Prof. Dr. Mustafa POLAT - Dean

OSTIM Technical University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences member Professor Mustafa Polat has received his undergraduate degree in Systems Engineering from Turkish Military Academy in 1994, his Master’s degree in Business Administration from Yeditepe University in 2000 and his Doctorate degree in Business Administration from Uludağ University in 2010. Professor Polat became an Associate Professor in Management and Strategy in 2012 and a Professor in 2021. He worked as a faculty member, department head and division head at the Military Academy for many years and served in the team working on the feasibility study for the Modern Tank in 2000. He was involved in the foundation of National Defense University between 2016 - 2019 and took part in the reformation of the curriculum at the Military Academy and in that scope, he designed the undergraduate Logistics programme offered at the Turkish Armed Forces and the Turkish Military Academy for the first time in 2019. Professor Polat offered various lectures at Erzincan University, Atılım University and Turkish Aeronautical Association University and gave seminars at the Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy as well as other various civil and public entities. He has published international and national articles, book sections and papers in Management, Strategy, Leadership and Organizational Behavior. Professor Polat has been serving as a volunteering advisor for various educational institutions since 2003, trying to contribute in the occupational and career development of young minds. Professor Polat is currently working on individual and organizational skill development at businesses on the way to national development.

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Prof. Dr. Ufuk TÜREN - Vice Dean

Dr. Ufuk Türen received his Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering from the Turkish Military Academy in 1995, completed Systems Engineering at Yeditepe University in 2000, Industrial Engineering Master's Program at Marmara University in 2002, and Engineering Management Doctorate Program at Marmara University in 2008. He has given undergraduate and graduate courses at the Turkish Military Academy, Defense Sciences Institute, and various universities.

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Assoc. Prof. Hakan EREN - Vice Dean - Head of Management Information Systems Department

Hakan EREN, who graduated from the System Engineering undergraduate program, completed his master's and doctoral studies in Technology Management. In 2011, he received Operations Research and System Analysis training at the US Army Logistics University. During his public service between 1995-2021, he carried out tasks in the field of R&D and defense project management, research methods and multivariate statistical analysis, providing decision support and strategic planning. Between 2018-2021, he gave lectures (Defense Technologies and Innovation Management, Management and Organization, Cyber Warfare and Information Security, Research Methods, etc.) at Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy, Turkish Military Academy and Yıldırım Beyazıt University. Associate Professor Hakan EREN continues to carry out academic studies in the fields of Technology and Innovation Management, R&D Management, Strategic Planning and Entrepreneurship.

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Assist. Prof. Zeynep BAYSAL - Vice Dean

Zeynep BAYSAL has received her undergraduate degree from Yeditepe University, Department of Business Administration in English in 2013. She has a master’s degree in International Business Administration from Anadolu University and a PhD in Management and Organization from Anadolu University. She has various publications as author and editor in the field of business research. Her research interests include organization theory, virtual organizations, family businesses, strategic management and technology and innovation management. .

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Prof. Dr. Elif AKAGÜN ERGİN - Head of Marketing Department

Elif Akagün Ergin started her higher education at Bilkent University Faculty of Business Administration in 1992 and graduated from the Business Administration-Economics double major honor program in 1996. She completed her master's degree in international marketing at Rutgers University in the USA in 1999. Then, she received her doctorate in production and marketing from Gazi University in 2007. 

She started her academic career as a lecturer in the Department of Business Administration at Çankaya University in 1999. She received the title of Associate Professor on 17.03.2014. She has been working in the Department of Business Administration at Çankaya University for 23 years. At Rutgers University in 2008, Prof. Dr. She conducted postdoctoral research in the field of “Consumer Acculturation” with Carol Kaufman-Scarborough. She was a visiting professor at Rutgers University in 2013 and 2016 and gave the "Strategic Brand Management" course. 

Elif Akagün Ergin, who left her duty at Çankaya University in September 2022, started to work as Professor Dr in the Marketing Department of OSTİM Technical University as of October 2022. 

She has 6 Turkish and 24 English articles, 4 of which are SSCI, published in international refereed journals in the professional field. She has presented papers in more than twenty international congresses and has received different awards from these congresses.

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Assoc.  Prof. Tuğrul OĞUZHAN - Head of Business Administration Department

Dr. Tuğrul OĞUZHAN graduated in 1996 by completing his undergraduate education in the Department of System Engineering of the Turkish Military Academy. In 2002, he completed his master's degree in the Department of Business Administration at Yeditepe University Institute of Social Sciences on Defense Systems and Logistics Management Program. Tuğrul Oğuzhan completed his doctorate in the Defense Management program at the Turkish Military Academy Defense Sciences Institute in 2015. Dr. Oğuzhan worked as a lecturer in the Department of Management and Organization at the Turkish Military Academy, Department of Business Administration between 2007-2016. During this period, Dr. Oğuzhan gave lectures on Computer Programming, Management and Organization, Management Information Systems, Introduction To Business Administration, International Business, Contemporary Approaches in Management, Research Methods in Social Sciences, Customer Relationship Management (Başkent University 2015-2016), Organizational Behavior, Introduction to Defense Management, Defense Management (https://pl.ve/ Philosophy), Logistics Management. He served as NATO ISAF RCC Liaison Officer in 2009-2010 and NATO KFOR J3 CONOPS Plan Officer in 2014-2015. Dr. Tuğrul Oğuzhan started to work at OSTİM Technical University, Department of Aviation Management in April 2021. Dr. Oğuzhan has national and international academic studies in the fields of leadership, defense management and organizational behavior.

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Assoc.  Prof. Bahar ERDAL - Head of Economics Department

Associate Professor Doctor Bahar ERDAL is a faculty member of the Economics Department of the OSTIM Technical University. She has taken her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Middle East Technical University. She has taken her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of Delaware. The title of her Ph.D. dissertation is “Real Exchange Rate Volatility and Investment in Manufacturing Industries: Empirical Evidence from European Countries and the United States”. She has worked different departments of the Central Bank of Turkey as specialist and director. As a part-time lecturer, she thought “Macroeconomics Theory” and “Introduction to Economics-1” at the Atılım University, “Money and Banking” and “Money and Financial Institutions” at the Başkent University and “Banking and Financial Institutions” and “International Financial System” at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences. Her research interests are macroeconomics, money and banking, monetary policy and international economics. She has books and articles published by international and national publishers and journals.

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Assist.  Prof. Hasibe AYSAN - Head of International Trade and Finance Department

Hasibe Aysan graduated from Marmara University, Department of Business Administration in 2003 in first place. Between 2003 and 2012, she completed her master's degree in Istanbul during her professional career in the banking sector, where she has gained experience in international trade and foreign exchange, country loans, letters of guarantee, and domestic loans. Aysan completed her PhD in Management and Organization at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University in 2019 and has worked in the fields of organizational theory, legitimacy and legitimation processes, professional division and history of business administration.

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