History and Foundation
Istanbul Association of Economists is a young non-governmental organization was founded on March 8, 2007 by the graduates of Istanbul University Faculty of Economics. However, the origin of the organization dates back to long before it became official. The activities based on collaboration, solidarity and assisting among the graduates and members of the Faculty of Economics have been started in the form of a tradition of gathering several times in a year in informal style by a group of graduates from Faculty of Economics of this era since the end of 1980s. This tradition which is maintained through strengthening with new graduates, gained a great momentum since the beginning of the 2000s and first Economists Platform and then in 2007 Istanbul Association of Economists was officially founded.
At the foundation of the association, the increasing and diversifying activities and the demands and excitements of the distinguished academicians, businessmen and bureaucrat graduates of ours who work in the universities and in the leading public and private sector enterprises of our country and of course our student friends have been the main motivation. Istanbul Association of Economists which main aim is to produce and offer social services by putting the graduates and members of the Istanbul University Faculty of Economics in the center, was founded by an experienced and respected staff and started its activities.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the Istanbul Association of Economists, which was founded with the understanding that the civil society needs to be developed in our country and the major responsibility for fulfilment of community services belongs to the society, is to produce a variety of services to the society and country science life in general and to the undergraduate and graduate students, graduates and faculty members of Istanbul University Faculty of Economics in privately.
Association was founded in order to serve the cultural, scientific and social development of the society, to contribute to the fulfillment of higher and efficient training services, to follow the domestic and international professional developments, to bring these developments into our country, to contribute to the educating of individuals which are successful in their professions, cultured and beneficial to the country and to give support to the people and institutions that work in this field by providing social and cultural solidarity among the graduates and members of the Faculty of Economics.
Our association tries to serve to almost 50.000 graduates of Faculty of Economics, 8.000 students who still continue to study in Faculty of Economics, more than 200 faculty members and retired faculty members for the purposes mentioned above.