About Ph.D. Thesis Processes

2022-2023 FALL SEMESTER Ph.D. CALENDAR

2022-2023 Fall Semester Qualifying Exam, Thesis Proposal, Thesis Monitoring and Thesis Defense Exams of the Ph.D. Programs within the scope of the Graduate School will be conducted by following the dates specified below.

2^nd of December 2022, Friday	Deadline for students who have chosen the qualification to choose an Advisor on the SAP system “Thesis/Project Application” tab.
16^th of December 2022, Friday	Deadline for hand-delivering the thesis of the students who will enter the Ph.D. Thesis Defense to the Institute for format control. Must be submitted with the Turnitin report received by the Advisor.
16^th of December 2022, Friday	Deadline for submitting the “Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Jury Suggestion Form” with wet signature to the Graduate School for students who will take the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam.
	Deadline for submitting the “Thesis Defense Exam Jury Suggestion Form” with wet signature to the Graduate School for students who will enter the Ph.D. Thesis Defense.
	Deadline for submission for students who will take the Ph.D. Thesis Proposal Defense Exam will submit their thesis proposal to; • Thesis advisor, • Jury, • the Graduate School.
	Deadline for submission for students who will take the Ph.D. Thesis Examination Exam will submit their thesis proposal to; • Thesis advisor, • Jury, • the Graduate School.
16^th– 27^th of January 2023	Ph.D.; • Qualification, • Thesis Proposal, • Thesis Monitoring, • Thesis Defenses exam dates.
1^st of February 2023, Wednesday	Deadline for submitting the exam report with wet signature for; • Qualification, • Thesis Proposal, • Thesis Monitoring to the Graduate School.
3^rd of March 2023, Friday	Deadline for submitting the “Thesis Monitoring Jury Suggestion Form” with wet signatures for students who were deemed successful in the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam.
3^rd of March 2023, Friday	Deadline for submitting for students who are successful in the Ph.D. Thesis Defense Exam; • Hard copy of the thesis whose format control has been completed, • 5 Thesis Approval Forms, • 3 Thesis Defense Exam Report, • 1 Thesis Rejection-Correction Report, • The first page of the Turnitin Report, • 3 Data Entry Forms, • 2 CDs (Word and PDF versions of the thesis, with “the Appendix” part of the thesis as a separate compressed file.) to the Graduate School.

Quafication Forms

PhD Qualifying Exam Jury Suggestion Form

P hD Qualifying Exam Report Form

Thesis Proposal (Thesis 1) and Thesis Monitoring (Thesis 2-3-4) Forms

PhD Thesis Monitoring Committee Suggestion Form

PhD Thesis Proposal Draft Form

PhD Thesis Proposal Examiner Report (Thesis 1)

PhD Thesis Examiner Report (Thesis 2-3-4)

Thesis Defense Forms

PhD Thesis Defense Exam Jury Suggestion Form

PhD Thesis Defense Exam Report Form (EN)

PhD Thesis Defense Rejection-Correction Report (EN)

PhD Thesis Defense Exam Approval Form (EN)

Other Forms

Petition Draft Form

Note Objection Form

Ph.D. Guest Student Application Form

Ph.D. Course Exemption Request Form

Ph.D. Thesis Advisor-Subject Information Change Request Form

Ph.D. Second Thesis Advisor Request Form

PhD Publication Examination and Evaluation Form

In order for a PhD student to take the thesis defense exam; one must publish at least one article related to the ones thesis/field, the first author of which is himself/herself, in a peer-reviewed journal scanned in at least one national or international field index or submit his/her acceptance letter to the Graduate School Board of Directors. Thesis advisors may appear as co-authors on this publication. In the relevant publication, the name of the University is required.

NOTE: The above-mentioned decision is valid for PhD students who enroll in the 2020-2021 Fall Semester and after.