Department members Assoc. Prof. Özgür Aydoğmuş and Assist. Prof. Erkan Gürpınar's article published in the Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination

Department Members Assoc. Prof. Özgür Aydoğmuş and Assist. Prof. Erkan Gürpınar's article, titled "Does Social Learning Promote Cooperation in Social Dilemmas?", has been published in Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination. Another contributor to the article is also an ASBÜ member, Hasan Çağatay from the Philosophy Department of ASBÜ.

 Department member Barış Alpaslan visited Mongolia under World Bank Project

Department Member Assoc. Prof. Barış ALPASLAN visited Mongolia between May 27-June 8 as a consultant in World Bank (WB) project, "Mongolia: A Macroeconomic Model for Assessing Macro-Fiscal Vulnerabilities" jointly coordinated by Prof. Pierre-Richard Agenor of Manchaster University and WB senior economist Dr. Jean-Pascal Nguessa Nganou.

For prospective students: Economics Department Introductory Videos Released  

Introductory videos and program-related information have been released for prospective students.

The Head of Department, Prof. Ömer Demir, explains the vision of the department and provides insights about the advantages of the Economics Program of ASBU. Click here to watch.

Department Members Prof. Yamaguchi and Assist. Prof. Mahmud is to present papers at International Conference of the System Dynamics Society 

Department Members Prof. Yamaguchi and Assist. Prof. Mahmud will present their joint paper '“Constructing ASD Macroeconomic Model of the Republic of Turkey - Integrated Analysis of GDP and Flow of Funds (Phase 1)” at the International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 21-25, 2019.

Department Head Prof. Abuzer Pınar retired

The Department Head Prof. Abuzer Pınar retired from ASBU on 25.04.2019. We would like to thank him for his dedicated commitment and contributions to the Economics Department for years and wish him a productive, peaceful, and joyful life.

Prof. Dr. Abuzer Pınar

As part of ASBÜ FPS Seminar Series, our department was delighted to host Dr. Orhun Sevinç on campus on April 3, 2019. Dr. Sevinç delivered a speech titled "Skill-Biased Occupation Growth" before our faculty members and public audience. Holding a PhD from London School of Economics, Dr. Sevinç is currently working for the Cental Bank of the Republic Turkey.

Department member Dr. Barış Alpaslan has delivered a speech as a panelist in Women's Day Panel organized by Turkish Embassy at Amman, Jordan on March 8, 2019. The inauguration speech was given by Turkey's Jordan Embassy Murat Karagöz at the panel themed with "Economic Justice for Women".

Our department member Dr. Barış Alpaslan has recently become a research associate at the Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID), University of Sheffield.

We wish him all the best in his future endeavours. 

ASBÜ Economics Department