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Ayşe Soysal (born 1948) is a Turkish mathematician. She was the president of Boğaziçi University in Istanbul during 2004 to 2008.
Biography
Born in 1948, she received her high school diploma in 1967 from the American College for Girls in Istanbul. She received her bachelor's degrees with high honors in Mathematics and Physics from Robert College in 1971.
Soysal pursued further education in the United States, where she received her master's(1973) and doctoral(1976) degrees in Mathematics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
She was appointed as a member of faculty in Bogazici University's Department of Mathematics as an assistant professor (yardimci docent) 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 Koc University'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 Bogazici University in the Interuniversity Council (Universiteler Arasi Kurul) and she held board membership for the Turkey branch of UNESCO.
She was appointed as the president (natively rektor) of Bogazici University in 2004. She is notable for being the first woman who occupied the office.
External links
Ayşe Soysal's Homepage at Boğaziçi University (in Turkish) / (in English)
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