Ayşe Soysal (born June 24, 1948Ayşe Soysal, Kadir Has Üniversitesi, member of the board of trustees.
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. She was the president of

Boğaziçi University Boğaziçi University ( tr, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), also known as Bosphorus University, is a major research university in Istanbul, Turkey. Its main campus is located on the European side of the Bosphorus, Bosphorus strait. It has six facult ...

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during 2004 to 2008.

Life and career

Born in 1948, she received her high school diploma in 1967 from the

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. She received her bachelor's degrees with high honors in Mathematics and Physics from Boğaziçi University ''formerly (Robert College)'' in 1971. ''Soysal'' pursued further education in the

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, where she received her master's (1973) and doctoral (1976) degrees in Mathematics from the

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, Ann Arbor. She was appointed as a member of faculty in

's Department of Mathematics as an assistant professor (yardımcı doçent) in 1976. In her long term of instruction, Soysal was renowned as a polite and student-friendly professor. She was appointed associate professor (docent) in 1981 and full professor (natively professor) in 1991. Since 2009, Soysal is teaching at

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's Department of Mathematics as an adjunct professor. Soysal also held office as vice dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, and the chairman of the Department of Mathematics. Between 1992 and 2004, Soysal was elected dean of the School of Arts and Sciences for four consecutive terms. She also represented Boğaziçi University in the Interuniversity Council ( Üniversitelerarası Kurul) and she held board membership for the

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branch of

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. Soysal was appointed as the president (natively rektor) of Boğaziçi University in 2004, and was the first woman who occupied the office. She served as president until August 2008. She retired from her position as professor at Boğaziçi University end 2014. Later, she continued her academic career as part-time professor at

Istanbul Şehir University Istanbul Şehir University ( tr, İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi, literally City University of Istanbul) was a private, non-profit university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established in 2008 by the Bilim ve Sanat Vakfı (BiSaV or BSV, en ...

.Ayşe Soysal's biography
at The City University of İstanbul.

References

External links

Ayşe Soysal's Homepage at Boğaziçi University
20th-century Turkish mathematicians Living people 1948 births Boğaziçi University alumni Academic staff of Boğaziçi University Alumni of Arnavutköy American High School for Girls Rectors of Boğaziçi University University of Michigan alumni Turkish women academics Women mathematicians Women heads of universities and colleges Academic staff of Istanbul Şehir University {{Mathematician-stub