 Purpose
The research competition is organized by the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre, European Association of Banking and Financial History e.V. (EABH) and History Foundation of Turkey. Hoping to establish a tradition in this field, it aims to encourage academic research on the period starting from the Ottoman Empire on the Turkish banking, finance and economic history. The competition, the first of which was sponsored by the Ottoman Bank, is organized for the third time this year and supported by the Garanti Bank.
Scope
The competition will be held in 4 categories:
 Scientific Articles
Master's
Theses
Doctoral
Dissertations
Monographs
Secretariat
The secretariat of the competition is the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre.
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Bankalar (Voyvoda) Caddesi No:35/37
Karaköy 34420 Istanbul Turkey |
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+ 90 212 292 76 05 / 3 lines |
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+ 90 212 292 16 67 |
| E-mail |
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archive@ottomanbank.com |
* All correspondence regarding the competition should be addressed to the secretariat.
Conditions
The competition is open to all Turkish and foreign researchers and academicians.
Employees of the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre, History Foundation, European Association of Banking and Financial History e.V. (EABH) and Garanti Bank 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 entries should be either in Turkish, English, French or German.
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 2003-2004 or 2004-2005 by the universities to which they have been submitted. The monographs, on the other hand, will have to be published in the years 2003-2005.
Jury
A jury of 6 members will evaluate the entries:
Prof. Edhem Eldem: Faculty Member, Department of History, Bogaziçi University - Board Member, History Foundation
Ergun Özen: General Manager, Garanti Bank
Prof. Ali Akyildiz: Faculty Member, Department of History, Faculty of Art And Sciences, Marmara University
Prof. Sevket Pamuk: Faculty Member, Atatürk Institute and Department of Economics, Bogaziçi University
Prof. Murat Çizakça: Faculty Member, Department of Business Administration, Bahçesehir University
Prof. Seyfettin Gürsel: Faculty Member, Department of Economics, Galatasaray University
Evaluation Criteria
The entries will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
Compliance with academic criteria regarding research method, presentation, references etc.
The originality of the subject
Not being just a repetition of general knowledge and a mere compilation of information from existing publications
Extent and novelty of research work
Power of observation, depth of research and interpretive quality
Prizes
One prize will be given in each category:
Scientific Article |
4.000.000.000 Turkish Liras |
Master Thesis |
6.000.000.000 Turkish Liras |
Doctoral Dissertation |
10.000.000.000 Turkish Liras |
Monograph |
15.000.000.000 Turkish Liras |
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.
The jury may provide honorary mentions, not to exceed three. The winners of the honorary mentions will receive 10% of the prize designated for the respective category.
Legal Rights
All entries shall be retained by the Centre and shall not be returned to their authors.
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
An awards ceremony will be organized in December 2005. The winners will be introduced to the press and the public through the ceremony and other activities.
The Prize Competition's 2002 results
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