 Then he received his second Master of Science degree in the area of international economics from the faculty of political sciences at Ankara University in 1977.Mahcupyan's post-graduate studies at Faculty of Political Sciences at Ankara university were important for his intellectual trajectory.While he was at graduate school concentrating on international economics, he worked with Prof. Dr. Yahya Sezai Tezel (his thesis advisor) as a research assistant in the Department of Economics at Ankara university during 1977-1980.