Current Students

Sociology

Ayça Çavdar

PhD in Sociology

Research Interests: Food sociology, political sociology, economic sociology

METU NCC Political Science and International Relations, BSc

METU NCC Political Science and International Relations, MSc

Email: acavdar21@ku.edu.tr

Büşra Sağlam

PhD in Sociology

Research Interests: Social stratification, sociology of everyday life, sociology of crime and deviance, communication studies, new media studies

Kadir Has University, New Media, BA

Kadir Has University, Public Relations and Information, BA

Kadir Has University, Communication Studies, MA

Email: bsaglam21@ku.edu.tr

Sena Arıcıoğlu

PhD in Sociology

Research Interest: Contemporary spiritualities, Religiosity, Gender, Body/embodiment, Affect and Resistance

İ.D. Bilkent University, Translation and Interpretation, BA

İ.D. Bilkent University, Political Science and Public Administration, MA

Email: haricioglu21@ku.edu.tr

Beyza Hatun Kızıltepe

PhD in Sociology

Research Interest: Ideology and Political Theory, Critical Theory and Cultural Politics, Oral History and Life Course, Sociology of Generation, Social Class, Power and Construction of History, Politics of Memory, Cultural and Political Struggle for (Collective) Memory and Meaning of the Past, Conflict among Subalterns and Politics of Violence, International Humanitarian Relief and Human Rights, Türkiye, Cyprus.

Middle East Technical University, Sociology, BA

Middle East Technical University, Political Science and Public Administration, MA

Email: bkiziltepe20@ku.edu.tr

Eleni Pothou

PhD in Sociology

Research Interest: Identity formation, Collective Memory, Cultural Proximity

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Linguistic, BA

Bilgi University, Media and Communication Systems, MA

Email: epothou20@ku.edu.tr

Maryam Ekhtiari

PhD in Sociology

Research Interest: International migration, Social integration of immigrants, Gender and migration, Technology adoption of immigrants

University of Tabriz, Clinical Psychology, BA

Marmara University, Graduate school of social science and humanities. Sociology, MA

Email: mekhtiari20@ku.edu.tr

Begüm Sonbahar Üregel

PhD in Sociology

Research Interest: Sociology of education, migration and education, parenting, well-being of children

Istanbul Bilgi University, International Relations, BA

Istanbul Bilgi University, International Political Economy, MA

Email: bsonbahar20@ku.edu.tr

Banu Liman

PhD in Sociology

Research Interest: Ageing & ageism, gender, social policy

Marmara University, Political Science and International Relations, BA

Carleton University, the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, MA

Email: bliman19@ku.edu.tr

Pınar Ensari

PhD in Sociology

Research Interest: Migration studies, development, urban sociology, border studies, space and place, youth, emotion, affect

Boğaziçi University, Sociology Department, BA

Sabancı University, Cultural Studies, MA

Email: densari19@ku.edu.tr

Gözde Cöbek

PhD in Sociology

Research Interest: Digital anthropology, digital sociology, media studies, emotion, affect, politics and aesthetics

Boğaziçi University, Sociology Department, BA

Boğaziçi University, Sociology Department, MA

Email: gcobek16@ku.edu.tr

İrem Soysal Al

PhD in Sociology

Research Interests: Sociology of Food and Agriculture, Rural Sociology, Urban Sociology, Political Ecology / alternative food initiatives, food cooperatives, food sovereignty, peasant movements.

Sabancı University, Cultural Studies, M.A

Galatasaray University, Sociology, B.A

Email: ial15@ku.edu.tr

Mustafa Ammar Kılıç

PhD in Sociology

Research Interests: Critique of developmental discourse, political ecology of food and agriculture, transformation of rural labor, GMOs

Marmara University, Sociology, BA

Marmara University, Sociology of Religion, MA

Email: mustafakilic18@ku.edu.tr

Onur Alptekin

PhD in Sociology

Research Interests: animals, piracy, methodology

B.Sc. in International Relations at METU

M.Sc. in Latin and North American Studies at METU

Email: onuralptekin16@ku.edu.tr