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9/16/2025

             Reference: Borgland S. L. (2024). Neuroscience education for people living with addiction. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience: JPN, 49(6), E440-E443. 

  • The brain’s reward system fuels “wanting” but doesn’t necessarily increase “liking.” In other words, over time a person may crave a substance or behavior more and more, yet not enjoy it any more than before. This distinction helps explain why addiction is so difficult to overcome. Experts warn that treatments focusing only on reducing pleasure may fail, because the real problem lies in the growing power of “wanting.” (https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-011624-024031)

             Reference: Robinson, T. E., & Berridge, K. C. (2025). The incentive-sensitization theory of addiction 30 years on. Annual Review of Psychology, 76, 29–58.

  • Addiction is not merely a pursuit of pleasure; it involves a shift in behavioral control from goal-directed systems to habit-based systems in the brain. Research shows that, over time, behavior in addiction moves away from goal-directed control and becomes dominated by automatic and habitual neural circuits. This process is associated with a weakening of executive control in the prefrontal cortex and an increasing influence of the dorsal striatum over behavior. As a result, substance use ceases to be a conscious choice and instead becomes an automatic and compulsive behavior triggered by powerful environmental cues. This mechanism helps explain why the tendency to use substances may persist even after cessation (http://(https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-122414-033457).

            Reference: Everitt, B. J., & Robbins, T. W. (2016). Drug addiction: Updating actions to habits to compulsions ten years on. Annual Review of Psychology, 67, 23–50. 

Last Updated At: 12/30/2025

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Victimization Through “Rented” Bank Accounts
2/27/2026

Dear Student,

Recently, there has been a significant increase in incidents where university students’ bank accounts and digital wallets are used by third parties for purposes such as fraud, illegal betting, and laundering proceeds from drug trafficking.

Knowingly and willingly allowing your bank accounts or digital wallets registered in your name to be used by others—under pretexts such as “earning commission,” “helping to pay off a debt,” “one-time use only,” “harmless money transfer,” or similar reasons—may result in criminal and legal liability under the Turkish Penal Code and related legislation. Regardless of who actually conducts the transaction, you, as the account holder, may be held responsible for any activities carried out through your accounts.

If you allow others to use your accounts, you may face criminal investigation and prosecution, the creation of a criminal record, being classified as a high-risk customer by banks, restrictions placed on your bank accounts, rejection of credit and credit card applications, judicial control measures (including a travel ban), and compensation lawsuits filed by victims. In such cases, statements such as “I didn’t know,” “I just wanted to help,” or “I was only an intermediary” may not provide legal protection.

It is important that you reject any offers—whether from people you know or do not know—that promise financial gain in exchange for sharing your account or IBAN information, and that you immediately report any suspicious situations to the relevant security authorities.

 

Last Updated At: 2/27/2026

Non-Field Elective and Social Elective Courses (Building and Classroom Information)
2/19/2026

For information about the Social Elective courses offered under the Rectorate, including the faculty/vocational school building and classroom details, please click here.

For information about the Non-Field Elective courses offered under the Rectorate, including the faculty/vocational school building and classroom details, please click here.

Last Updated At: 2/19/2026

Attention for Students Applying to Pedagogical Formation Education for the First Time
8/11/2025

  1. In the fall semester of the 2025–2026 academic year, only students from the Midwifery and Nursing departments will be eligible to apply for the Pedagogical Formation Education program.

  2. Students who wish to start the Pedagogical Formation Education must fill out the Pedagogical Formation Addition Petition available on the Faculty website, have it approved by their Department’s Pedagogical Formation Coordinator, and submit it to the Student Affairs Unit of the Faculty of Health Sciences Dean’s Office by September 26, 2025.

  3. Since the Pedagogical Formation courses will be included in the graduation curriculum, they will be counted toward the overall GPA.

Click here for the Pedagogical Formation Addition Petition. 

Note: Applications submitted outside the specified dates will not be accepted.

 

Dean’s Office, Faculty of Health Sciences

Last Updated At: 8/26/2025