The Faculty of Law finds its foundation in Ankara Law School which was established upon initiative of the then Minister of Justice Mahmut Esat Bozkurt, and inaugurated by Mustafa Kemal Atat rk on 25 November 1925. The School was founded upon the urgent need of well-educated lawyers who would be able to sustain and prosper the Law Reform aimed by the Republic. Ankara Law School thus bearing its roots is also the first higher educational institution of the Republic which has been formally denominated as Ankara Law Faculty in 1927 by a decision of the Council of Ministers which has set forth the first milestone of the University of Ankara, Faculty of Law being afterwards one of its faculties in accordance with Statute dated 06.06.1948 no. 5239 entitled "The Establishment of the Framework of the University of Ankara", promulgated in conformity with the Act on Universities of 1946.

The Faculty of Law finds its foundation in Ankara Law School which was established upon initiative of the then Minister of Justice Mahmut Esat Bozkurt, and inaugurated by Mustafa Kemal Atat rk on 25 November 1925. The School was founded upon the urgent need of well-educated lawyers who would be able to sustain and prosper the Law Reform aimed by the Republic. Ankara Law School thus bearing its roots is also the first higher educational institution of the Republic which has been formally denominated as Ankara Law Faculty in 1927 by a decision of the Council of Ministers which has set forth the first milestone of the University of Ankara, Faculty of Law being afterwards one of its faculties in accordance with Statute dated 06.06.1948 no. 5239 entitled "The Establishment of the Framework of the University of Ankara", promulgated in conformity with the Act on Universities of 1946.