Hamza Al

Born in Erzurum in 1968, Prof. Hamza Al graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences. He started his academic life in 1993 as a Research Assistant in the Department of Public Administration at Sakarya University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. He received his master's degree at Uludağ University, and his PhD at Sakarya University. He became Assistant Professor in 2002, Associate Professor in 2009, and Professor in 2014. Prof. Hamza Al served as the Director of Sakarya Economic and Social Research Center (SESAM), and as department head and dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences and the Faculty of Political Sciences. He went abroad as a guest lecturer, and worked as a consultant in Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality for two terms. Currently working as a Professor at Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences, Hamza Al was appointed as the Rector of Sakarya University on July 9, 2022.