Uluslararası Akademisyenlerin Bildirisi/International Academics’ Statement

Prof. Dr. Ünal Zenginobuz’un Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Ekonomi Bölüm başkanlığı görevini yürütürken hakkında soruşturmalar açılmasını, bu gerekçeyle Boğaziçi Üniversitesi’nden üç ay süresince uzaklaştırılmasını ve akademik ve eğitim-öğretim faaliyetlerinin engellenmesini kınıyoruz.

Bu hatanın bir an önce düzeltilmesini talep ediyoruz.

Mikroekonomi ve kamu maliyesi alanlarında üretken bir araştırmacı olmasının yanı sıra, Prof. Dr. Zenginobuz aralarında halihazırda dünyanın önde gelen üniversitelerinde akademisyen olarak iktisat bilimine katkıda bulunanların da olduğu binlerce öğrenci yetiştirmiştir. Ayrıca, uluslararası akademik kuruluşlarda ve Boğaziçi Üniversitesi’nde seçilerek geldiği üst düzey görevleri özveri ile yerine getirmiştir. Prof. Dr. Zenginobuz, akademiye ve topluma olan bu katkıları dolayısıyla, Türkiye’de ve dünyada akademik camiada saygı duyulan ve örnek alınan isimler arasındadır.

Prof. Dr. Zenginobuz’un akademik dünyadan uzaklaştırılmaya çalışılması; öğrencilerine, üniversitesine, ülkesine ve uluslararası akademik camiaya zarar verir ve kabul edilemez. Bu haksız kararı daha da vahim kılan, bu yaklaşımın Boğaziçi Üniversitesi’nde Ocak 2021’den beri devam eden ve akademik özerklik ve liyakat ilkelerini çiğneyen sürecin bir parçası olmasıdır. Boğaziçi Üniversitesi’nin başarısını ve uluslararası saygınlığını mümkün kılan, Prof. Dr. Zenginobuz’un en iyi şekilde temsil ettiği akademik liyakat, demokratik yönetim anlayışı ve kamuya hizmet bilincidir.

Prof. Dr. Zenginobuz’un ve Boğaziçi Üniversitesi’nin yanındayız.

We are outraged by the suspension of Prof. Ünal Zenginobuz from teaching at Boğaziçi University for a period of three months, thereby preventing his academic and educational activities, on grounds of an investigation into actions conducted while he held the position of Department Head.

We demand that this error be corrected immediately.

In addition to being a productive researcher in the fields of microeconomics and public finance, Prof. Zenginobuz has taught thousands of students, some of whom are currently contributing to economics at leading universities around the world. Furthermore, he has served with dedication in senior administrative positions to which he was elected, at international academic organizations and Boğaziçi University. His contributions to academia and society have made Prof. Zenginobuz one of the respected and exemplary figures in the academic community in Turkey and around the world.

Cutting Prof. Zenginobuz off from the academic world will harm his students, his university, his country, and the international academic community. This is simply unacceptable. What makes this unjust decision even more grave is that this is a continuation of developments at Boğaziçi University since January 2021 that have been in violation of academic autonomy and merit. Boğaziçi University enjoys success and worldwide renown thanks to values including academic merit, democratic governance, and dedication to public service, which Prof. Zenginobuz represents at its best.

We stand by Prof. Zenginobuz and Boğaziçi University.

Kampanyanın ilk imzacıları / First signatories of the campaign

Daron Acemoğlu
Institute Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; The Science Academy (Turkey)
Osman Cevdet Akçay
Former Associate Professor of Economics, Boğaziçi University
Ahmet Alkan
Emeritus Professor of Economics, Sabancı University; The Science Academy (Turkey)
Murat Arsel
Professor of Political Economy of Sustainable Development, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam
Salvador Barberà
Emeritus Professor of Economics, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Giorgio Bellettini
Professor of Economics, Vice Rector for Academic Staff, University of Bologna
Dirk Bergemann
Douglass and Marion Campbell Professor of Economics, Professor of Computer Sciences and Professor of Finance, Yale University
Francis Bloch
Professor of Economics, Paris School of Economics; Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University
Raouf Boucekkine
Professor of Economics, Aix-Marseille University; Aix-Marseille School of Economics
Samuel Bowles
Research Professor, Santa Fe Institute
Selva Demiralp
Professor of Economics, Koç University
Ayşe Buğra
Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, Boğaziçi University; The Science Academy (Turkey)
Ali Çarkoğlu
Professor of International Relations, Koç University; The Science Academy (Turkey)
Helmuth Cremer
Professor of Economics,Toulouse School of Economics; University of Toulouse Capitole
Frédéric Deroïan
Research Director, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS); Aix-Marseille School of Economics
Pat Devine
Honorary Research Fellow, Economics, The University of Manchester
Hülya Eraslan
Ralph O’Connor Professor of Economics, Rice University
Refik Erzan
Professor of Economics (Retired), Boğaziçi University
Alpay Filiztekin
Professor of Economics and Director of Center of Individual and Academic Development, Sabancı University
Stilianos Fountas
Professor of Economics, University of Macedonia
Javier Gardeazabal
Professor of Economics, University of the Basque Country
Nicolas Gravel
Professor of Economics, Aix-Marseille University; Aix-Marseille School of Economics
Maria Dolores Guillo
Professor of Economics, University of Alicante
Bülent Gültekin
Associate Professor of Finance, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Nezih Güner
Professor of Economics, Autonomous University of Barcelona; Barcelona School of Economics
Refet Gürkaynak
Professor of Economics, Bilkent University; The Science Academy (Turkey)
Ali Hortaçsu
Ralph and Mary Otis Isham Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
Mehmet Kaytaz
Professor of Economics, Işık University
Hideo Konishi
Professor of Economics, Boston College
Timur Kuran
Professor of Economics and Political Science and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies, Duke University
Jean Lainé
Professor of Economics, French National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts
Jean-François Laslier
Professor of Economics, Paris School of Economics; Senior Researcher, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Michel Lubrano
Emeritus Research Director, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS); Aix-Marseille School of Economics
Annalisa Luporini
Professor of Economics, University of Florence
Inés Macho-Stadler
Professor of Economics, Autonomous University of Barcelona; Barcelona School of Economics
George Mailath
Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania; Goldsmith Professor of Economics, Australian National University
Eric Maskin
Recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize; Adams University Professor and Professor of Economics and Mathematics, Harvard University
Andrea Mattozzi
Professor of Economics, European University Institute
Stephen Morris
Peter A. Diamond Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Roger Myerson
Recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize; David. L. Pearson Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Chicago
Antonio Nicolò
Professor of Economics, University of Padua; The University of Manchester
Efe Ök
Professor of Economics and Professor of Mathematics, New York University
Şevket Pamuk
Professor of Economic History (Retired), Boğaziçi University
David Perez Castrilllo
Professor of Economics, Autonomous University of Barcelona; Barcelona School of Economics
Emmanuel Petrakis
Professor of Economics, University of Crete
Andrew Postlewaite
Harry P. Kamen Professor of Economics and Professor of Finance, University of Pennsylvania

Marta Regulez
Associate Professor of Economics, University of the Basque Country
Dani Rodrik
Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; The Science Academy (Turkey)
Alvin Roth
Recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize; The Craig and Susan McCaw Professor of Economics, Stanford University
Remzi Sanver
Professor of Economics, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS); Paris Dauphine University-PSL
Serdar Sayan
Professor of Economics and Director of Center for Social Policy Research, TOBB University
Selin Sayek Böke
Member of the Parliament of Turkey; Former Associate Professor of Economics, Bilkent University
Thomas Seegmuller
Research Director, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS); Aix-Marseille School of Economics
Stefano Siviero
Deputy Director General for Markets and Payment Systems, Banca d’Italia
Jean Marc Tallon
Research Director, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS); Professor of Economics, Paris School of Economics; Head of Paris Jourdan Science Economique;
Erol Taymaz
Professor of Economics, Middle East Technical University; The Science Academy (Turkey)
Stephen Turnovsky
Ford and Louisa Van Voorhis Professor of Economics, University of Washington
Yanis Varoufakis
Member of the Parliament of Greece; Professor of Economics, University of Athens
Alain Venditti
Research Director, French National Center for Scientific Research; Aix-Marseille School of Economics.
Nikos Vettas
Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
Antonio Villanacci
Professor of Economics, University of Florence
Robert Wade
Professor of Political Economy and Development, London School of Economics
Myrna Wooders
Professor of Economics, Vanderbilt University
Erinç Yeldan
Professor of Economics, Kadir Has University; The Science Academy (Turkey)
Bilge Yılmaz
Wharton Private Equity Professor of Finance and Academic Director of Harris Family Alternative Investments Program, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Kamil Yılmaz
Professor of Economics, Koç University; The Science Academy (Turkey)

Destekleyen akademisyenler / Supporting academics (düzenli güncelleniyor / continuosly updated)

Ahmed Abbes
Research Director, CNRS, IHES, Universite Paris-Saclay
José Alcalde
Professor, University of Alicante, Department of Economics
Asaf Savaş Akat
Professor, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of Economic
Bengi Akbulut
Associate Professor, Concordia University
David Alderson
Professor, University of Manchester, Department of English Literature, American Studies and Creative Writing
Tuna Altınel
Associate Professor, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut Camille Jordan
Fabio Antoniou
Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Economics
Sefa Feza Arslan
Professor, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Mathematics
Alp Atakan
Professor, Koç University and Queen Mary University of London, Department of Economics
Atalay Atasu
Professor, INSEAD
Serdar Atav
Professor, Binghamton University, Health Policy and Research
M. Aykut Attar
Assistant Professor, Hacettepe University, Department of Economics
Senem Aydın Düzgit
Professor, Sabancı University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
N. Emrah Aydınonat
Associate Professor, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences
Feyzi Baban
Professor, Trent University, Department of Political Studies
Hulusi Bahçıvan
Research Fellow, University of Groningen, SOM Research Institute
Etienne Balibar
Professor, Kingston University London (Visiting)
Funda Başaran
Professor, Independent Researcher
Ata Can Berktay
Assistant Professor, Sabancı University, Business School
Frédérique Bienvenüe
Assistant Professor, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut Camille Jordan
Thomas Blossier
Lecturer, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Department of Mathematics
Alexandre Borovik
Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester, Department of Mathematics
Vincent Borrelli
Associate Professor, University of Lyon, Institut Camille Jordan
Lütfiye Bozdağ
Associate Professor, Independent Researcher
Michel Broué
Emeritus Professor, Université Paris Cité and Institut Universitaire de France
Barış Büyükokutan
Associate Professor, Koç University, Department of Sociology
Olivier Cailloux
Dr., Université Paris Dauphine-PSL
Philippe Caldero
Dr., Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Department of Mathematics
Claude Calame
Director of Studies , Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Gregory Cherlin
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University, Mathematics Department
Sherran Clarence
Dr., Nottingham Trent University
Görkem Çelik
Professor, ESSEC Business School
Levent Çelik
Associate Professor, City, University of London, Department of Economics
Evren Çelik Wiltse
Associate Professor, South Dakota State University, School of American & Global Studies
Erdem Çıpa
Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Department of Middle East Studies
Adrien Deloro
Lecturer, Sorbonne Université, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu
Özgür Demirtaş
Professor, Sabancı University, Business School
Antonis Demos
Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International and European Economic Studies
Yves Dermenjian
Emeritus Professor, Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Mathématiques de Marseille
Hayrullah Dindar
Postdoctoral Researcher, Technische Universität Berlin, Efficient Algorithms Research Group
Alper Duman
Professor, İzmir University of Economics, Department of Economics

Daniel Eckert
Associate Professor, University of Graz, School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Ayşe Ertuğrul
Assistant Professor, Bahcesehir University, Department of Economics
Olivier Frécon
Associate Professor, University of Poitiers, Department of Economics
Anne-Laure Fougères
Professor, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Department of Mathematics
Vyacheslav Futorny
Professor, University of Sao Paulo, Department of Mathematics
Giampiero M. Gallo
Professor, NYU in Florence, Department of Economics
Ivan Gentil
Professor, University of Lyon, Institut Camille Jordan
Ayca Ebru Giritligil
Associate Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Economics
Fikret Görün
Professor, Middle East Technical University, Department of Economics (Retired)
Ramazan Gözen
Professor, Marmara University, Department of Political Sciance and International Relations
İnci Gümüş
Associate Professor, Sabancı University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
İsa E. Hafalır
Professor, University of Technology Sydney
Lisa Herzog
Professor, University of Groningen, Faculty of Philosophy
Dağhan Irak
Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication and Humanities
Ahmet İçduygu
Professor, Koç University, Department of International Relations
Matthew O. Jackson
Professor, Stanford University, Department of Economics
Cemal Kafadar
Professor, Harvard University, Department of History
Ersin Kalaycıoğlu Emeritus Professor, Sabancı University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Yalçın Karatepe
Professor, Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science
Özgür Kıbrıs
Professor, Sabancı University, Department of Economics
Özlem Kına
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Edinburgh, School of Economics
Levent Koçkesen
Professor, Koç University, Department of Economics
Semih Koray
Professor, Bilkent University, Department of Economics
Emin Köksal
Associate Professor, Bahçeşehir University, Department of Economics
André Krouwel
Associate Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Bodo Lass
Researcher, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut Camille Jordan
Ellen Lust
Professor, University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science & Governance and Local Development Institute
Yahya M. Madra
Associate Professor, Drew University, Department of Economics
Olivier Mathieu
Research Director, Lyon University, Institut Camille Jordan
Can Askan Mavi
Research Fellow, University Paris-Saclay, INRAe
Sioux McKenna
Professor, Rhodes University, CHERTL
Vincent Merlin
Research Director, French National Centre for Scientific Research
Leonor Modesto
Professor, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics
Alexei Muravitsky
Professor, Northwestern State University, Department of Mathematics
Norma Olaizola
Associate Professor, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
Carmen Oltmann
Senior Lecturer, Rhodes University, Faculty of Pharmacy
Mehmet A. Oturan
Emeritus Professor, Gustave Eiffel University
İzzettin Önder
Professor, İstanbul University, Faculty of Economics, Department of Public Finance (Retired)
Ziya Öniş
Professor, Koç University, Department of International Relations
Uğur Özdemir
Dr., University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science
Emre Özdenören
Professor, London Business School

Hüseyin Özel
Professor, Hacettepe University, Department of Economics
Ergün Özgür
Dr., Freie Universität Berlin
Ali Özkes
Associate Professor, SKEMA Business School
Nuno Palma
Associate Professor, University of Manchester, Department of Economics
Catherine Pelachaud
Director of Research, CNRS-ISIR, Sorbonne University
Lorenzo Pellegrini
Professor, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Gadi Perets
Lecturer, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Department of Mathematics
Sezgin Polat
Professor, Galatasaray University, Department of Economics
Vijayendra Rao
Advisory Committee Chair, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Boundaries and Membership Program
Dan Rigby
Professor, University of Manchester, Department of Economics
Claude Roger
Emeritus Professor, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Department of Mathematics
M. Erdem Sakınç
Assistant Professor, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
Sinan Sarpça
Professor, Koç University, Department of Economics
Maurice Salles
Emeritus Professor, University of Caen-Normandy, Department of Economics
Ceren Şengül
Dr., Centre Maurice Halbwachs, EHESS
Murat Somer
Professor, Koç University, Department of International Relations
Semra Somersan
Associate Professor, Istanbul University, Department of Sociology (Retired)
Refik Soyer
Professor, George Washington University, School of Business
Ceren Soylu
Senior Lecturer, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Economics
Murat Tarımcılar
Professor, George Washington University, School of Business
Erdal Tekin
Professor, American University, School of Public Affairs
Yunus Topbaş
Assistant Professor, Peking University HSBC Business School
Walter Trockel
Professor, Bielefeld University, Center for Mathematical Economics
Alexis Tsoukiàs
Research Director, CNRS, PSL, Université Paris Dauphine
Ethemcan Turhan
Assistant Professor, University of Groningen, Department of Spatial Planning and Environment
Murat Usman
Dr., Koç University, Department of Economics
Hâle Utar
Associate Professor, Grinnell College, Department of Economics
M. Utku Ünver
Professor, Boston College, Department of Economics
Henk van den Heuvel
Director of Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Centre for International Cooperation
Petros Varthalitis
Dr., Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Economics
Ebru Voyvoda
Professor, Middle East Technical University, Department of Economics
Frank Wagner
Professor, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut Camille Jordan
John Weymark
Emeritus Professor, Vanderbilt University, Department of Economics
Jean-Yves Welschinger
Research Director, French National Centre for Scientific Research
Anastasios Xepapadeas
Emeritus Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Economics
Refet Ali Yalçın
Postdoctoral Researcher, Université de Poitiers
Sinan Yıldırım
Professor, Texas Wesleyan University, School of Business Administration
Muhamet Yıldız
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics
Özgür Yılmaz
Professor, Koç University, Department of Economics
Esmeray Yogun
Lecturer, Neoma Business School
William S. Zwicker
Professor, Union College, Department of Mathematics and Istanbul Bilgi University, Murat Sertel Center for Advanced Economic Studies

Akademisyenler kampanyayı desteklemek için ad, ünvan ve kurum bilgilerini 4zenginobuz@gmail.com adresine göndererek imzalarını ekleyebilirler.

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Academics can add their signatures to the statement of support by sending their name, full title, and affiliation to 4zenginobuz@gmail.com.

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