horn , originally dedicated to train ship builders and cartographers for the Ottoman Navy . In 1795 the Imperial School of Military Engineering ( Ottoman Turkish : Mühendishâne-i Berrî-i Hümâyun ) was established in the nearby Hasköy quarter on
703-728: The Turkish Basketball League Championship five times, currently plays in the Turkish Basketball League's Second Division (TB2L). Ayazağa Gymnasium is the home of the ITU Basketball Team. Despite the successes in basketball, the football team of ITU plays in the amateur league. A football stadium is also located in Ayazağa, where the football team plays its matches. Tennis courts and an indoor Olympic swimming pool, which
740-462: The Dark Side" and "Jedi are guardians of peace and justice". Adherents also follow "21 maxims". Jediism received press coverage following a worldwide email campaign in 2001 urging people to write "Jedi" as their answer to the religion classification question in their country's census, resulting in the Jedi census phenomenon . The majority of such respondents are assumed to have claimed the faith as
777-704: The Emperor as one who never removed his hood." In 2013, the Free Church of Scotland expressed concern that a proposed Marriage and Civil Partnership bill would "lead to Star Wars Jedi marrying couples". Patrick Day-Childs of The Church of Jediism, and Rev Michael Kitchen of Temple of the Jedi Order, both defended the right of Jedi to perform marriage ceremonies. In December 2016, the Charity Commission for England and Wales rejected an application to grant charitable organization status to The Temple of
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#1732782733320814-534: The Golden Horn, and the scope of the school was broadened to train technical military staff for the modernization of the Ottoman Army . In 1845 the engineering function of the school was further widened with the addition of a program devoted to the training of architects. The scope and name of the school were extended and changed again in 1883, and in 1909 the school became a public engineering school which
851-420: The Jedi Order, ruling that the group did not "promote moral or ethical improvement" for charity law purposes. In April 2015, the students of Dokuz Eylül University in Turkey started a petition on Change.org demanding a Jedi temple be built on the campus. The petition was in response to a previous petition which had demanded a mosque on the campus of Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ). The petition demanding
888-666: The Local Board of European Students of Technology Group which had 40 members in 2007. Despite all these, it can still be a little quiet in the campus from time to time because students can choose the city of Istanbul over the campus life. Model United Nations Society of ITU is one of the most active student clubs in the University. Participating in MUN conferences regularly, both domestic and international, MUN society offers an opportunity for personal development. Model United Nations
925-571: The academy of sciences in the United States, Britain and Russia. The university's basketball team, İTÜ BK , is in the Turkish Basketball Super League . Considered as the world's third institution of higher learning specifically dedicated to engineering education, Istanbul Technical University (ITU) has a long and distinguished history. ITU was founded in 1773 by Sultan Mustafa III , as an important institution in
962-469: The construction of Turkey. Alumni also played a significant role in Turkish politics. The structure of faculties, except the Faculty of Science and Letters, at ITU is comparable to those of "schools" in the U.S. institutions, where each faculty is composed of two or more departments in line with a comprehensive engineering field. For example, the Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering consists of
999-596: The departments of electrical engineering , robotics and autonomous systems engineering , electronics and communication engineering . ITU-TRNC Education and Research Campuses There are several Research Groups in ITU , including: Planned Research Center Projects: Finally, ITU also has the following departments / educational institutes that are not tied to any of the faculties, but serve as independent departments. These include 26 engineering departments of ITU are accredited by Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Also ITU's Faculty of Architecture
1036-403: The fictional Jedi, they also insist their path is different from that of the fictional characters and that Jediism does not focus on the myth and fiction found in Star Wars . While there is some variation in teaching, the Jedi of the Temple of the Jedi Order follows the "16 teachings" based on the presentation of the fictional Jedi, such as "Jedi are mindful of the negative emotions which lead to
1073-575: The field of "Natural Sciences" by the QS World University Rankings in 2024. The university has 92 undergraduate programs and 188 graduate programs in 14 faculties, 277,160 m of laboratory space, and 12 research centers. Acceptance to the university is competitive, and entrance to most of its departments require scoring among the top 1% of nearly 3 million applicants at the national university entrance examination known as "YKS" every year. Graduates of ITU have received many TUBITAK science and TUBA awards. Numerous graduates have also become members of
1110-414: The mosque reached 180,000 signatures, falling short of its 200,000 target, and invoked a response from Mehmet Karaca , the rector of İTÜ, promising "a landmark mosque". Soon after, students from other universities started petitions demanding Jedi and Buddhist temples on their campuses. Tongue-in-cheek Tongue-in-cheek is an idiom that describes a humorous or sarcastic statement expressed in
1147-496: The researchers and academicians. The technopolis have two buildings:Arı-1 and Arı-2. Arı-3 building in Maslak and another building in Floria are announced to build. Arı Technopolis has the 49% of export among technopolises in Turkey. NHPCC , is located in the Ayazağa Campus. It is the national center for high performance computing. The super computer of this center was one of the world's top 500 list super computers (240th). Having
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1184-490: The stadium on September 16, 2014 to a sold-out crowd of 25,157 people as part of her artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball . Many of the graduates take role in the development of Turkey, with many of them playing significant roles in constructing bridges, roads and buildings. For instance, Emin Halid Onat and Ahmet Orhan Arda are architects of Anıtkabir . Süleyman Demirel (civil engineer) and Turgut Özal (electrical engineer) are
1221-414: The top 150 universities in the subject areas "Engineering - Petroleum", "Engineering - Mineral & Mining", "Engineering - Civil and Structural", "Engineering - Electrical and Electronics", "Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing", within the top 250 in "Engineering - Chemical", "Architecture & Built Environment", "Computer Science and Information Systems", "Material Sciences", within
1258-513: The top 300 in "Environmental Sciences", "Mathematics", "Business and Management", "Chemistry", and within the top 450 in "Physics and Astronomy", "Economics and Econometrics. ITU is a public (state) university. It has six campuses, five of which are located in the most important areas of Istanbul and one is located in Famagusta . Among ITU's six campuses, the main campus of Maslak , in Sarıyer ,
1295-625: Was aimed at training civil engineers who could provide the infrastructure for the rapidly developing country. By 1928 the institution had gained formal recognition as a university of engineering which provided education in both engineering and architecture. In 1944 the name of the institution was changed to Istanbul Technical University and in 1946 the institution became an autonomous university with architecture , civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering faculties. With its long history of 251 years, its modern teaching environment, and well-qualified teaching staff, Istanbul Technical University today
1332-529: Was removed from a Tesco supermarket in Bangor , North Wales, for refusing to remove his hood on a religious basis. The owner justified Jones's ejection by saying, "He hasn't been banned. Jedis are very welcome to shop in our stores although we would ask them to remove their hoods. Obi-Wan Kenobi , Yoda and Luke Skywalker all appeared hoodless without ever going over to the Dark Side and we are only aware of
1369-456: Was subsequently withdrawn, the proposer explaining that it was "a bit of a joke" to illustrate a point that defining religious belief in legislation is difficult. In 2007, 23-year-old Daniel Jones founded The Church of Jediism with his brother Barney, believing that the 2001 UK census recognised Jediism as a religion, and that there were "more Jedi than Scientologists in Britain". In 2009, Jones
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