Established by the Sabancı University Gender and Women’s Studies Forum in memory of academic and activist Dicle Koğacıoğlu, this year’s awards were presented on Saturday, December 28 at a ceremony following a student conference at the Minerva Palas in Karaköy.

First prize went to Pınar Ensari from Sabancı University, second prize to Nihan Bozok from Middle East Technical University (METU) and third prize to Ayşen Üstübici from Koç University.  The Honorable Mention, given for the first time this year, was awarded toMehtap Tosun from METU.

Established by the Sabancı University Gender and Women’s Studies Forum, the Dicle Koğacıoğlu Article Awards were presented on Saturday, December 28 at a ceremony following a student conference at the Minerva Palas.

The conference began with introductory remarks by Boğaziçi University Department of Sociology professor Ferhunde Özbay.  Özbay discussed the work of Dicle Koğacıoğlu and her contributions to academic studies. 

Following introductory remarks was a panel discussion moderated by Sabancı University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences member Ayşe Öncü.  Speakers were first prize winner Pınar Ensari (Sabancı University) with “Like a Rescued Kurd”: Rethinking the Relationship of Kurdish Women in Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia with Education; second prize winner Nihan Bozok (METU) with Building Subjectivities As Stories Are Told: Mom, Dorm, Razor and third prize winner Ayşe Üstübici (Koç University) with Gender implications of irregular immigration: Risks, Integration(?), Legal Status and Access to Protection.  

In the second panel discussion moderated by Begüm Başdaş of Istanbul Bilgi University, select student essays were presented.  Mehtap Tosun (METU), winner of the Honorable Mention awarded for the first time this year, presented her essay A Cross Section of the Physical and Social Invisibility of Labor: The Informal Positioning of Women’s Labor in Dersim. Also presenting papers were Dilara Çalışkan (Sabancı University) with "Trans* Sex Worker Mothers and Their Daughters: The Role of Passing on Memory in the Struggle of the Trans* Community in Istanbul against Systematic Police Violence" and Ozan Soybakış (EHESS- Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) with A Game of Hide and Seek in the Public Sphere: «Some Other» Men Suffering from Gender.

Dicle Koğacıoğlu Awards aim to support gender-focused studies on the society and culture in Turkey and to encourage young researchers.  Also attending the Dicle Koğacıoğlu Article Awards Ceremony were Dicle Koğacıoğlu’s family, friends, colleagues and students.

Hakan ORBAY Best Paper Award

In response to the requests and efforts of our university, public transport is now available between the Kartal Metro Station and Sabancı University.

The 132T line will depart from the shuttle departure area on campus. 132T, Kartal Metro - Sabancı University service will be available on weekdays only with a fare of one ticket.

Line: 132T – single fare line

From Kartal Metro to Sabancı University:

    07:40

    14:35

    16:20

From Sabancı University to Kartal Metro:

    08:40

    15:45

    17:45

The Student Union of Turkey has established a new committee named European Student Union Committee in the venture to be a full member of European Student Union. Our Student Union members have been selected to this committee: Çağlar GENÇ as President, Melis YAZICIOĞLU as Secretary-General, Mert ÇULHA, Ömer MUTÇALI and Umut Alihan DİKEL as Board Members. We would like to congratulate our Student Union its leadership in this critical candidature process of Turkey.

We wish all your dreams come true in 2014, happy new year!

Students who have Bachelor's, Master's or Doctorate diplomas or students enrolled at universities other than Sabancı University can apply to the courses offered by Sabancı University to participate as special students. The candidates apply for special student status should firstly meet the requirements determined by the relevant Faculty/Graduate School for the level of English.

Approval for special student application can not be considered as the approval of any diploma programs. Special students are not considered as Sabancı University student and can not benefit from the student rights. 

 Transcript on which courses registered and course grades are printed can be given on demand to special students. 


2013-2014 Academic Year Spring Term Special Student Application

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Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum collections and archive have gone global with DigitalSSM

The DigitalSSM project, designed to enable academics and researchers around the world to access the Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum collections and archive, is complete.

The Book Arts and Calligraphy Collection, Painting Collection, Abidin Dino Archive and Emirgan Archive of the SSM have been digitally rendered as part of the project, and opened to access at digisu.sabanciuniv.edu .  A joint effort by Sakıp Sabancı Museum and the Sabancı University Information Center, the project aims to make a significant contribution to the cultural heritage of Turkey.  Information about collections and archives is enriched with more than 77,000 high-resolution images.

DigitalSSM is a great resource for academics, researchers, museum specialists, connoisseurs of Turkish and Islamic art, collectors, and art or history students in Turkey and around the world.  The collections have been scanned and archived in accordance with international standards, and the bilingual site uses CONTENTdm software for advanced search capabilities.  

This user-friendly software supports several languages and multiple file formats, enabling users to browse the collection with keywords.

Sabancı University Vice President Hasan Mandal, International Relations Office Associate Ebru Koç and Sabancı University representatives in Azerbaijan visited Azerbaijan’s Minister of Education Mikayıl Cabbarov on Friday, December 20, 2013.  Also joining the meeting were Azerbaijan Ministry of Education International Cooperation Division Director Mukhtar Mammadov and Ministry official Nezrin Bağırova.

The parties discussed cooperation opportunities between the Azerbaijan Ministry of Education and Sabancı University.  Vice President Hasan Mandal said that Sabancı University would like to be included in the Republic of Azerbaijan State Scholarships List, and explained the unique education and learning processes of the university, diploma programs, faculty, research facilities including the nanotechnology laboratory, and institutional internalization policies, emphasizing that the university was in every way fit to go on the list.

Vice President Hasan Mandal also said that Sabancı University was Turkey’s leading third-generation (innovative and entrepreneurial) university, an institutional model that has been gaining acceptance since 2011.

Azerbaijan Minister of Education Mikayıl Cabbarov said that they would explore opportunities for cooperation in areas where Sabancı University excels.

TÜSIAD and Sabancı University Center For Energy And Climate (IICEC) Present “World Energy Outlook 2013” Turkey Report

Sabancı University Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı: “Market liberalization must continue in the energy sector”

“IICEC Is a north star rising from Istanbul”

“We must aim to achieve a more competitive energy market”

A meeting was held for the presentation of the “World Energy Outlook 2013” Turkey Report prepared by Sabancı University Center for Energy and Climate (IICEC) and TÜSİAD. The report was presented by International Energy Agency Chief Economist Dr. Fatih Birol.

Sabancı University Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı, TÜSİAD Vice President Memduh Boydak  and Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Hasan Murat Mercan made introductory remarks.

Speaking first, Sabancı University Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı said, “As the demand for energy increases, great investments in all segments of the energy sector are needed on an annual basis.  We need 8 to 10 billion dollars in investments every year in order to meet the demand for electricity in a secure and sustainable way.  There are two prerequisites to attracting investments on this scale: a stable economy, and a liberal, transparent and competitive energy market.  Important steps have been taken lately to encourage competition in the electricity sector and expedite investments.  We have had tangible results in the development of a liberal electricity market, where our group company EnerjiSA is one of the leading private actors in electricity production, trade and sale.

“The New Electricity Market Law adopted this year was another leap forward in liberalization.  The privatization of distribution was completed this year.  With the reduction in free consumer thresholds, theoretical market openness at the end-consumption level exceeded 80%.  In a few years, when the free consumer threshold is eliminated, the fully-competitive retail market will have been achieved.  However we must not settle for these; we must aim to achieve a more competitive energy market that will give more support to the growth and competitiveness of the Turkish economy, and offer more benefits to the consumer.”

Next, TÜSİAD Vice President Memduh Boydak said that the energy sector had been growing and transforming in the last few years.  Boydak noted that the energy demand in some countries boomed alongside economic development, adding “As a result, the demand for energy is shifting from the West to the East.  Meanwhile, developments such as the economically-viable extraction of shale gas are worth noting, as are the changes in priorities brought by environmental concerns, not the least of which is climate change.  These all result in a significant disruption in the energy market equilibrium.”

Explaining that the industry was central to growth and competitive strength, Boydak referred to the observation in the competition report issued by the European Union in 2013 that growth and employment would not be possible without industry.

Boydak mentioned the energy sources in the Eastern Mediterranean, the nuclear power agreement with Iran, and the developments in the supply of Iraqi oil and gas as critical agenda items.  Mernduh Boydak said that the Natural Gas Market Law would complete the recent regulatory acts in the electricity market and the energy exchange, concluding: “Considering that an amendment to the law is currently being worked on, I must note that cost-based pricing, the restructuring of BOTAŞ, and the issue of contract assignment are critical to the liberalization of the sector.”

The “World Energy Outlook 2013” Turkey Report was then presented by International Energy Agency Chief Economist Dr. Fatih Birol. 

Issued by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the “World Energy Outlook” Report contains the latest forecasts for the next 20 years, policy developments and recent analyses supported by the learnings of the past year.  “World Energy Outlook” includes the latest supply and demand projections according to a variety of scenarios, countries, industries and fuel types.  The report includes important assessments on how the energy system might be transformed in the short and medium term, and is a reference book for anyone wishing to stay abreast of the energy industry.

The event included a panel discussion on “Shifts in the Global Energy Balance and Competition” moderated by Selahattin HAKMAN, President of the TÜSİAD Working Group on Energy and Group President of Energy of the Sabancı Group.

Speakers of the panel were Deputy President of TÜSİAD Working Group on Energy, Nusret CÖMERT; Vice-President of TÜSİAD Working Group on Energy, Batu AKSOY; President of TÜSİAD Working Group on Environment, Ahmet DÖRDÜNCÜ; Genel Enerji CEO Tony HAYWARD and Paris Institute for Political Science Studies (Science Po) International Energy Division Director Giacomo LUCIANI on their thoughts about energy markets.