Prof. Dr. Zafer İlken is a Turkish educator, university administrator and the author/co-author of numerous scientific papers, who has been serving (since 2006) as the third rector of the İzmir Institute of Technology, founded in 1992.
Gülbahçe is a village in the Urla district of Izmir Province, Turkey.
 Due to its location on the Gulf of Gerence and near the İzmir Institute of Technology, the village is greatly expanding.
 The old village is surrounded by vacation homes for people living in Izmir.
 The old route of the D.505 passes through the village and connects to the D.300 just south of the village.
 As of 2000, the population of Gülbahçe was 2,466.
Prof. Dr. Erdal Saygın (1931-2007) was a Turkish educator and university administrator who served for six years (1992–1998) as the rector of the İzmir Institute of Technology.
 He was the first academic in the institution's top position upon its founding in 1992.
Gebze Technical University (Turkish: "Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi (GTÜ)" ), formerly known as Gebze Institute of Technology (GIT), is one of two institutes of technology founded in Turkey; The other one is İzmir Institute of Technology.
 It is a university for undergraduate and graduate studies and research activities located in a specifically selected area in Gebze, one of the most industrialized regions of the Marmara Region.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a public research university in Birmingham in the U.S. state of Alabama.
 Developed from an academic extension center established in 1936, the institution became an autonomous institution in 1969 and is today one of three institutions in the University of Alabama System and the only R1 research institution in the state.
 In the fall of 2015, 19,656 students from more than 110 countries were enrolled at UAB pursuing studies in 140 programs of study in 12 academic divisions leading to bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degrees in the social and behavioral sciences, the liberal arts, business, education, engineering, and health-related fields such as medicine, dentistry, optometry, nursing, and public health.
Rex Harris was educated at Larkfield Grammar School in Chepstow.
 He graduated from the University of Birmingham with the degrees of BSc, PhD, and DSc.
 Harris was an ICI research fellow, then lecturer, and then senior lecturer at Birmingham University between 1964 and 1987.
 Harris has been Professor of Materials Science at Birmingham University since 1988.
 He was head of school of metallurgy and materials at Birmingham University from 1996 to 2001, in addition to being acting head from 1989 to 1990.
 Harris has been President of the Magnetics Panel of the Institute of Physics since 1999.
 He was President of the Birmingham Metallurgical Association in 1992.
 Harris was chairman of the UK Magnetics Club from 1988 to 1990.
 He was chairman of the European Material Research Society in 1988.
 Harris was chairman of the Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Initiative of SERC from 1992 to 1994.
 Harris was chair of the 13th International Workshop on Rare Earth Magnets and their Application in1994, and of the 8th International Symposium on Magnetic Anisotropy and Coercivity in Rare-earth Metal Alloys in 1994.
 Harris was appointed a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 2000.
 He was appointed to a Marie Curie individual fellowship in 2000.
 He became a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1994.
 He was appointed a Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 2003.
 He was made a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining in 1992.
 He was appointed a Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1992.
The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) is a school for people with blindness and/or deafness operated by the U. S. State of Alabama in the city of Talladega.
 The current institution includes the Alabama School for the Deaf, the Alabama School for the Blind, and the Helen Keller School, named for Alabamian Helen Keller, which serves children who are both deaf and blind.
 The E. H. Gentry Technical Facility provides vocational training for older students, and the institution offers employment to graduates through its Alabama Industries for the Blind workshops in Talladega and Birmingham.
 The AIDB has regional centers in Birmingham, Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Mobile, Dothan, Auburn, and Tuscumbia.
 The AIDB currently serves more than 12,500 residents from all 67 counties of the state.
Prof. Dr. Semra Ülkü is a Turkish educator and university administrator who served for eight years (1998–2006) as the rector of the İzmir Institute of Technology.
 She was the second academic to serve in the institution's top position since its founding in 1992.
İzmir Institute of Technology (Turkish: "İzmir Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü" , commonly referred to as İYTE) is a public research university in İzmir, Turkey.
 İYTE maintains a strong emphasis on the natural sciences and engineering and is the only institute of its kind in Turkey with a special focus on scientific research.
 İzmir Institute of Technology is often cited among Turkey's top universities.
Sports in Birmingham, Alabama include several minor league professional teams and college sports.
 The city of Birmingham and the Birmingham metro area have no major professional sport franchises.
 The Birmingham area is home to the Birmingham Barons, the AA minor league affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, which plays at Regions Field in the Southside adjacent to Railroad Park.
 The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB Blazers) has a popular basketball program, and Samford University, located in Homewood, has basketball and football teams.
 The Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in the suburb of Hoover is home to the Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament which drew more than 108,000 spectators in 2006.
 There is also an amateur soccer association, known as La Liga.
 The Birmingham area also hosts the Alabama Alliance basketball and Tragic City Rollers roller derby teams.

Question: Are İzmir Institute of Technology and University of Alabama at Birmingham in the same country?
Answer: no