The 38th International Public Finance Symposium was organized by the Department of Public Finance / Hacettepe University FEAS, with contributions from TÜBİTAK and the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, between October 17-20, 2024.
The opening speeches of the symposium were delivered by our university's Rector, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Cahit Güran, and the Head of the Public Finance Department, Prof. Dr. Erdem Seçilmiş. The symposium featured guest speakers Prof. Dr. Kai A. Konrad and Prof. Dr. Ercan Uygur. Prof. Dr. Özgür Teoman, a faculty member from the Department of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, participated as the academic representative of our university.
A total of 94 papers were presented at the symposium, which was attended by academics from 53 different universities, as well as public finance professionals and bureaucrats from public institutions such as the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, the Turkish Grand National Assembly, the Court of Accounts, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, TPAO, and the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change.