FEAS RESEARCH E-BULLETIN FEAS E-BULLETIN DECEMBER 2016 | Page 2

From Fall 2015 to Spring 2016, 15 PhD candidates defended
their theses and received a PhD degree from our Faculty. In
this issue of the FEAS E-Research Bulletin, we acknowledge
these new PhDs and provide the abstracts of their doctoral
theses along with the names of their advisors and co-advisors.
The doctoral theses in full can be reached from the METU
Library.
I kindly acknowledge the assistance of the Director of
Graduate School of Social Sciences Prof. Dr. Tülin Gençöz,
the associate dean of our faculty Prof. Dr. Meltem Dayıoğlu,
and our assistant Utku Havuç in this issue’s publication. Our
research bulletins are available three times a year. We hope
that they help inform the faculty members of the research
taking place at FEAS and thereby, foster cooperation and
joint-work among faculty members.
Prof. Dr. Özlem Özdemir
FEAS Dean