In the doctoral programs of our Institute, the thesis supervisors of the students, who have completed the normal study period of eight semesters or a maximum study period of twelve semesters (except for Scientific Preparation, Suspension of Registration, and Additional Time) as of the end of the Spring Semester of the 2022-2023 academic year, are required to send the word version of the thesis to the Thesis Control Team by the end of working hours on Friday, at the latest, June 23, 2023. 

Theses submitted after June 23, 2023, will not be accepted.

The thesis defense forms of the doctoral students who will graduate in the spring semester must be referred by the Head of the Department to Graduate Education Institute until July 14, 2023, Friday. Students in this situation must meet the publication requirement before July 14, 2023.

The doctoral students who will graduate in the spring semester must take the thesis defense exam byAugust 18, 2023, Friday.

POINTS TO CONSIDER

1. The students must have at least seven courses and one Seminar course (60 ECTS), a Ph.D. qualifying exam (30 ECTS), and a thesis proposal (30 ECTS) (a total of 120 ECTS) together with a minimum CGPA of 3.00 to qualify to take the doctoral dissertation exam.
2. The students enrolled in doctoral programs must fulfil at least one of the publication requirements. (Click here for information about publication requirements.)
3. The primary responsibility for the preparation of the thesis in accordance with the Thesis Writing Guidelines belongs to the student and thesis supervisor. Thesis Control Team members are responsible for formal control of the final drafts of the theses.
4. The thesis supervisor must e-mail the student's thesis to the Thesis Control Team members. Click here for thesis control e-mail addresses.
5. The theses that do not comply with Thesis Writing Guideline and/or those similarity reports exceed 20% must be corrected and submitted within five days. The Thesis Control Team Members will not control the thesis more than three times. All responsibility in this regard belongs to the thesis supervisor and the student. It must be noted that singular similarities must not exceed 1% in the plagiarism report.
6. Supervisors must submit the documents of the doctoral students who will graduate to the Graduate Education Institute via the EBYS system.
7. The students, who have not submitted their thesis proposal to the Graduate Education Institute through their thesis supervisors on time, will not be able to take the thesis defense exam even if they have completed their thesis.
8. The students, who are not able to complete their thesis until June 23, 2023, within their normal study period of eight semesters and extend their thesis submission to the Fall Semester of the 2023-2024 academic year, are required to pay tuition for one course for the extension period. (No discount will be applied to the tuition fee paid for the extension period.) This situation is valid for the Spring Semester of the 2023-2024 Academic Year, the second extension period.
9. The students, who have failed in thesis study or have not been able to take the thesis defense exam within the maximum study period of twelve semesters, will be disenrolled from the University.