News from Department

Teresa Felgueira, Teresa Paiva and Catarina Alves from Guarda Polytechnic Institute visited our university within the scope of the ISU Entrepreneurship Workshop, Erasmus 2024 Mobility program.

Economics Department member Asst. Prof. İlayda İSABETLİ FİDAN's article titled "Was There a Left Turn in Latin America? Building a Social Democracy Index" was published in Latin American Perspectives journal, one of the Q2 journals of the SJR (SCImago) index.

Head of Economics Department, Assoc. Dr. Çiğdem Gürsoy made a presentation titled "Median Examination of Household Data on Emerging Technologies and Media Use (2011-2023)" on May 9, 2024, at the 4th International Media and Society Symposium (MASS), organized by Faculty of Communication.

Our Department of Economics organized an event on Disaster Preparedness and Social Awareness with the participation of Prof. Dr. Oya Yazıcı Çakın

The event titled "Turkey and the World Economy in 2024" was held by EPAM with the participation of Yatırım Finansman Corporate Communications Director Dr. Barış Esen.

Our Economy Department visited Macellan Company, one of its external stakeholders. During the visit, upon the invitation of Macellan CEO Göktürk Yetim, a meeting was held on the projects that our department and Magellan will jointly develop.

We held our external stakeholder meeting with the participation of Şadi Kopuz, Provable Cosmetics Chemistry CEO Adnan Akat, Subaru marketing director Selin Şahiz, Magellan CEO Göktürk Yetim, our department professors and our graduate student Şevval Sekmen. At the meeting, what was done this year and projects that could be done together next year were planned.

The event titled "How Do We Enter 2024? Current Status of Budget and Foreign Trade", organized by the Department of Economics, was attended by Boğaziçi University Faculty Member Assoc. Dr. It was held with the participation of Melik Ertuğrul. Assoc. Dr. Melik Ertuğrul explained his predictions for 2024 by talking about the current situation of the budget and foreign trade.

Organized by the Department of Economics and Epam, the event was attended by Zeren Oray, Secretary General of the Turkish Clothing Manufacturers Association. We would like to thank Mr. Zeren Oray for informing us about the transformation of the apparel industry in Turkey and the world. We would like to thank Mr. Zeren Oray.

Our Head of Department Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Gürsoy and our department lecturer Dr. İlayda İsabetli Fidan contributed to the chapters on "Economic Policies and Public Economic Enterprises in Atatürk's Era" and our department lecturer Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayfer Ustabaş contributed to the chapters on "An Overview of the Economic Importance of Women's Labor Force Participation in Turkey". Our department professors received certificates of appreciation from our Rector Prof. Dr. İbrahim İbiş for the book published by Istinye University Publications.

At the event organized by the Department of Economics and Epam, Agricultural Economy in Turkey and the World was discussed. Boğaziçi University Department of Economics faculty member Gökhan Özertan attended the event as a speaker.

Our Department Head Assoc. Dr. Çiğdem Gürsoy presented her work titled "Mudarebe Examples from Ottoman Economy Financial Instruments (16th, 17th and 18th Centuries)" at the Turkish Economic Congress.

Ekonomi Bölümü hocalarımızdan Doç. Dr. Çiğdem Gürsoy ile Gastronomi ve Mutfak Sanatları Bölümü hocalarımızdan Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Çağla Özer'in ortak çalışmaları olan "Sürdürülebilir Unsurların Gelişmesine Katkıda Bulunan Bir Yaratıcı Ekonomi Alanı: Gastroekonomi" adlı makale Journal of Tourism Intelligence and Smartness adlı dergide yayınlanmıştır.

İstinye University Department of Economics' Students are entitled to take support for both of their two projects for TÜBİTAK 2209-A University Students Research Projects Supporting Program.

Department of Economics hosted education program manager Şule Gürle as speechmaker in our conference of “An Entrepreneurship Story on The Basis of Refugees From Istanbul To Urfa”.

'Foundation As a Social Aid and Welfare Institution' Panel held by General Directorate of Foundations with participation of Asst. Prof. Çiğdem Gürsoy within the context of activities for 'Social Policies, Social Aid and Tradition of Sharing' themed Foundations Week, 2022. with participation of Asst. Prof. Çiğdem Gürsoy

Within the context of Foundations Week, with the cooperation of Istinye University Department of Social Service and Department of Economics, held a conference on May 10, 2022.

Economical Impacts of Coronavirus

“Are People Selfish? Based on the Behavioral Economics Games, the Altruistic Behaviors of Waqf Founder the Ottoman Empire to Reduce Poverty”

Professor Dr. Erhan Aslanoğlu gave the seminar ‘World Economic Outlook and Financial Markets’ to Istinye Family.

Our Head of Department, presented an abstract at the 16th International Conference on Accounting.

Our Head of Department presented an abstract at the Ankara International Congress on Scientific Researches

"Quest for an Alternative Economy" Seminar was organized jointly by the departments of Economics, Sociology and International Relations.

Our mentor Cem Mengi shared his experiences with our students

Our Head of Department Asst. Prof. Melik Ertuğrul attended the Jean Monnet Pre-Departure Seminar as a speaker

Dr. Agnieszka Krzętowska from Warsaw University of Technology visited our university within the scope of Erasmus Staff Mobility Program

Our students met with the Economics Department mentor Recep Süleyman Özdil who is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Halkbank

Asst. Prof. Çiğdem Gürsoy from the Department of Economics and her students taking the course of Healthcare Economy attended the LÖSEV seminar

Our Head of Department Asst. Prof. Melik Ertuğrul contributed with two chapters to 'Handbook of Research on Global Issues in Financial Communication and Investment Decision Making'

Asst. Prof. Çiğdem Gürsoy's new article was published in 'Belleten'.