İzmir Bakırçay University (Turkish: İzmir Bakırçay Üniversitesi) is a public university in İzmir, Turkey. It was established by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 20 August 2016 with other 3 new universities. İzmir Bakırçay University was cited by the press as the successor of Gediz University, which was closed private university by Turkish government on 23 July 2016. But the Council of Higher Education denied it and explained that İzmir Bakırçay University wasn't founded in place of Gediz University.