Purpose
To encourage academic research on the last 200 years of the
history of Turkish banking, finance and economy, and to establish
a tradition in this field.
Scope
The competition will be held in 4 categories on subjects
pertaining to Turkish banking, finance and economic history
since 19th century:
Scientific Articles
Master's
Theses
Doctoral
Dissertations
Monographs
Conditions for Participation
The competition is open to all Turkish and foreign researchers
and academicians.
Employees
of the Garanti Bank, Ottoman Bank Archives and Research
Centre, History Foundation, European Association of Banking
History (EABH) are not eligible to participate in the competition.
A participant
may submit an entry in more than one category, whereas more
than one entry in each category is not permitted.
A scientific
article or a monograph that is the joint work of two or
more persons is acceptable.
The use
of Ottoman Bank Archives is not mandatory.
The entries
should be either in Turkish, English, French or German should
be used.
Scientific
articles, theses and dissertations are not required to have
been published.
In order
to be eligible, the master's and doctoral theses are required
to have been accepted during the academic year of 2001-2002
or 2002-2003 by the universities to which they have been
submitted. The monographs, on the other hand, will have
to be published in the years 2001-2003.
Prizes
One prize will be given in each category:
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Scientific Article
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4.000.000.000 TL
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Master Thesis
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6.000.000.000 TL
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Doctoral Dissertation
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10.000.000.000 TL
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Monograph
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15.000.000.000 TL
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The jury may grant a special prize to one of the entries
prepared through exclusive use of the documents in the Ottoman
Bank Archives. The winner of the special prize will receive
75% of the prize designated for the respective category.
The jury may also provide honorary mentions, which will not
exceed three. The winners of the honorary mentions will receive
10% of the prize designated for the respective category.
The jury has the right not to give a prize in any of the categories.
If more than one entry is judged to be worthy of the award
in any category, the prize shall be shared equally.
Legal Rights
The participant is responsible for the protection of all
the intellectual property rights of his/her entry. However,
the copyright of the awarded and unpublished entries shall
belong to Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre.
History Foundation and the Centre may choose to publish the
winning entries hitherto unpublished. The decision shall be
communicated to the authors within a year following the announcement
of the results.
Announcement of Results
All entries shall be retained by the Centre and shall not
be returned to their authors.
An awards ceremony will be organised in December 2003.
The prize winners shall be introduced to the press and the
public through the ceremony and other activities.
Secreteriat for The Prize Competition
The secretariat of the competition is located at the Ottoman
Bank Archives and Research Centre.
Address*:
Bankacilik ve Finans Tarihi Arastirma Yarismasi
Voyvoda Caddesi No:35/37 Karakoy 80000 Istanbul
Telephone: +90
212 292 76 05 / 3 lines - +90 212 245 50 95
Faks: +90 212 292 16 67
E-posta: archive@ottomanbank.com
* All correspondence regarding the competition should be
addressed to the secretariat.
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