Student Representative Elections

Our University's Student Representative Elections will be held in Programs and Departments according to the calendar below.

The term of office of candidates elected as Student Representatives will be 2 (two) years.

Information about the election and the requirements for candidates are provided below.

Election Calendar

27-28 October 2014 Determination of Department/Program/Graduate School candidates

30-31 October - 3 November 2014 Campaign Period

4-5-6 November 2014 Election Period

10 November 2014 Determination and announcement of representatives

Election Principles

• Elections will be held online via OIS.
• During the campaign period, no activities that disrupt daily life within the university will be organized.
• Posters, brochures, banners and similar materials may not contain political content. These materials must introduce the candidate and describe the work he or she will do.
• During the campaign, no promotion contrary to the legislation and the university's regulations will be carried out.
• Candidates may introduce themselves in classes only with the permission of the instructor.
• During the election calendar, no promotion may be carried out on or off campus, including in electronic media (social media), without the approval of the Dean of Students Office.
• Candidates are strictly prohibited from posting defamatory messages that offend one another through their own or their acquaintances' social media accounts. If detected, the candidacy of these students will be revoked.
• Promotional activities may be carried out between 08:30 and 17:30 (excluding Master's Programs).
• In Master's Programs, promotional activities may continue until 22:00.

Qualifications Required of Student Representative Candidates

• Being a registered student of the relevant Faculty, Vocational School, English Preparatory Program or Graduate School who has completed at least two semesters of study (the two-semester requirement does not apply to the preparatory program or to first-year students of newly established departments),
• Having a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00,
• Not being a member or officer of political party bodies,
• Not having committed an offense requiring expulsion from a Higher Education Institution,
• Not having frozen registration during the election period,
• Not having exceeded the maximum period of study.

Term of Office of Student Representatives 

Representatives of the relevant Faculty, Vocational School and Graduate School are elected for two years by an absolute majority of those voting.

If a Student Representative loses the qualifications for election or leaves office for any reason before the end of the term, a member elected by the members of the Student Representative Council of the relevant Faculty, Vocational School or Graduate School of the Higher Education Institution to which the representative belongs serves as acting representative to complete the remaining term until the next election date.

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Representation ends once its departments are officially transferred to other Faculties. The Faculty representative has full authority in decisions taken before this process. This cannot be disputed.

In addition,

Students enrolled in Double Major Programs may not stand as candidates in the programs in which they are doing their double major.

Student Representation and the related duties continue in the following election period until the election results are announced by the Office of the President. 

PROGRAMS/DEPARTMENTS WHERE ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD