Seminars in 2015-2016
Economy and Policy Seminars
2015-2016
21-10-2015 
“Has security improved as a result of drone strikes in the targeted countries?” 
Ali Taşıran, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus 
Zainab Kazim, Middlesex University, London, UK
4-11-2015 
“Political Economy of Turkey under AKP and the November 1st Elections” 
Yonca Özdemir, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus
11-11-2015 
“The Story of Economics in the Ottoman Empire” 
Deniz Kılınçoğlu, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus
18-11-2015 
“Syrian refugee’s marginalization experiences in Turkey: Is a choice between a protracted conflict zone and a “protracted uncertainty” zone real choice?” 
Hande Sözer, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus
25-11-2015
“Graph-theoretic Approach to Targeting Policies with Applications”
Tuğrul Temel, ECOREC Economics Research and Consulting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2-12-2015 
“Reimagining Europe’s Borderlands: The Social and Cultural Impact of Undocumented Migrants to the Italian Island of Lampedusa” 
Luciano Barocco, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus
9-12-2015
“Banking bonuses, financial deregulation in the UK and rising income inequality” 
Steve Jefferys (Emeritus Professor), London Metropolitan University, UK
16-12-2015 
“The Acceleration of Privatisation in Turkey: Why in the last decade?” 
Ahmet Zaifer, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), UK
24-02-2016 
“Occupational Segregation in Employment and Labor Force Participation of Women:  Case of North Cyprus” 
Demet Beton, European University of Lefke, TRNC
2-3-2016 
“Turkey: From the ‘Motherland’ to the ‘IMF of Northern Cyprus’?” 
Umut Bozkurt, Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC
9-3-2016 
“Contemporary Labour Relations in Turkey under successive AKP governments” 
Burçak Özoğlu, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus
16-3-2016 “Türkiye’de Siyasal Düşünce Ortamının Bazı Karakteristikleri Üzerine” 
Tanıl Bora, İletişim Yayınları, Türkiye
23-3-2016 
“Crises in or of Neoliberalism: The Contours of the Turkish Political Economy since the 2000s” Galip Yalman, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
30-3-2016 
“Marksist Kriz Teorileri ve 21. Yüzyılın İlk Buhranı” 
E. Ahmet Tonak, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiye
31-3-2016 
“The many benefits of transition to renewable energy” 
Felix Fitz Roy (Emeritus Professor), University of St. Andrews, UK
6-4-2016 
“Is Revolution a myth? Global Governmentality and the Challenges of State and Societal Transformation in Tunisia” 
Emel Akçalı, Swansea University, UK
13-4-2016 
“Female Labor Force Participation in Turkey: A Synthetic Cohort Analysis, 1988-2013” 
İnsan Tunalı, Koç University, İstanbul, Turkey
20-4-2016 
“Price of working in shadows: Unregistered employment in North Cyprus” 
Tufan Ekici, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus
27-4-2016 
“Radicalization of the Left in Iran and Turkey during the 1970s” 
Sevil Çakır Kılınçoğlu, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus
29-4-2016 
“Reassesing the heterogeneity hypothesis in unemployment dynamics” 
Hakan Ercan, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
4-5-2016 
“Mal Sahibi Mülk Sahibi Nerde Bunun İlk Sahibi?: Kıbrıs’ta Yerinden Edilme ve Mülkiyet Sorunu” 
Mete Hatay, PRIO Office Cyprus, TRNC
11-5-2016 
“Women and Work in Turkey” 
Şemsa Özar, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey
18-5-2016 
"Financial Integration and Growth: A Nonlinear Panel Data Analysis" 
Nadir Öcal, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
25-5-2016 
"Democracy, Wages and Productivity" 
Erol Taymaz, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
 
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
 