Istanbul School/Workshop on Contemporary Methods in Theoretical Physics (I-CMTP 2026)

This school/workshop is designed to provide students and early-career researchers with a focused and pedagogical introduction to the behavior of quantum systems in non-trivial backgrounds. The purpose of the school/workshop is to discuss and address recent developments and progress on topics such as

Dirac equation in curved spacetime
Effective potentials and spectral structure
Integrable/superintegrable quantum systems
Current research directions (PT symmetry, cosmic strings,…)

The lectures will be held on April 3-4, 2026, in the Feza Gürsey Seminar Room at the Department of Physics, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.

The school/workshop is primarily aimed at graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in theoretical physics, mathematical physics, and applied mathematics. Undergraduate students with a strong background in quantum mechanics and general relativity are also welcome to apply.

Registration: Please complete the registration form.

Invited Lecturers

Fatma Aydoğmuş (Istanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye)
Mansur İsgenderoğlu (Gebze Technical University, Kocaeli, Türkiye)
Ilmar Gahramanov (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Türkiye)
Mustafa Sarısaman (Istanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye)
Özlem Yeşiltaş (Gazi University, Ankara, Türkiye)

Lecture Materials

Özlem Yeşiltaş 1Download
Özlem Yeşiltaş 2Download
Opening Talk_istringy.orgDownload
Mustafa SarısamanDownload
Fatma Aydogmus referencesDownload

Organizing Committee:

Fatma Aydoğmuş (Istanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye)
Ilmar Gahramanov (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Türkiye)
Ikram Kouachi (Bilgi University, Istanbul, Türkiye)
Mustafa Mullahasanoglu (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Türkiye)

Scientific Program

3 April Friday

14.00-14.10Opening Talk
14.10-15.00Nonlinear Behavior of Classical Solutions in Fermionic Field ModelsFatma Aydoğmuş
15.00-15.10Coffee Break
15.10-16.00Beyond Hermitianity: Topology, Lasers, and the Physics of Open SystemsMustafa Sarısaman
16.00-16.10Coffee Break
16.10-17.00Dirac Equation in Curved Spacetime-1Özlem Yeşiltaş
17.00-17.10Coffee Break
17.10-18.00Dirac Equation in Curved Spacetime-2Özlem Yeşiltaş

4 April Saturday

10.00-10.50A Stringy View on Nonlinear Equations-1İlmar Gahramanov
10.50-11.00Coffee Break
11.00-11.50A Stringy View on Nonlinear Equations-2İlmar Gahramanov
11.50-12.00Coffee Break
12.00-12.50TBAMansur İsgenderoğlu
12.50-14.00Lunch Break
14.00-14.50Cosmic Strings as Topological Defects: From Conic Geometry to Quantum Dynamics-1Özlem Yeşiltaş
14.50-15.00Coffee Break
15.00-15.50Cosmic Strings as Topological Defects: From Conic Geometry to Quantum Dynamics-2Özlem Yeşiltaş