History of the Department
The Faculty of Economics was established in 1936 and started its academic activities in 1937. In the early years of the Faculty, instead of separate departments, courses were taught under the roof of the Faculty of Economics. According to the integrated education program, the courses of economics of the first year were: ‘Economic Theory’; ‘Economic Geography’; ‘The Structure of Turkish Economics’; ‘Economic and Social History’. Also, for the first time in the curriculum, the courses given in economics were as follows: 'Structure of Turkish Economy'; 'Economic and Social History'; 'History of Economic Doctrines'; 'International Trade’; 'Conjuncture and Depressions’ ‘Politics of Agriculture and Industry'; 'Transportation Economy'; ' Economic Systems and Rural Affairs’; 'The History Of Turkish Public Finance'. In the aforementioned education system, undergraduates were first meet with a 5-hour Public Finance lecture given by Ord. Professor Dr. İbrahim Fazıl Pelin in their 3rd grade.
After the implementation of the integrative education program, 8 departments were established with the decision of the Faculty administration. One of these departments was General Economics and Public Finance Theory under the presidency of Ord. Prof. Dr. Fritz Neumark and the other one was Public Finance and Fiscal Law under the presidency of Ord. Prof. Dr. İbrahim Fazıl Pelin. By the year 1952, application of “class” system was rescinded in the Faculty and in place of that, 3 parts and 5 disciplinary system practice was introduced, and one of those 5 disciplines was Discipline of Public Finance. In conjunction with the “semester” procedure that introduced in 1960, courses of Public Finance Discipline was carried out in 5th, 6th and 7th, 8th semesters.