Awards and Distinctions
TUBITAK Awards, offered in three categories every year, are considered the most prestigious national academic awards in Turkey. The science award recognizes an outstanding international research impact whereas the teşvik award is for young researchers who in the early stages of their career demonstrate the potential of international acclaim for their work. The service award is reserved for scholars with outstanding contributions to academic organizations and the formation of young generations of researchers.
In addition, TUBA offers an extremely selective and generous award GEBIP to the best among the young Turkish scholars each year. Given its moderate size and faculty encompassing a wide range of arts and social sciences, FASS is very successful in these dimensions when compared to its national competitors.
Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) Members
- Abdurrahman Atçıl (2023-present)
- Mehmet Baç (2012-present)
- Ahmet Alkan (1995-2011)
- Gürol Irzık (2004-2011)
TUBİTAK Science Awards
- Mehmet Baç (2008)
TUBA-TUBİTAK Encouragement Awards
- Eren Günseli (2024)
- Çiğdem Bağcı (2022)
- Emre Selçuk (2020)
- Gül Günaydın (2019)
- Eren İnci (2018)
- Özgür Kıbrıs (2003)
- Meltem Müftüler-Baç (2002)
TUBA GEBİP (Distinguished Young Scientist) Award
- Çiğdem Bağcı (2022)
- Mert Moral (2020)
- Mustafa Oğuz Afacan (2020)
- Eren İnci (2014)
- Ayşe Parla (2011)
- Abdurrahman Aydemir (2009)
- Özgür Kıbrıs (2006)
- Mehmet Yörükoğlu (2004)
- Meltem Müftüler-Baç (2003)
BAGEP Awards
- Kristen Biehl-Öztuzcu (2025)
- Junko Kanero (2023)
- Eren Günseli (2023)
- Çiğdem Bağcı (2021)
- Cenk Özbay (2020)
- Berk Esen (2020)
- Emre Selçuk (2020)
- Hakkı Yazıcı (2019)
- Ahmet Faik Kurtulmuş (2019)
- Mustafa Oğuz Afacan (2019)
- İnci Gümüş (2018)
- Mert Moral (2018)
- Özge Kemahlıoğlu (2015)
- Eren İnci (2014)
- Senem Aydın Düzgit (2014)
(2025) Ayşe Betül Çelik - Kadir Has Outstanding Achievement Award
(2024) Senem Aydın Düzgit - Pierre Keller Visiting Professorship in European Studies Chair, Harvard Kennedy School
(2024) Ahmet Faik Kurtulmuş - Brian Perry Prize, The British Academy
(2024) Mert Moral - TÜAD Golden Academic Baykuş Award
(2023) Eren Günseli - ODTÜ Mustafa Parlar Research Award
(2023) Banu Turnaoğlu Açan - Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award
(2023) Senem Aydın Düzgit - The Richard von Weizsacker Fellowship, Robert Bosch Academy
(2022) Mert Moral - Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award
(2021) Ayşe Betül Çelik - Official Order of the Star of Italy (Ufficiale Ordine della Stella d’Italia)
(2020) Cenk Özbay - ODTÜ Mustafa Parlar Research Award
(2020) Mustafa Oğuz Afacan - ODTÜ Mustafa Parlar Research Award
(2020) Senem Aydın Düzgit - Young Academy of Europe Membership
(2019) Hakkı Yazıcı - Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowship from European University Institute in 2019
(2019) Leyla Neyzi - Visiting Professorship from United Kingdom Leverhulme Trust
(2019) Nebi Sümer - Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı Lifetime Achievement Award
(2016) Emre Hatipoğlu ve Brooke Luetgert – Altın Baykuş Award at the Academic Baykuş Category for the project “Türkiye Sosyal Medyasında Kanaat Önderlerinin Belirlenmesi”
(2016) Asuman Buyukcan Tetik - International Association for Relationship Research (IARR) membership
(2015) Bahri Yılmaz - Visiting Fellow at Robert Schumann Center for Advanced Studies from Florence Board of Directors, European University Institute
(2014) Bülent Aras - Global Wodrow Wilson Fellowship
(2013) Bahri Yılmaz - Jean Monnet European Module "European-Mediterranean Relations: Challenges for the Mediterranean Region" by EU Commission
(2011) Hülya Adak - Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
(2011) Ateş Altınordu - Marvin B. Sussman Dissertation Prize, Yale University-Sociology Department
(2011) Hülya Adak - Research Fellowship, Orient-Institut.
(2011) Ateş Altınordu - Jean Monnet Course Module, 2011-2014, European Commission
(2011) Ahmet Evin - Jean Monnet Chair ad personam, 2011-2014, European Commission
(2011) Meltem Müftüler-Baç - Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, 2011-2014, European Commission
(2010) Şerif Mardin - Lifetime Outstanding Service Award, Turkish Writers' Association
(2010) Cemil Koçak - Research Award, Turkish Writers' Association
(2010) Ayşe Kadıoğlu - Member of the Council of Europe’s Group of Eminent Persons
(2010) Bahri Yılmaz - Jean Monnet Chair ad personam, 2010-2013, European Commission
(2010) Ahmet Evin - Senior Fellowship, Transatlantic Academy
(2009) Meltem Müftüler-Baç - Election as Chair, by the Steering Committee, Standing Group on the European Union, European Consortium for Political Research, 2009 –2011
(2009) Abdurrahman Aydemir - Research Award, Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc)
(2008) Ayşe Gül Altınay - PEN Duygu Asena Award for Violence Against Women in Turkey (with Yeşim Arat)
(2006) Ayşe Betül Çelik - Research Award, Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc)
(2006) Meltem Müftüler-Baç - Jean Monnet Chair, ad personam, 2004-2009, The European Commission
(2006) Ali Çarkoğlu - Jean Monnet Course Module for the course “Analytical Approaches, the European Commission”
(2005) Bahri Yılmaz - Jean Monnet European Module for the course “European Economic Integration”
(2004) Tülay Artan - Visiting professorship grant at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, by the French Ministére de la Jeunesse de l’Education Nationale et de la Recherche
(2003) Ali Çarkoğlu - Middle East Research Competition Award, The Ford Foundation
(2002) Bahri Yılmaz - Jean Monnet Professorship Chair, European Commission
(2002) Meltem Müftüler-Baç - European Commission Action Jean Monnet, Grant for permanent course on the European Union
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences announces the Graduate Student Paper / Artwork Award in Arts & Social Sciences, which recognizes outstanding scholarly achievements among Sabancı University graduate students. This award aims to acknowledge and celebrate exceptional research, critical thinking, and innovation in the fields of arts and social sciences demonstrated by graduate students from all programs and disciplines.
Eligibility
* All current full-time SU graduate students (MA / MS / PhD) are eligible for nomination
* Only original papers or artworks in the areas of arts and social sciences are eligible.
* Papers/artworks must be nominated by a Sabancı University faculty member (supervisors, course instructors, co-authors, etc.; all are welcome to nominate)
* Nominations should be accompanied by a statement of significance from the faculty member, highlighting the paper's / artwork’s originality, impact, and contribution to the field of arts and social sciences
* Co-authored papers are also welcome. In the case that the faculty member nominates his / her co-author, the significance statement must clearly specify the nominee’s impact and contribution to the paper.
Nomination Process
* All Sabancı University full-time / visiting faculty members are invited to submit nominations
* No special format is required for papers/artworks
* A faculty member can nominate only one student in a year
* The students who receive the award cannot be re-nominated.
* The nomination package must include:
• A copy of the nominated paper
• A statement of significance from the nominating faculty member
• The nominee's CV
Criteria for Evaluation
Submissions will be evaluated by a jury composed of FASS Faculty members from the related fields of the nominated papers/artworks. Evaluation is based on the following criteria:
* Originality and innovation
* Depth of scholarship or artistic expression
* Contribution to the field
* Clarity and coherence of presentation
Time Line
Deadline: end of May
Award Announcement: end of June
