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The aim of this course is to provide students with the fundamental concepts and analytical tools of microeconomic theory and enable them to explain the economic decision-making processes of consumers and firms and analyze the functioning of market mechanisms. The course focuses on consumer preferences, utility maximization, demand, production technology, costs, profit maximization, and firm behavior in perfectly competitive markets.

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Robert S. Pindyck & Daniel L. Rubinfeld, Microeconomics, Pearson, 9th Edition.Additional recommended resources:Hal R. Varian, Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach, W. W. Norton & Company, 9th Edition.Jeffrey M. Perloff, Microeconomics, Pearson.

Students are required to comply with the principles of academic integrity in all examinations, assignments, projects, and other academic work. Cheating, plagiarism, fabrication of data or sources, submitting another person's work as one's own, and any form of unauthorized assistance constitute violations of academic integrity. Regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, the provisions of the Ethical Guide on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Research and Publication Activities of Higher Education Institutions (2024) published by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) shall apply.