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Meetings and Seminars
Workshop/Conference in Honor of Prof. Dr. Fikret Şenses
Af t er work i ng a t t h e d ep ar tm ent of Ec o n om ic s at M ET U f or m ore t ha n 3 0 ye ars , Pr of Dr. Ş ens es
r et ir e d i n M a y 2 0 14 . T hr o u g ho ut h is ac a d em ic l if e, h e h as a l wa ys be e n a n ex em pl ar y f i g ure f or
a ll of h is s t u de nts a nd c ol l e ag u es i n t er m s o f b ot h t e ac h i n g a nd h i gh - q u al i t y res e arc h . H e h as
be e n m a in l y i n ter es te d i n d e ve l opm e nt , po v ert y, th e T urk is h ec o nom y a n d i nc om e i n e qu a l it y.
W ith th e f in a nc ia l a n d l og is t ic s up p or t of M ET U, M ET U NC C, B os por us U ni v ers i t y, D en i z B a nk
an d t he C en tr a l Ba nk of t h e Re p ub l ic of T urk e y , a wo rk s ho p/c o nf er enc e i n h on or of Pr of . Dr.
Ş ens es wa s or ga n i ze d at t h e Nor th er n C yp rus Cam p us of M ET U on 2 - 4 Apr i l 2 0 15 b y h is ex s tu d en ts , H as a n C öm er t ( MET U) , M ur a t K o yu nc u (B os p hor us ) a n d Em re Ö zç e l ik (M ET U - N CC) .
T wo l ea d i ng s c ho l ar s , Ro b er t W ade of L o nd o n Sc h oo l of Ec o n om ic s an d J a ya t i G h os h of
J a wa har l a l N e hr u U n i v er s it y, an d m or e t ha n a hu n dre d s c h o lars f ro m var io us T urk is h un i v ers it i es
par t ic ip a te d i n t he wor k s hop /c o nf er e nc e . Du r i ng t h e work s h o p/c onf ere nc e, m ore t ha n 6 0 pa p ers
r e le v a nt t o t h e i n ter es t s of Pr of . Ş e ns es wer e p res e nt ed . Se l ec t e d p ap ers wi l l b e pu b l is h e d i n a n
ed i te d bo ok a n d af t er a b l i nd pe er - r e v i e w pr oc es s , t h e y wi l l a ls o b e c o ns id er e d f o r p ub l i c at i on i n
a s p ec i a l is s u e of MET U St u d ies in D e v e lo pm en t i n H on or of F ik re t Ş ens es .
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