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
The department was chaired by 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), and
Emin Karagözoğlu (2022-2024).
The current Department Chair is Kemal Yıldız.