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Why Choose the Humanities and Social Sciences Department?

The unique and competitive advantage of being a graduate of the first and only undergraduate Humanities and Social Sciences program in Türkiye;
The opportunity to choose your concentration according to your interest after the second year;
Instead of being limited to a single disciplinary area or occupation, having the chance to acquire training to meet the demands of many different sectors and hence increasing career opportunies,
Instead of having to choose only one area of concentration, having a chance to gain knowledge by electing courses from many different disciplines such as philosophy, science, technology, politics, art, anthropology, sociology, psychology and others.,
Having the benefits of an inter-disciplinary education, namely an opportunity to synthesize the knowledge acquired from different disciplines,
An opportunity to cultivate critical and creative thinking skills to intepret issues in contemporary scientific / technological developments, in cultural processes and the creative arts;
broad based culture and accumulation of knowledge, to develop skills on philosophical, creative, analytical and critical thinking,
A chance to develop your talents and capacity in creative thinking, innovation and social enterpreneurship, and to generate social and economic value.