W ha t i s yo ur fa vo r it e a n d mo st at tr ac ti v e le s so n
in yo ur st ud e nt li fe?
I s t ud i ed b o t h mi cr o a n d macr o wi t h p le a s ure .
Fo r i ns ta nc e, “R e sear c h Me t ho d s ” i s o n e o f t he
le sso n s we st ud ied wit h p le as ur e. Fr o m a
d i f fer e n t p er sp ec ti v e, I a m i n ter e s ted i n
“Eco no mi c T h eo r y i n R e tr o sp ect ” a l so .
W o uld yo u l i ke to s har e o ne i nter e st i n g me mo r y
fr o m s t ud e n t l i fe?
I n t ho s e yea r s, b ear d s we r e fo r b id d e n a nd no o ne
co u ld e n ter t he u ni v er s it y wi t h a b ea rd .
Ho we v er, I li ked to gr o w a b e ar d . Si nc e t h e
co n tr o l s we re d o ne a t t h e mai n ga te b y so ld i er s ,
I g e ner a ll y u s ed 1 0 0 . Yıl ga te so , it d id no t
cr ea te a p ro b le m. O ne d a y, wh e n I we nt to e x it
fr o m c a mp u s, t he re wa s a mili tar y co n tr o l a nd
o ne o f t he o ffic er q ue r ied u s ab o u t ho w we
en ter ed i n to t he ca mp u s. I sa id t h at “Si r , d o yo u
p r o tec t ODT Ü fro m s t u d en t s wi t h b r ead s o r d o
yo u p ro te ct An k ar a fr o m b ear d ed ODT Ü
st ud e nt s.” I d id no t fo r ge t t h e car ica t ur i s t fac e
o f t he o ffic er. At t he e n d , h e l e ft u s to go .
Mr B al i, e ve n so , I d o n ’t k no w yo u fi nd le is ur e
ti me as a fat he r o f t hree ch ild re n a nd C EO o f I s
B an k, I wa n t to as k wh at wo uld l i ke to d o i n
yo ur le is ur e t i me s?
Re ad i n g b o o k s, wa tc hi n g fil m s a nd l is te n i n g to
mu s i c ar e m y ma i n fi el d o f i nt ere st s. I tr y to
ha v e t i me fo r t h es e a ct i vi ti e s a s lo n g a s I ca n. I
a m a s up p o r ter o f F e nerb a hçe a nd I wa tc h
fo o tb al l ma tc h es wi t h m y k id s . I tr y to hi k e
r eg u lar l y at le as t 3 o r 4 d a ys a we e k. O f co urs e,
b eca u se o f t h e l ac k o f t i me , t h i s i s o nl y p o s sib le
wi t h a tr ead mi l l . W hi le I a m j o g g i n g i n p lac e, I
wa t c h T ED T al k s wh ic h I fo llo w c lo sel y.
T ha n k yo u ver y mu c h a nd we wi s h yo u
co n ti n u ed s u cce s s. See i n g o ur grad u at es i n hi g h
ran k i n g j o b s ma ke u s p r o ud .
In te rvi e w: Ma rch 2 0 1 6
Did ne g at i ve ne ws i n th e p r e s s l ate l y ab o u t
MET U a ffec t yo u a s a gr ad u ate o f MET U? W ha t
is yo u r o p i n io n ab o u t t h is s ub j ec t?
Fo r s ure , I a m fo llo wi n g d i sc u s sio n s fro m
wr i tte n a nd v i s ual me d ia. W e need to ma ke
p r o gr es s i n t he wa y o f b ei n g to l er a nt o f
ind i vid u al s i n i n ter r o ga to r , e xp lo r er , a nd
p lu r al i st e n viro n me n t. T hi s i s t he co n tr ib u tio n
o f m y u n i ve rs it y.
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