Geography, a discipline that strives to establish and maintain a friendly relationship between humans and space, examines, through an interdisciplinary approach, natural factors such as climate and vegetation that shape and alter the geographical landscape, as well as socio-cultural, economic, ideological, and political processes that have a similar impact. In short, geography is a science that reads space socially. In this context, this discipline, with its broad scope, distinguishes itself from other branches of science with its different perspectives and evaluation methods on the relationship between the environment and humans. The department, aiming to train qualified geographers, utilizes diverse knowledge and perspectives in the development of geography and equips its students with the analysis of the natural (physical) and human elements of the geographical environment, their potentials, and the methods for determining their most rational use. In our master's and doctoral programs, which provide educational services with the goal of training scientists, contemporary teaching methods are used, and research is reinforced with field applications. Throughout the program, new technological methods such as remote sensing and geographic information systems are used in identifying and solving geographical problems. Operating since 1999 with a constantly expanding and renewing expert teaching staff to keep up-to-date with international studies, the department accepts geography graduates and undergraduate students from other disciplines who are interested in geography into its master's and doctoral programs within the quota limits. Furthermore, our students who successfully complete the current program focusing on the perception of human and spatial relationships are employed and successful in many different fields.
