2026–2027 Academic Year Fall Semester – 1st Thesis Defense Process Announcement

Dear Students,

The thesis defense process for the 2026–2027 Academic Year Fall Semester is ongoing. Students planning to take their thesis defense must submit their theses and the required documents to the Institute no later than January 8, 2027 for formatting review and similarity checking.

Thesis Defense Period: October 26, 2026 – January 22, 2027

1. Documents to Be Submitted to the Thesis Control Unit for Preliminary Review

The following documents must be completed and signed, where applicable, and sent via email:

• Publication Notification Form (Form 2)
• Advisor Thesis Control Form (Master’s: Form 11 / Doctoral: Form 41)
• Document demonstrating compliance with the publication requirement:

Master’s: An official acceptance letter approved/signed by the editor or a copy of the published article or conference/symposium paper.

Doctoral: An official acceptance letter approved/signed by the journal editor or a copy of the published journal article.

• Thesis in Word format (The file name must follow the format FIRST NAME SURNAME_SUBMISSION DATE.)

Submission address: tezkontrol@ticaret.edu.tr

2. Similarity and Formatting Review

1. The Thesis Control Unit prepares the Turnitin similarity report and sends it to the student. The similarity rate must not exceed 20% overall and 2% for any single source.
2. Once the similarity report meets the required limits, the student must format the thesis in accordance with the Institute’s current Thesis Writing Guide and the template designated for their academic program.
3. The student must complete the formatting revisions requested by the Thesis Control Unit. Once the thesis is approved, the Thesis Formatting Approval Form is sent to the student.

Current Thesis Writing Guide and Templates:
Thesis Writing Guide and Program-Specific Templates

3. Required Jury Forms for the Thesis Defense Application

Master’s Degree

• Form 12 – Master’s Thesis Defense Jury Nomination Form
• Form 13 – Master’s Thesis Submission to Jury Members Form

Doctoral Degree

• Form 36 – Doctoral Thesis Defense Jury Nomination Form
• Form 37 – Doctoral Thesis Submission to Jury Members Form

Documents to Be Submitted to the Institute in Printed Form

• Documents previously submitted for preliminary review
• Similarity report provided by the Thesis Control Unit (Printing from the page displaying the similarity percentage onward is sufficient.)
• Thesis Formatting Approval Form
• Relevant jury forms (Master’s: Forms 12 and 13 / Doctoral: Forms 36 and 37)

The thesis defense application is considered complete once all the above documents have been submitted in full.

Thesis Defense Process Roadmap

Student Forms

• Institute of Trade and Finance – Student Forms

To avoid delays due to workload, students are advised to submit their documents well before the final submission deadline.

Students are kindly requested to observe the specified dates and submission requirements.

We wish you success.

Graduate School of Trade and Finance