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Dear Students,

Your opinions are crucial to us for carrying our university forward.  This is why we sought to expand the width and depth of our survey agreement with independent poll company GfK Turkey which we began in November.  We had many one-on-one interviews and some workshops in the months past.  The new survey is open to all undergraduate students, and its results will be definitive in improving and developing our university for the future. 

In order to have your opinions represented in survey results, all you have to do is to click on the link in the email you will receive over the next few days.  The subject line of this email will read “Call for Opinions” and by clicking on the link, you will be taken to a survey.

Your responses will be assessed and reported by GfK according to the most stringent confidentiality requirements and international survey ethics codes.

We hope to take our university to the future together.  

Thank you for your responses, and we wish you a great holiday!

Marketing and Institutional Communications Directorate.

Note: For questions, please email egulez@sabanciuniv.edu or stop by the Marketing and Institutional Communications offices located in the Rectorate. Participants who have completed the survey until 15 June 2014, will win a short beverage from the Starbucks located in our campus. Don’t forget to claim your coupons from the Marketing Office.

The Faculty of Management is accepting applications for the 2014 - 2015 academic year MBA, Executive MBA, MiF and Management PhD programs. Information regarding these programs can be obtained from the web site. Additionally, various scholarships are available for MBA, MiF and PhD programs.

Applications for the MBA Programs: 
The MBA Program is open to all candidates with an undergraduate degree from an accredited university.

MBA Programs Required Documents: 
1. Completed online application form ,
2. Transcript,
3. The following Graduate Program Entrance Exam scores,
a. GMAT or GRE: It is required to submit GMAT/GRE exam result 
4. Any of the following English Proficiency exam result,

5. 2 Reference letters,
6. Detailed and updated Resume (CV),
7. Statement of Purpose (in English).
8. A copy of undergraduate diploma. Note: If you are in your last semester of your undergraduate studies and do not have your diploma yet, you need to provide a graduation certificate before you can be admitted to the degree program. 
9. A photograph     
10. Signed online application affidavit

Application Deadline for MBA: 
Early Applications                            : April 7, 2014
Regular&Scholarship Applications : June 15, 2014. We strongly urge all candidates to submit their applications by this date.
Applications                                     : July 15, 2014 

Admission Process: After an initial screening, eligible candidates are to be interviewed. Interview results and acceptance decisions will be mailed to the candidate.

For more information: Burcu Albayrak   (0216) 483 96 72 or  balbayrak@sabanciuniv.edu


Executive MBA Required Documents 
1. Completed online application form,
2. Graduation certificate/ diploma from an undergraduate institution
3. Transcripts for undergraduate and, if applicable, graduate studies
4. Any of the following English Proficiency exam result ,

Applicants may also attend the Sabanci University English proficiency exam that will be held on April, 9, May 9, June 5 and July 16, 2014. All applicants who plan to attend SU exams should complete their online application before the exam dates. 
The spoken English level of the applicant will be evaluated in the interview.
 5. Two letters of recommendation (Please use SU Recommendation letter form)
6. Detailed resume including specific information on work experience (CV)
7. Statement of Purpose (in English).  

Starting from 2013-2014 academic year, ALES or equivalent test scores are not required for the applications to Executive MBA program.

Application Deadline for Executive MBA: 
Applications: July 14, 2014  

Admission Process: After an initial screening, eligible candidates are to be interviewed. Interview results and acceptance decisions will be mailed to the candidate.

For more information: İpek İzet Ülger, (0216) 483 9743 or  ipeki@sabanciuniv.edu

Application for the Masters in Finance (MiF) Program: 
All candidates who have a 4-year undergraduate degree may apply to the Program.
MiF Required Documents: 
1. Completed online application form,
2. Transcript,
3. Any of the following Graduate Program Entrance Exam scores,
a. ALES A minimum score of 55 (Equal Weight),
b. GMAT or,
c. GRE 
4. Any of the following English Proficiency exam result,

5. 2 Reference letters,
6. Detailed and updated Resume (CV),
7. Statement of Purpose (in English). 
8. A copy of undergraduate diploma. Note: If you are in your last semester of your undergraduate studies and do not have your diploma yet, you need to provide a graduation certificate before you can be admitted to the degree program. 
9. A photograph     
10. Signed online application affidavit 

Application Deadline for MiF: 

Early Applications     : March 07, 2014
Regular Applications: June 15, 2014
Applications              : July 15, 2014 

Admission Process: After an initial screening of the documents, eligible candidates will be interviewed. Interview results and acceptance decisions will be sent by mail.

For more information: Burcu Albayrak, (0216) 483 9672 or balbayrak@sabanciuniv.edu 

Application for the PhD Program: 
The PhD program in Management is open to candidates with a background in business, economics, engineering, social or natural sciences.
PhD Required Documents:
1. Completed online application form,
2. Transcript,
3. ALES* A minimum score of 75 is required (for applications with a masters degree with thesis)
                 A minimum score of 80 is required (for applications with a bachelors degree)
* Only Turkish citizens are required to submit ALES exam.
4. GMAT: A minimum score of 600 is required, or GRE : A minimum score of 730(Scores on the Prior Scale), 157(Scores on the Current Scale) from Quantitative section is required

5. a “English Proficiency Certificate” for PhD Programs: Photocopies of the documents mentioned below are accepted for application; however originals will be requested upon registration in the case of admission.

International PhD applicants must submit a proficiency exam result in one of the following languages, excluding the native language of the applicant: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese or Persian. The applicant is required to achieve a minimum of 78 points in the national foreign language examination (YDS) offered by the Turkish Council of Higher Education (YÖK) or the equivalent in an international language proficiency exam recognized by ÖSYM Board. The minimum scores required are given in the table below for Foreign Language Proficiency Certificates for proficiency in English.

After the test date, TOEFL scores are valid for two years and YDS, KPDS and ÜDS scores are valid for three years.

Applicants who provide a “Foreign Language Proficiency Certificate” in one of the languages listed above other than English are also required to fulfill the English proficiency criteria stated below at 5.b.

5-b  As the language of instruction at Sabancı University is English, the applicant is required to submit the score of one of the English proficiency assessment exams. Recognized exams, the minimum score required and period of validity are given in the table below. Photocopies of the documents mentioned below are accept.

After the test date, TOEFL scores are valid for two years, IELTS scores are valid for two years, and YDS, KPDS and ÜDS scores are valid for three years.

Applicants who do not submit a valid English Proficiency Exam score, if they are accepted to a program (fulfilling all other requirements) can only be admitted to graduate study on the condition of obtaining a satisfactory grade in Sabancı University’s own English Language Assessment Exam (ELAE). Those candidates who fail to attend or get a satisfactory score in the exam are obliged to attend and successfully complete a full course of English Language Preparation in order to continue with graduate courses. Failure to complete this course successfully will result in termination of enrollment in a graduate program at Sabancı University.

Graduates of Sabancı University are exempt from submitting an English Proficiency Exam score provided that they apply within two years of their graduation.

6. 2 Reference letters,
7. Detailed and updated resume (CV),
8. Statement of Purpose (in English).
9. Candidates applying for the PhD Programs with a BA degree must hold a 3.00/4.00 GPA. The candidates graduated from institutions which apply a scale other t

Application Deadline for PhD: June 30, 2014

For more information: Neyir Ozdemir (0216) 483 9671 or nozdemir@sabanciuniv.edu

Sabancı University Student Resources,

Orta Mahalle, Üniversite Cd. No:27, Tuzla, 34956 Istanbul 

 0 (216) 483 90 93 

 0 (216) 483 90 73

 studentinfo@sabanciuniv.edu

Data protection has been a fundamental right since 1970 and it is getting more and more important with advances in technology. Without an effective data protection framework many crucial aspects of a democratic society such as the right to have a private life, freedom of speech, presumption of innocence, and human dignity in general would be at stake. From that perspective, all democratic countries have implemented an effective data protection legal framework. Besides that, United Nations, European Council, European Union, OECD, APEC and many other international bodies issued declarations regarding privacy and data protection. However, the legal framework for data protection in Turkey is still not at a desired level. On the other hand, there are large scale IT projects in Turkey especially regarding the education and health sectors. Among those, FATIH project is getting attention worldwide. With FATIH project, it is expected that every student will have a tablet computer in the near future, and the whole education system will be computerized. Health is another sector where IT tranformation is going on at full speed. IT revolution is important for turkey in order to have a more effective Health and Education System. However, we believe that there is not much investment in assesing the privacy impact of using IT technology in health and education though such large scale projects with centralized data storage systems. In fact data protection in education and health is still a topic of discussion in academia. The aim of this conference is to create a platform to discuss the current status in Turkey regarding data privacy with special focus on Education and Health data.

First day of the conference will be dedicated to privacy in education including a geneal session on social media which is very popular in Turkey especially among young people. The second day of the conference will be dedicated to data protection in health sector. We plan to discuss the current status in the world and in Turkey with participation form government institutions, private sector, and experts from academia.

Date: 9-10 June, 2014

Venue:

9 June, 2014 - Bahçeşehir University-Beşiktaş Campus (Çırağan Caddesi Osmanpaşa Mektebi Sokak No: 4 – 6 34353 Beşiktaş, İstanbul)

10 June, 2014 -İstanbul Bilgi University-Santralistanbul (Eski Silahtarağa Elektrik Santralı, Kazım Karabekir Cad. No: 2/13 34060 Eyüp İstanbul)

Web: tlpc.modap.org

Students holding Bachelor's, Master's or Doctorate degrees or students enrolled at universities other than Sabancı University can apply to the courses, to participate as a special student at Sabancı University . An online application is required to be a Summer School special student at Sabancı.
For application, the document certifying that the student has passed one of the national and/or international foreign language examinations at a level determined by the university (click to see language exemption exams for undergraduate level) or an official document indicating the program's education language prepared by the Student Affairs Office of the university the applicant enrolled at (preferably enclosed) (for the fully English teaching institution) is required. 
Approval for special student application cannot be considered as an approval for a diploma programs.  In accordance with the related regulation, special students are not considered as Sabancı University students and cannot benefit from the student rights.
At the end of special student term, an official transcript on which courses registered and grades are printed may be given to special students upon request.

Deadline for application: June 09,2014.

2013-2014 Academic Year Summer School Special Student Application

2013-2014 Academic Year Summer School Modern Turkish Language Application

Mailing Address:
Sabancı University
Student Resources Unit
Orta Mahalle, Üniversite Cd. No:27
34956 Orhanlı-Tuzla
İSTANBUL, TR

Phone: 0216 483 90 93
Fax: 0216 483 90 73

E-mail: studentinfo@sabanciuniv.edu,ssadmission@sabanciuniv.edu

School of Languages welcomes participants on May 30th & 31st to a language teaching conference which will take place at Minerva Palas. Learner Autonomy along with Teacher Autonomy will be discussed in the conference under the theme “Learners & Teachers on the Road to Autonomy”. The conference will host delegates from a wide variety of countries. 

Three internationally acclaimed researchers and practitioners in the field of learner autonomy will address the vital issues of Learner & Teacher Autonomy in their plenary talks at the conference organized by Sabanci University School of Languages and IATEFL LASIG.

For more detail: http://lasig2014.sabanciuniv.edu/  

The May 2014 issue of SUdergi, the popular culture journal of Sabancı University, is out.  The 17th issue of SUdergi has a variety of interesting topics to appeal to all readers.

The cover story of SUdergi is an interview by Elif Gülez with Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences professor Ersin Kalaycıoğlu on Conservatism, Democracy, Gezi Park Protests and Civil Society.

SUdergi is now available online and mobile!

Starting with the May 2014 issue, SUdergi will now be available online in Turkish and English.

The full selection of exclusive SUdergi articles and stories are now available on the web and on all mobile devices through issuu.com – one of the world’s largest online journal newsstands with more than 15.000 journals.

Click here to read the new SUdergi.

Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards were given for Gender Equality in Turkey

Sabancı University Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı:

“Gender equality is an important indicator of the level of development in a country.”

“According to World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report in 2013, Turkey ranked 120th among 136 countries.  Only 30% of women in Turkey participate in the workforce compared to 76% of men.  This shows how great the gender gap in Turkey is.”

Established by Sabancı University, the 9th “Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards” were presented at a ceremony hosted by Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı and President A. Nihat Berker at the Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum the Seed.  

After the introductory remarks of Sabancı University Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı, Jury Panel Chair Professor Sibel Irzık from the Sabancı University Gender and Women’s Studies Forum explained the reasoning for the Jury Prize, followed by Professor Fuat Keyman, Director of the Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center, explaining the reasoning for the Essay Awards presented to young researchers.

The recipients of the three equally-weighted Essay Awards were:

• “Beyond Numbers: Rethinking the Education and Empowerment of Girls in Turkey” by Akanksha Misra (University of Washington), 

• “Properties of Modern Women and the Negotiation of Gender Norms within Space” by Emine Gökçen Yüksel (Universität der Bundeswehr Munich), Stephan Stetter (Universität der Bundeswehr Munich) and Jochen Walter (Universität Bielefeld) 

• “Questioning Calculations of Justice: Criminal Law, Hate Crimes and Queer Approaches” by Aslı Zengin (University of Toronto). 

Deniz Kandiyoti received her award from Sabancı University Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı and President Nihat Berker.  Essay Award winners received their prizes from the late Sakıp Sabancı’s daughter and Sabancı University Board of Trustees Member Sevil Sabancı.

“In the current state of affairs, I believe it is imperative that we view gender equality outside of traditional norms, and utilize a scientific approach to the subject.”

Güler Sabancı said, “In the current state of affairs, I believe it is imperative that we view gender equality outside of traditional norms, and utilize a scientific approach to the subject.  Improvements in the legal system are being made on the one hand.  There are declarations of universal values of equality and objectives established to this purpose.  Yet, we have to make more effort in order to ensure that this issue is appreciated in our daily lives.”

“Gender equality is an important indicator of the level of development in a country”

Güler Sabancı said, “Gender equality is an important indicator of the level of development in a country.  According to World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report in 2013, Turkey ranked 120th among 136 countries.  Only 30% of women in Turkey participate in the workforce compared to 76% of men,” and emphasized how great the gender gap in Turkey was as shown by these figures. 

“Gender equality is an issue that the entire society must embrace.”

Arguing that women’s education opportunities must be improved and economic positions must be strengthened to change the current outlook, Güler Sabancı said “We must ensure the active participation of women in politics and prevent violence towards women.  We need to understand each other more in gender equality studies, and work towards a common goal.  Gender equality is an issue that the entire society must embrace.  As Sabancı University, this was what we had in mind when choosing the theme for the 2014 Sakıp Sabancı Research Awards.  We wanted to encourage young researchers in particular to work for gender equality in Turkey.”

Güler Sabancı concluded her speech by thanking esteemed academics who have led the society onwards with their lifelong efforts, young academics making submissions to the awards, and the members of the international jury headed by Sabancı University faculty member Sibel Irzık. 

“The patriarchal is a crumbling structure that has difficulties in re-producing itself.”

Deniz Kandiyoti, this year’s winner of the Jury Prize, said that at one point in history, slave trade was widespread and scientific theories, religious and creationist rationale were used to legitimize this practice.  Kandiyoti remarked that people were still being traded today, although most of them were women and children, and similar scientific, religious and creationist arguments were still being used to make the issue seem legitimate.  Saying that she viewed gender issues like a puzzle that needs solving, Kandiyoti argued that under the 21st century conditions, the patriarchal is a crumbling structure that has difficulties in re-producing itself.  Deniz Kandiyoti concluded, “The patriarchal is being resurrected as an administrative science.  But the new generation rises up against subservience and obedience.  The new generation will lead us to emancipation.”

This year’s jury consisted of Sibel Irzık (Sabancı University – Gender and Women’s Studies Forum), Ayşe Kadıoğlu (Sabancı University), Fuat Keyman (Sabancı University – Istanbul Policy Center), Cemal Kafadar (Harvard University) and Isabelle de Courtivron (Massachusetts Intitute of Technology). 

About Deniz Kandiyoti

Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Kandiyoti received a Bachelor of Arts from University of Paris in 1966 and a Master of Science in Social Psychology from the London School of Economics before receiving her PhD there as well.  Kandiyoti’s academic life has been based in theoretical as well as field-based studies.  From 1969 until 1980, Kandiyoti worked at Istanbul Technical University and Boğaziçi University in Turkey, but then moved to England to teach at Richmond College in Surrey, England. Kandiyoti was a fellow at University of Manchester and the University of Sussex from 1987-1988. In 1988, she coined the term patriarchal bargain, describing a tactic in which a woman chooses to accommodate and accept gender roles that disadvantage women overall but maximize her individual power and options. From 2000-2005, Kandiyoti was part of a research effort sponsored by United Nations Research Institute For Social Development (UNRISD). She is also the editor of the journal Central Asian Survey, “the only established peer reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal in the world concerned with the history, politics, cultures, religions and economies of the Central Asian and Caucasian regions.” 

The CAP (Company Action Projects) Awards were given as part of the School of Management’s MBA program CAP scheme.

YThe Best CAP Award and Best CAP Report Award were given to Team Pfizer and members Dilek Uygungelen, Igor Petrusca and Kadir Bilir, and the Best CAP Presentation Award was given to Team GE and members Banu Özak, Duygu Sanaç and Emir Sunay.

The CAP Competition Jury consisted of Vodafone Talent Development Director Bülent Bayram, Sabancı Holding Board of Directors Member and Strategy and Business Development Director Gökhan Eyigün, Zorlu Holding Strategy and Business Development Director Ali Yalçın and Sabancı University Professional Programs Director Yusuf Soner.

Four teams competed in the competition.  Team Coca-Cola İçecek focused on the audit of international equipment suppliers in the operations project.  Team Deloitte and the finance project dealt with researching different industries, understanding the finance dynamics of companies, and the potential increase of Turkey’s GDP.  Team GE worked on more effective and efficient B2B company launches in its marketing project.  Finally, Team Pfizer and their marketing project focused on management before, during and after promotion, and communicating more effective messages that touch the consumer.

Sabancı University Gender and Women’s Studies Forum, in association with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Gender Club, hosted a lecture by Jack Halberstam, a leader in queer theory.  Jack Halberstam spoke on his book Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at the Karaköy Minerva Palas.

Jack Halberstam discussed the following: While capitalism changes route and focus to reconsolidate exploitation and prevalence, feminism and other forms of critical thought transform, evolve and change paths as well.  During this process, the critical responses developed against capitalism throughout the 20th century (anti-exploitation, anarchism, socialism, the multitude movement, ‘undercommon’s, punk, critical racial theory, critical ethnical studies et al.) transform themselves from identity claims based on the history of oppression and exploitation to new concepts of solidarity, commonality and political purpose. Halberstam also spoke on the transformation of feminism through interaction with new models of activism.

After discussing the necessity of feminism and the queer theory, Jack Halberstam presented his own manifesto.  Arguing that the pharmaceutical industry and global capitalism reposition the body-pleasure relationship, Halberstam said that pharmaceuticals and medical procedures evolve the human body towards an alternative reality.  Halberstam called for the need to create a new language instead of dividing into small identities and subgroups, saying “As people who desire change and transformation, we must change the discourse that ‘capitalism has already been there.’  Capitalism itself is chaos; poverty itself is chaos; anarchism is solidarity.  Capitalism will find new ways to nurture the wealthy,” and explained why he focused on capitalism with the argument that capitalism is a phenomenon leading to confusion and pessimism.

Jack Halberstam said “Think wild; do not constrain yourself to any one discipline, and look as if you are seeing the world for the first time.  We must reimagine politics.”  Explaining that anarchists become involved in politics not to reach an objective but to be together, Halberstam called for a new politics that is based not on identity politics, but on a new imagining of solidarity.

Jack Halberstam explained that he uses Lady Gaga as the symbol of a new kind of sensibility, and said that the argument in Gaga Feminism is the need for a new gender regime.  Discussing the shift in gender regime, Jack Halberstam said new technologies may relieve women from the responsibility of giving birth.

Halberstam said that his purpose in including the wild in the queer theory is to consolidate theories that are in disarray, and argued that queer activism was in one way or another influenced by the protests of the past, bringing the two together.

Jack Halberstam made comments on the works of artists of various disciplines, saying “Participatory art includes not just the artists, but everyone who happens to chance upon the work.  A new meaning arises when the message is not fully delivered.”

Halberstam was in Ankara on Sunday, May 18 as an invited guest of Kaos GL for the “Anti-Homophobic and Transphobic Summit.”

About Jack Halberstam 

Jack Halberstam is Professor of English and Director of The Center for Feminist Research at University of Southern California (USC). Halberstam's writing focuses on the topic of tomboys and female masculinity and has published a book titled after the concept of female masculinity. His works include Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters, Duke UP 1995; Female Masculinity, Duke UP 1998; In A Queer Time and Place, NYU Press 2005; and Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal, Beacon Press 2012.

Sabancı University faculty member and photography artist Murat Germen published his monograph.  Murathan Mungan contributed a review piece to Murat Germen’s book.

Written through Germen’s artistic perspective, the book discusses some of the most caustic issues in the last decade of Turkey, including “damaging” gentrification, industrial growth led by economic development, social engineering, connections between art and capital, road constructions that don’t help public transport and lead to further traffic issues, and the Gezi Resistance as the most significant social movement in Turkish history.  Murathan Mungan contributed a review to Murat Germen’s book. 

Murathan Mungan: “Regardless of their field and creative discipline, I have always been most intrigued by artists that have an ‘issue’.  I believe that only those with an issue can have an adventure.  Considering the works of Murat Germen,  a combination of mastery and artistry, you can see that he is a photographer with an issue above all.”

“…Murat Germen’s eye has a ‘cinemascope’ sensibility.  As far as I can see and understand, Germen photographs every object, every situation, every appearance with a scrutiny that is in close observation of the worldwide network of global photography.  His works apparently require significant preparation and an intense, meticulous labor.

I must also add that looking at Murat Germen’s photographs gives one pleasure.”

Regarded one of the most important Turkish representatives of contemporary photographic art, Sabancı University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences member Murat Germen published a monographic volume of his work.  The body of the book is composed of unique interpretations by Germen in different experimentations, and has eight chapters on the “New Turkey” from the 2000s to the present day. 

The book also includes opinion pieces by Murathan Mungan and Necmi Sönmez, an interview with the artist by Photographische Sammlung Köln’s curator Barbara Hoffmann Johnson, and notes by Germen. 

It is not a coincidence that Murat Germen’s objective is always focused on the “present time” of Turkey.  Regardless of the subject and how different the perspective and technique are, the artist has an initially obscure, documentary approach due to his unpredictable view of the cultural, economic and social landscape shaped by the New Turkey.  Documentary isn’t necessarily confined to a well-worn, highly-orthodox method of documenting with prescriptive limitations and perceptions, but stands at an angle that knows how to view issues from a perspective of causality.  The meticulously chosen subjects of Germen are the products of a personalized perspective.

The argument in Murat Germen’s book is the unique interpretation that the artist achieves when making the dynamics of social change manifest, based on metaphors and with a clarity that makes literature redundant.  The interpretation is humanist above all, and brings out the various layers of Turkey without criticism, inquisition or comparison; therefore taking the labor, sacrifice and creation of the human being to the forefront rather than its portrait.  The appearance of the urban sphere, areas of production, and nature as shaped by mankind as a leitmotif in Murat Germen’s photography can be considered the internalization of the New Turkey.  Oftentimes, Germen takes this beyond the possibilities of photographic technique and interprets this at a level of contemporary art production.  Having formed his personal perspective through a difficult and interdisciplinary process, Murat Germen has a particularly striking artistic disposition.  Written through Germen’s artistic perspective, the book discusses some of the most caustic issues in the last decade of Turkey, including “damaging” gentrification, industrial growth led by economic development, social engineering, connections between art and capital, road constructions that don’t help public transport and lead to further traffic issues, and the Gezi Resistance as the most significant social movement in Turkish history.