Department History
The Department of Economics was founded in 1987 under the initiative of Sübidey Togan, who served as the Department Chair and Dean of the Faculty for over a decade. In 1989, the Department established its graduate studies by starting the Master of Arts in Economics program, which was further extended to include a full-fledged Ph.D. program.
Department Leadership
- Sübidey Togan 1987-1998
- Erinç Yeldan 1998-2003
- Fatma Taşkın 2003-2011
- Selin Sayek Böke 2011-2014
- Refet Gürkaynak 2014-2020
- Tarık Kara 2020-2022
- Emin Karagözoğlu 2022-2024
- Kemal Yıldız 2024-Present