B.Sc. in Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
She completed her undergraduate studies at Cornell University in 1975. In addition to the
regular course requirements, she took graduate courses from famous economists like Uma
Lele and John Mellor. Her concentration was on macroeconomics, international economics, and
developmental economics.
MA in Economics, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
She completed her course requirements at Bogazici University, made her research and
wrote her master’s thesis in the library of Johns Hopkins University, Graduate Centre
in Bologna, Italy, in 1977. Her thesis was about globalization, the multinational corporations,
their economic strengths and weaknesses, and their growing role in international trade.
Ph.D. in Economics, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
She took her Ph.D. in 1994. Her studies concentrated on macroeconomic issues,
international trade, and international economics. She worked on theories of inflation
and made research on different causes of inflation. She also analyzed the impact of
international trade on domestic macroeconomic variables.

Lycee Diploma, Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey

She graduated from Robert College, Istanbul, in 1971. She graduated from science subjects.
She was especially good at chemistry (the best in the school) and mathematics. During her
Lyceum years, she was in the yearbook committee, was a member of the basketball team
(ACG team became champion of Turkey) and she was in the Turkish folklore dancing group.
Languages: Turkish (mother tongue), English, Italian, and German (elementary).

Working Experiences
Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, TRNC
She is working as a full-time faculty member at Eastern Mediterranean University since 1994
as an assistant professor and later (2008) as an associate professor. She was the vice-chair in the
Department of Business Administration (1999-2005), MBA Committee Supervisor, she
prepared and coordinated the International Trade and Business Program and the same
program in Turkish.

Near East University, Nicosia, TRNC
She worked at NEU as a full-time faculty member in the years 1988-1994. She was appointed
as the chairperson of the International Relations Department in 1993.
Girne American University, Girne, TRNC.
She started her teaching carrier in 1984 at GAU and worked there until 1988.

For more information:

https://fbe.emu.edu.tr/en/about-us/staff/staff-detail?sid=213&n=melek-sule-aker

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melek_Aker

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EVXWAlwAAAAJ&hl=en