Batman University (Turkish: Batman Üniversitesi) is one of the 17 new universities established with "Law on Amendments to the Statements Attached to the Law on the Organization of Institutes of Higher Education, to the Statutory Decree on Academic Faculty Members of Institutes of Higher Education, and to the Statutory Decree on General Faculty and Procedure" number 5662 and approved by then President Ahmet Necdet Sezer on May 28, 2007. It is located in Batman, Turkey.