YÖK awards Doctoral Thesis of the Year in Mathematics

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Yücel Özkan has been awarded the ‘Doctoral Thesis of the Year’ in the field of Mathematics by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) Outstanding Achievement Awards. The award was presented during the 2026-2027 Higher Education Academic Year Opening Ceremony held at the Beştepe Millet Congress and Culture Center.

The award-winning thesis, titled ‘Functional Inequalities for Some Special Functions’, focused on contemporary mathematical research areas including Ramanujan-type entire functions and modified q-Tricomi functions. The research was conducted under the joint supervision of Prof. Dr. Murat Çağlar from Erzurum Technical University and Prof. Dr. Erhan Deniz from Kafkas University.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented the certificates of achievement to the researchers during the ceremony, which was also attended by YÖK President Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar, government ministers, and various academic leaders. The YÖK awards aim to encourage high-quality scientific research and highlight successful academic collaborations in higher education.