[2] The Faculty of Political Science at Ankara University was originally established in Istanbul in 1859 as an autonomous college by Sultan Abdülaziz.

[10] The Faculty of Political Science at Ankara University provides a range of teaching facilities to accommodate the needs of its courses and departments.

[citation needed] The faculty provides a range of social and sporting activities, including theater, cinema, art, music, and dance ensembles, as well as more than 30 communities of thought.

[citation needed] One of the most notable traditions at the Faculty of Political Science is the Cow Festival (Turkish: İnek Bayramı), a vibrant event held annually since the 1930s, just before final exams.

[14] The festival's name is derived from the Turkish slang word "inek" meaning "nerd," and features a playful tradition where the top student of a class parades through the streets on a cow.

Faculty members, students, and alumni participate in the festival's opening ceremony, during which a humorous prayer for the year is read collectively.

As part of this tradition, a "reading cow sculpture" was erected in front of the faculty in 2000 by that year's Festival Organization Committee.

The Mülkiye March was composed by Musa Süreyya, with lyrics written by Cemal Edhem (Yeşil), both alumni of the Class of 1921.

"[16]Başka bir aşk istemez, aşkınla çarpar kalbimiz, Ey Vatan gözyaşların dinsin, yetiştik çünkü biz.