EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

EDUCATION:

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

PhD Candidate, degree expected in September 2021

Major: Sociology

Dissertation: Double Integration or Boundary Making? Ethnic-Turks from Bulgaria in Germany and Negotiation of Identities.

GPA: 3.81

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University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

PhD Candidate, degree expected in November 2020

Major: Anthropology (Socio-Cultural)

Certificates: Certificate of Advanced Study of Eastern European Studies

Dissertation: Conflict Avoidance Strategies in Peripheral Minority Towns in Bulgaria

GPA: 3.89

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Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

MS, September 2007

Major: Sociology

MS Thesis: Linguistic Rights of the Turkish Minority in Bulgaria

GPA: 3.71

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Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

BA, June 2003

Major: Political Science and International Relations

GPA: 2.95

LANGUAGES:

Turkish (native), English (fluent), Bulgarian (fluent), German (intermediate), Spanish (beginner), Greek (basic).

AREAS OF INTEREST:

Geographical areas: the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and North America.

Theoretical themes: food, collective memory, borderlands, identity, minorities, ethnicity, language, religion, anthropology of Islam, nationalism, migration, energy, and urban studies.