Istanbul Technical University (Turkish "İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi", commonly referred to as ITU or Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey.
 It is the world's third-oldest technical university dedicated to engineering sciences as well as social sciences recently, and is one of the most prominent educational institutions in Turkey.
 ITU is ranked 108th worldwide and 1st nationwide in the field of engineering/technology by THES - QS World University Rankings in 2009.
 Graduates of İstanbul technical university have received many TUBITAK science and TUBA awards.
 Numerous graduates have also become members of the academy of sciences in the U.S.A, Britain and Russia.
 The university's basketball team, ITUSpor, is in the Turkish Basketball Second League.
 The university has 39 undergraduate, 144 graduate programs, 13 colleges, 346 labs and 12 research centers.
 Its student-to-faculty ratio is 12:1.
Istanbul Technical University Robot Olympics (ITURO) (Turkish: "İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Robot Olimpiyatları (İTÜRO)") is a robotic organization consisting competitions, seminars, colloquies, panel discussions, exhibitions and workshops that has been hosted by Istanbul Technical University Control and Automation Student Society since 2007.
 The three-day organization ITURO is organized at ITU Suleyman Demirel Cultural Center in Ayazağa Campus in every spring.
 In 2015, there were ten categories and the categories are being updated every year.
 Also, by the participation of experienced academics and industrial representatives, topics related to robotics and technology become discussed in both national and international manner.
Ahmet Nihat Berker (born 20 September 1949 in Istanbul), is a Turkish scientist, theoretical chemist, physicist and emeritus professor of physics at MIT.
 Currently, he is the acting Dean of Engineering and Natural Sciences in Kadir Has University, Turkey.
 He is the son of a notable scientist and engineer , who was deceased on 17 October 1997.
 His wife, "Bedia Erim Berker" is a professor of chemistry at Istanbul Technical University, and one of his sons, "Selim Berker" is a professor of epistemology in the department of philosophy at Harvard University.
 His younger son, "Ratip Emin Berker", is a student at Robert College in Istanbul.
Hakan Gülsün (1960–2009) was a Turkish art historian, Ph.D. of Art History at the Istanbul Technical University in Istanbul.
 He had been a curator at the Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul since 1986.
ITUpSAT1, short for Istanbul Technical University picoSatellite-1) is a single CubeSat built by the Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Istanbul Technical University.
 It was launched on September 23, 2009 atop a PSLV-C14 satellite launch vehicle from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh in India, and became the first Turkish university satellite to orbit the Earth.
 It was expected to have a minimum of six-month life term, but it is still functioning for over two years.
 It is a picosatellite with side lengths of 10 cm and a mass of 0.990 kg .
Baylor University (BU) is a private Baptist university in Waco, Texas.
 Chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas, it is the oldest continuously-operating university in Texas and one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River in the United States.
 Located on the banks of the Brazos River next to I-35, between the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and Austin, the university's 1,000-acre campus is the largest Baptist university campus in the world.
Mehmet Karaca is the rector of Istanbul Technical University (ITU).
 He was born in Istanbul on 17 September 1957.
 He is a member of the Department of Geology and the Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences at İstanbul Technical University.
 He is also head of Climate and Marine Sciences Group at Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences.
 Following his graduation from Pertevniyal High School in Istanbul, He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees at the Department of Meteorology in the Faculty of Basic Sciences at ITU, in 1979 and 1981 respectively.
 He earned another M.S. degree at Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
 He earned a Ph.D. degree at Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1990.
Harun Karadeniz (1942, Armutlu, Alucra – 15 August 1975, Istanbul) was a Turkish political activist and author.
 He was the student leader of the late 1960s generation in Turkey and the chair of the Student Union of Istanbul Technical University.
 Together with other prominent student leaders such as Deniz Gezmiş, he was one of the student leaders who organized the famous 1968 protest against the American Navy's Sixth Fleet arriving at the Port of Istanbul, although he was initially against protesting at the docks themselves.
İTÜ—Ayazağa is an underground rapid transit station on the M2 line of the Istanbul Metro.
 It is located under Büyükdere Avenue in Maslak, the second largest financial district in Istanbul after Levent.
 The station services the Istanbul Technical University (Turkish: "İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi" ) or "İTÜ" as well as the Maslak financial district.
 İ.T.Ü.
-Ayazağa has an island platform serviced by two tracks.
 The station was opened on 31 January 2009 as part of the northern extension of the M2 line.
Murat Boz (born 7 March 1980) is a Turkish singer-songwriter and actor.
 After finishing his primary and secondary education in his birth place, Karadeniz Ereğli, he moved to Istanbul and enrolled in Istanbul Bilgi University in 1999 and later continued his studies in Istanbul Technical University.
 At the same time he began to perform as a backing vocalist for Tarkan.

Question: Is Baylor University or Istanbul Technical University closer to the capital of the United States?
Answer: Baylor University