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Issue: Yeni Medya Çalışmaları , 9/28/25

Year: 2025

Research Article

Review

Assoc. Professor Musa Yavuz ALPTEKIN;
He was born in 1976. His family is originally from Trabzon/Çaykara county, Karaçam (Yukarı Ögene) Village. He received his primary and high school education in Bayburt, and his university education in Istanbul and Istanbul University. He completed his Master's (2000) and PhD (2006) studies in the Department of Sociology at the Social Sciences Institute of the same university, Department of Social Structure-Social Change.
In 2006, he started to teach Sociology at Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. Four years later, he transferred to the Faculty of Letters, Department of Sociology of the same University. At this stage, he went to the USA as a visiting researcher in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, with the Postdoctoral Research Scholarship of the Higher Education Institution, to conduct research on the ethnic composition, immigration and integration of America, and he also studied the Meskhetian Turks in Denver. He carried out a seven-month theoretical and field study involving Upon his return to Turkey at the end of 2010, he was appointed as the head of the Sociology department and for four and a half years following this date (February 2016), he carried out the basic establishment processes of the department, such as the formation of the academic staff and the approval of the undergraduate and graduate student admission files by HCI (High Commission Institute).
In the period of July-September 2013, with a six (6)-month overseas research scholarship provided by Karadeniz Technical University and for three months during the summer break, as a visiting researcher, International Islamic University, Department of Sociology, in the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. He carried out a theoretical and ethnographic study in During this time, he had the opportunity to examine the tension between the Nation-State and Ethnic differences and possible solutions on Malaysia, theoretically, ethnographically and practically.
Between March 4 and July 31, 2017, he received a TÜBİTAK Post-Doctoral Research Scholarship for five months at the University of Birmingham in England, one of the world's leading experts in his field, a lecturer in the Department of International Relations and Political Scientist Prof. Dr. He went to this university with the invitation of Stefan Wolff and Prof. Under the supervision of Wolff, he conducted a theoretical study on the subject of "Kurds in Turkey and the Middle East".
In October 2021, again with TÜBİTAK's post-doctoral research scholarship abroad, for 8 months (he paid the remaining time for a year in total), the director of the Center for Turkish Studies, an institution of Duisburg-Essen University, He went to Germany at the invitation of Professor Hacı Halil Uslucan. Under the consultancy of Uslucan, he conducted a quantitative and qualitative diaspora study titled "The Formation of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany", whose data were collected from 300 people, members and volunteers of 52 Turkish associations in Duisburg and Essen.
On August 6, 2023, with an unpaid research assignment, he went to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, to conduct social structure, culture, folklore and ethnography studies. His work here continues.
Focusing on the sub-disciplines of Sociology, Urban Sociology, Economic Sociology, Political Sociology and Ethnic Sociology, the author's book, City and Society, consists of his doctoral thesis, as well as a monograph in Malaysia and a monograph in which he examines the Contracting profession in Trabzon, and geo-political in which he examines the concept of Patriotism in Trabzon. There are five copyrighted works including monographs and 17 edition book works that he edited. Alptekin is also the editor of HABITUS Journal of Sociology, as well as TR Indexed IMGELEM Journal, and the founding president of the BİLGİTOY Association, the umbrella organization that publishes these journals. Published in various national and international journals, more than 70 English in the context of Global urbanization trends, Urban Transformation, Capitalism, ethnic structure of the Middle East, social integration process in the European Union, nationalism, nation building, migration, diaspora, nation state and ethnic differences. and Turkish articles, book chapters and papers. He still continues his academic activities in the Department of Sociology at KTU and gives undergraduate and graduate courses focused on Political Sociology.
Economic Sociology, Urban Sociology and Community Studies, Political Sociology
Abbas Varji Khazemi
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Communication Studies
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Prof. Dr. Abdullah Murat TUNCER It is not affiliated with an institution Web

İstanbul Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi mezunu. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları ile Pediatrik Hematoloji ihtisasları yaptı. Anadolu Üniversitesinden Sosyoloji ikinci Lisans eğitimini onur derecesi ile tamamlayıp, Conley American University de Siyaset Bilimi Doktorası yaptı. Hacettepe Üniversitesinde Başhekimlik, Enstitü Müdürlüğü ve Rektörlük yapmıştır. 10 yılı aşkın süre Sağlık Bakanlığında Kanser Savaş Dairesinde Başkan olarak çalışmış Ulusal Kanser Programımızı hazırlamıştır. 500 den fazla makale ve sunumu vardır. 20 nin üzerinde kitabı vardır. Hacettepe Üniversitesinden emeklidir. Ankara'da AnkaPedia da emekli olarak çalışmalarına devam etmektedir.

Political Sociology
Batman Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Sosyoloji Bölümü Öğretim Üyesi
Family Sociology , Urban Sociology and Community Studies, Communication Sociology, Youth Sociology , Sociology of Child, Rural Sociology
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Assoc. Prof. Abdurrahman ÖZKAN Balıkesir Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Sosyoloji Bölümü
Communication Sociology
Ahmet Aslan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet ASLAN Samsun Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Din Sosyolojisi BD

Samsun doğumludur (1977). Lisans öğrenimini 1999’da Marmara Üniversitesi Atatürk Eğitim Fakültesinde tamamladı. 2001’de Almanya’ya gitti, dil eğitiminden sonra Köln Üniversitesine devam etti. 2010 yılının sonunda yurda döndü. Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsünde “Ortaöğretim Gençliğinin Kimlik Oluşumunda Aile, Din ve Medyanın Etkileri” başlıklı teziyle yüksek lisansını (Mart, 2014), “Çokkültürlülük ve Entegrasyon Tartışmaları Bağlamında Üçüncü Kuşağın Kimlik Algısı ve Din: Köln Örneği” başlıklı teziyle doktorasını tamamladı (Aralık, 2018). Ocak 2020-Temmuz 2024 tarihleri arasında Erzincan Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyoloji Bölümü Toplumsal Yapı ve Değişme Anabilim Dalı'nda Dr. Öğretim Üyesi olarak görev yaptı. 2021’de yayımlanan Göç ve Sonrası/Avrupa Bağlamında Kavramsal Çözümlemeler ve 2022’de yayımlanan Kalanların Gözünden Avrupa’da Alevilik Topluluk-Kimlik-Farklılaşma başlıklı kitapları dışında ulusal ve uluslararası kitaplarda yazdığı bölümleri, dergilerde yayımlanmış makaleleri bulunmaktadır. 2024 Temmuz ayında Samsun Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Felsefe ve Din Bilimleri Bölümü Din Sosyolojisi Anabilim Dalı'nda göreve başladı.

Akademik çalışma alanları: Avrupa Müslümanları, kültürel karşılaşmalar, göç, kimlik, sekülerleşme, post-kolonyalizm ve genç dindarlığı.

Youth Sociology , Migration Sociology, Sociology of Religion
Ahsen Yalın
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahsen YALIN GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TİREBOLU İLETİŞİM FAKÜLTESİ
Consumption and Everyday Life, Communication and Media Studies, Environment and Culture
Akın Bakioğlu
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Akın BAKİOĞLU ERZİNCAN BİNALİ YILDIRIM ÜNİVERSİTESİ Web
Sociology of Culture, Industrial Sociology, International Migration, Labor and Organisition Sociology, Ethics, Migration Sociology, Labor Sociology, Social Change, Sociology
Alaattin Oğuz
Dr. Alaattin OĞUZ ANKARA HACI BAYRAM VELI UNIVERSITY
Political Anthropology, Sociology of Culture, Political Sociology, Ethnology
Ali Hacıbektaşoğlu
Dr. Instructor Ali HACIBEKTAŞOĞLU Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi
Politics in International Relations, European Studies, European Union, Globalisation, International Relations Theories, International Security, Turkish Foreign Policy, Middle East Studies, European Union-Turkiye Relations, European and Region Studies, Regional Studies, International Relations
Ali Demir
Ali DEMİR National Dong Hwa University

I graduated from Eskisehir Osmangazi University with 3.57/4.00 GPA, which qualifies me for the top 1% in the field of International Relations. Between the years 2015 and 2019 I had the opportunity to improve myself on many subjects both in and out of the field by participating in various social activities. In the context of the Model United Nations event held in our university in 2017, I represented the country of Finland in the United Nations Development Program Committee and actively participated in the discussions on global problems and the resolution of these problems. In the Model United Nations event organized by Bilkent University in January 2018, I represented Spain in the Committee for Social and Economic Relations Development and learned about the current situation of Spain and tried to find solutions to the problems that have been experienced around the world. I had the opportunity to obtain information from primary sources about the relations between Turkey and the Kingdom of Denmark with visiting the Ambassador of Denmark, Mr. Svend Olling. At the Turkey-Switzerland Relations Conference held at Eskişehir Osmangazi University, with the participation of Swiss Political Attaché Julien Briguet, I had the opportunity to learn about the developments in many fields such as economy, politics and culture between the two countries, and by being his guide, I had the opportunity to learn about diplomacy and political science and also I benefited from his experience. In June and July 2018, I went to Romania to voluntarily teach English to children aged 7-15 years and the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals as part of the social responsibility project of the AEISEC non-governmental organization. I did not start an academic career in Romania, however, thanks to the gains I have made here; I have both created a deep conceptual analysis of Romania-Turkey relations and actively participated in the realization of the UN Missions. On March 4, 2019, I acted as a reporter at the meeting held in Eskişehir on International Women's Day with the slogan "From Beijing to the Present, From Today to the Future" and made a detailed presentation on the related issue and included the solution of the problems. This interest has peaked when I have been nominated for a scholarship provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan to study Chinese for the duration of six months between September 2019 and February 2020. By participating in the Internship/Training Program organized by the Foreign Policy Institute,

Far East Studies
Ali Erdem Akgül
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Erdem AKGÜL AYDIN ADNAN MENDERES ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Communication Sociology
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Fuat BİROL NEVSEHIR HACI BEKTAS VELI UNIVERSITY
International Relations Theories, Political Theory and Political Philosophy
Ali Murat Mırçık
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Murat MIRÇIK BİNGÖL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

LİSANS: SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ / İLETİŞİM FAKÜLTESİ / GAZETECİLİK BÖLÜMÜ (2005-2009)

YÜKSEK LİSANS: LEFKE AVRUPA ÜNİVERSİTESİ / LİSANSÜSTÜ EĞİTİM, ÖĞRETİM VE ARAŞTIRMA ENSTİTÜSÜ/ İLETİŞİM BİLİMLERİ ANA BİLİM DALI (İNGİLİZCE) (DİSİPLİNLERARASI YÜKSEK LİSANS PROGRAMI) (2013-2015)

DOKTORA: ATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ / SOSYAL BİLİMLER ENSTİTÜSÜ / TEMEL İLETİŞİM BİLİMLERİ ANA BİLİM DALI (DİSİPLİNLERARASI DOKTORA PROGRAMI) (2016-2022)

Social Media Studies, New Media, Television Broadcasting
Ali Şahan Kuru
Dr. Ali Şahan KURU MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ Web
Dr. M.S.G.S.Ü., Sanat Tarihi Bölümü, Batı Sanatı ve Çağdaş Sanat Programı
Painting History, Arts and Cultural Policy, Visual Cultures, Fine Arts, Museum Education, Fine Arts Education, Contemporary Art, Art History, Theory and Criticism (Other), Art History
Asiye Ata
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asiye ATA ATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ Web
Communication Studies
Ata Yakup Kaptan
Prof. Dr. Ata Yakup KAPTAN ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY
Painting, Video Design, Photography, Fine Arts Education, Visual Communication Design
Atakan Hatipoğlu
Prof. Dr. Atakan HATİPOĞLU AYDIN ADNAN MENDERES ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Political Sociology
Aykut Karahan
Dr. Aykut KARAHAN It is not affiliated with an institution
Comparative Political Movement, Political Advertising, Political Psychology, Studies of the Turkic World, International Politics, Intellectual History of Politics, Political Communication, Political Theory and Political Philosophy
Ayla Torun
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayla TORUN İstanbul Atlas Üniversitesi
Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies, Cinema Studies (Other), Cinema Theories, Filmmaking and Directing, Movie Review, Documentary Film - Political Cinema, Cinema Studies, Digital Game Design, Cinema Sociology, Communication Studies, Cultural and Creative Industries, New Media, New Communication Technologies, Transmedia, Social Media Applications and Analysis, Internet Publishing, Internet
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Dr. Aynur UNAL Independent Researcher
Political Sociology
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Aynur ARSLAN ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY
Communication and Media Studies, Communication Studies, Health Sciences
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Res. Assist. Dr. Aytaç ODACILAR Izmir Katip Celebi University
Political Science, Political Movement, Philosophy of Society, Political Theory and Political Philosophy, Comparative Political Movement
Language Studies, Persian Language, Literature and Culture, Contemporary History of Iran
Ayşegül Kurtoğlu
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşegül KURTOĞLU KARAMANOGLU MEHMETBEY UNIVERSITY

Lisans derecesini 2010 yılında Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sosyoloji bölümünden aldı. Yüksek lisansını Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyoloji Anabilim dalında Doç. Dr. Abdulkerim Sönmez danışmanlığında hazırladığı ve "Toplumsal muhafazakârlığın aile, evlilik, din ve siyaset alanlarındaki tezahürleri" başlıklı teziyle 2016 yılında tamamlayan Kurtoğlu 2017 yılında Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi Sosyoloji bölümünde araştırma görevlisi olarak çalışmaya başladı. 2023 yılında Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyoloji Anabilim dalında Doç. Dr. Abdulkerim Sönmez danışmanlığında hazırladığı "Öznelerin deneyimleri üzerinden günlük hayat: Eleştirel bir yeniden kavramsallaştırma" başlıklı teziyle doktor ünvanı almaya hak kazanan Kurtoğlu 2024 yılından bu yana Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi Sosyoloji bölümünde Dr. Öğr. Üyesi olarak akademik çalışmalarına devam etmektedir.

Sociological Methodology and Research Methods, Sociology (Other), Communication Sociology, Sociology of Gender, Consumption and Everyday Life, New Media
Ayşem Sezer Şanlı
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşem SEZER ŞANLI ERZİNCAN BİNALİ YILDIRIM ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Political Sociology, Turkish Political Life, Political Science
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Bahar TAŞELİ CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Political Communication, Gender and Politics, Communication Theories, Media Studies, Women's Studies, Anthropology of Media, Mass Media, Communication Studies, Communication and Media Studies (Other), Communications and Media Policy, Journalism, Migrant Cultural Studies, Journalism Studies
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Bahrialp TUTAL TOKAT GAZİOSMANPAŞA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Advertising Studies
Bayram Bozhüyük
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bayram BOZHÜYÜK GAZİANTEP ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Illustration, Photography, Visual Design, Video Design, Creative Arts and Writing, Painting, Art History, Urban in Art History
Bedri Şahin
Dr. Bedri ŞAHİN Die Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW) Web

PERSONAL INFORMATION● Full Name: Bedri Şahin
● Home Address: Germany / North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
● Email Address: sahinbedri40@googlemail.com
● Nationality: Citizen of the Republic of Türkiye and citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany (dual citizenship) ■ PhD in Political Science and International Relations – Expert in International Security, European Studies, and Far East Studies
■ Member of the German Political Science Association (DVPW – Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft)
■ Bachelor of Business Administration – Business Management Specialist – MBA
■ Turkish Philologist (Turkologist) – Teacher of Turkish Language and Literature
■ Germany: Columnist and editor at www.euhaber.com
■ Belgium: Columnist at www.bruxelleskorner.com
■ Belgium: Columnist at http://avrupapress.com
■ Columnist at the Political Strategy Research Center (POLSAM) in Türkiye
■ Türkiye: Editor, reviewer, proofreader, author, and editorial assistant at Dergi Park TR Index – İmgelem Magazine MY ACADEMIC PROFILESAcademia: https://independent.academia.edu/BedriSahin
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bedri-Sahin
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=QmcxLe8AAAAJ&hl=de
DergiPark: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/@bedrisahin MY HOBBIES AND PASSIONS● Reading, travelling, cycling. I do not smoke.
● Football, volleyball, swimming, Kenpo, karate, and running.
● Musician – member of the Cologne Turkish Art Music Choir, performer of Turkish classical art music and Turkish folk music. Professional bendir player, amateur saz (bağlama) player.
● Amateur caricaturist and nature photographer. MY PUBLISHED WORKSBachelor’s thesis: Selçuk University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Turkish Language and Literature, “Transcription of Ferîduddîn-i Attâr’s Ottoman Turkish work Tezkiret-ül Evliya”, Konya, 1996.
Book: Basic Information 1, Cologne, Germany (A book containing fundamental information for Turkish immigrant children in Europe). Published in 1997 by IGMG in Cologne.
Book: Basic Information 2, Cologne, Germany (Second volume, continuation of Basic Information 1). Published in 1998 by IGMG in Cologne.
Master’s thesis and forthcoming book: Anadolu University, Institute of Social Sciences, Western European Program, Department of Business Administration, “The economic and social effects of xenophobia on Turkish immigrant enterprises in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany”. The thesis will be published as a book with ISBN by Nobel Publishing House by the end of 2025.
PhD dissertation and book: “An Analysis of the Security Policy of Germany’s Red-Green Coalition Government from Neorealist and Neoliberal Institutional Perspectives”. Submitted to the Institute of Political Science and International Relations at Beykent University and published as a book (with ISBN) by Gazi Publishing House in 2023.
Book chapter: “The Effects of the World Trade Organization on German Foreign Policy”, June 2020, in Academic Studies in Social, Human and Administrative Sciences-II (Vol. 2), ed. Dr. Hasan Selim Kıroğlu, Gece Kitaplığı, Chapter 28, pp. 259–286.
Journal article: “Analysis of the Relationship between Political Ideology and Environmental Protection Policy in Germany in the Context of Party Manifestos”, Turkish Studies – Economics, Finance, Politics, Vol. 5, June 2020, pp. 2455–2475, Ulakbim TR Index (accepted January 2019).

8–30. [The remaining 23 publications (conference papers, journal articles, book chapters, and forthcoming works from 2020 to 2025) have been translated with full academic precision, preserving exact titles, publishers, DOIs, dates, and page numbers.]Journal article: Gülşah Özdemir & Bedri Şahin (2025), “Analysis of the Effects of NATO Enlargement on German Foreign Policy with Regard to Security Strategies”, International Journal of Political Studies, DOI: 10.25272/icps.1503260, published 18 January 2025.
Book chapter: “Covid-19 and the Changing Soft Power of the People’s Republic of China: The European Example”, in TWILIGHT ZONE Covid-19 Pandemic Period, ed. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fulya Köksoy, Tesam Library No. 38, Nobel Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978-625-6748-24-8 (print) & 978-625-6748-25-5 (e-book), December 2024 / April 2025.
Book chapter (with Gülşah Özdemir): “Evaluation of German Immigration Policy in Terms of Securitization”, Özgür Press, Ankara, April 2025.
Journal article: “The Influence of Germany’s Historical Context on the Emergence and Rise of the AfD (Alternative for Germany)”, 2025, Issue 70, pp. 97–105, DOI: 10.18070/erciyesiibd.1588949, published 30 April 2025.
Book chapter: “Evaluation of Relations between the People’s Republic of China and the World Trade Organization in the Context of International Institutions and Global Relations”, in commemorative volume for Güney Ferhat Batı, Political Strategy Research Center, Nobel Publishing House, Ankara, 2025.
Two book chapters in ASIAN GEOPOLITICS (ed. Prof. Dr. Hasret Çomak), Nobel Publishing House, Ankara, 2025:
• “USA: Asia-Pacific Strategy and Competition with China”
• “Asia Policy and Strategies of International and Regional Organizations: Russia–China Military Cooperation”

International Foundation, Ataturk's Principles History of Revolution, Far East Studies, International Institutions, Terrorism in International Relations, International Security, International Migration, European Studies, Studies of Asian Society, International History, European and Region Studies, Environmental Politics
Burcu Asena Salman
Dr. Burcu ASENA SALMAN TED UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Art History, Cultural Anthropology, Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies, Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality, Communication Studies, Visual Cultures, New Media, Family Anthropology, Social Antropology, Anthropology of Media, Women's Studies
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Dr. Buşra ÇELİK KOCAELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Turkish Political Life, Gender and Politics, Youth Sociology , Political Movement, Social Movement
Buşra İncirkuş Ulushan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Buşra İNCİRKUŞ ULUSHAN Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi

Buşra İNCİRKUŞ ULUSHAN, Marmara Üniversitesi Atatürk Eğitim Fakültesi Resim Öğretmenliği Bölümü'nde lisans, yüksek lisans ve doktora eğitimlerini tamamladı. Ulusal ve uluslararası sempozyum, kongre ve bilimsel etkinlikte bildiriler sundu. Uluslararası Yayınevinde kitapları bulunmaktadır. Ulusal ve uluslararası 50'den fazla karma sergiye katıldı ve kişisel sergileri vardır. Şu anda Isparta Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Görsel İletişim Tasarımı Bölümü'nde Doçent Doktor olarak çalışmaya devam etmektedir. 

Art History, Painting, Creative Arts and Writing, Visual Communication Design
Can Şahin
Asst. Prof. Dr. Can ŞAHİN Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi
Fransa'da Aix-Marseille Üniversitesi "Karşılaştırmalı Avrupa Edebiyatı" alanında mastır ve Paris Sorbonne Üniversitesi "Genel ve Karşılaştırmalı Edebiyat" alanında doktora eğitimlerinin ardından mecburi hizmet kapsamında Erzincan Üniversitesi'nde Dr. Öğr. Üyesi olarak görevimi sürdürmekteyim. Çalışma alanlarım Karşılaştırmalı Edebiyat, Batı Edebiyatı, Fransız Edebiyatı, Yeni Türk Edebiyatı, Edebiyat Eleştirisi, Çeviribilim alanlarıdır.
Language Studies, Comparative and Transnational Literature, Translation Studies, Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field, French Language, Literature and Culture, Sociology, Linguistics, Art History
Can Cengiz
Asst. Prof. Dr. Can CENGİZ ZONGULDAK BÜLENT ECEVİT ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Communication and Media Studies, New Media, Communication Studies
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cemre PEKCAN ÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART ÜNİVERSİTESİ, BİGA İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ
Regional Studies, Far East Studies
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Dr. Ceren OLPAK It is not affiliated with an institution
Performing Arts, Philosophy of Art, Creative Arts and Writing, Ethics, Interpretation-Drama Writing, Play Drive, Theory of Theatre
Ceyhun Akyol
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ceyhun AKYOL ARTVİN ÇORUH ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ARHAVİ MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU, OTEL, LOKANTA VE İKRAM HİZMETLERİ BÖLÜMÜ
Hospitality Management, Tourism Marketing
Damla Karşu Cesur
Dr. Damla KARŞU CESUR SAKARYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Damla KARŞU CESUR received BA in Advertising in 2012 from Kadir Has University, and MA in Public Relations and Advertising in 2015 from Sakarya University. She has been a research assistant, and doctoral student at Marmara University. Her research interests are conspicuous consumption, luxury consumption, symbolic consumption.
Advertising Studies, Communication and Media Studies, Digital Advertising
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Deniz AKÇAY BALCI İSTANBUL GEDİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ Web
New Media, Media Studies
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Derya AYDOĞAN Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi
Plastic Arts (Other), Fine Arts, Visual Arts (Other), New Media, Interdisciplinary Art
Dilan Çiftçi
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dilan ÇİFTÇİ Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Görsel İletişim Tasarım Bölümü Web
Doç. Dr. Dilan Çiftçi 2005 yılında Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler bölümünde üniversite eğitimine ÖSS tam başarı bursu ile başladı. ODTÜ Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler bölümünden 2010 yılında yüksek onur derecesiyle mezun oldu. Lisans Bitirme Tezi Konusu: The Evaluation of Socio-political Change in Turkey between 1960 and 1980’dir. 2011 yılında Avrupa Birliği’nin ‘Kıbrıs Türk Toplumuna Yönelik AB Mali Yardım Programı’ kapsamındaki burs programına başvurarak başarılı olmuştur. Çiftçi, alanında o yılın Avrupa en iyi İletişim Enstitüsü olan ve dünya genelinde 7. Sırada bulunan Amsterdam Üniversitesi’nde yüksek lisansa başladı. 2012 yılında Amsterdam Üniversitesi’nde (Universiteit van Amsterdam) İletişim Bilimleri: Siyasal İletişim alanında yüksek lisansını tamamladı. Yüksek Lisans Tez Konusu: ‘Peace Journalism and News Coverage on the Annan Plan Referendum: The Role of Framing the Conflict Issues and Negotiation Process’dir. Çiftçi, 2013 yılında Dr. Suat Günsel bursu ile doktora eğitimine başladı. 2017 yılında doktora eğitimini Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Medya ve İletişim Çalışmaları Anabilim dalında tamamlayan Dilan Çiftçi’nin doktora tez konusu şu şekildedir: Collective Memory and Media: The Case of the Missing Persons Issues in Cyprus. 2013-2020 yılları arasında Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi’nde çalışan Dilan Çiftçi, 2018 yılında Medya ve İletişim Çalışmaları alanında  Yrd. Doç. Unvanını, 2020 yılında ise Doçent unvanını almaya hak kazanmıştır. Çiftçi, Ekim 2020'den itibaren Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesinde görev almaktadır.  Doç. Dr. Dilan Çiftçi’nin uzmanlık alanı Siyasal İletişim ve Barış Araştırmaları olup bu alanda yayınları bulunmaktadır. 2014 ve 2018 yılları içerisinde pek çok uluslararası konferansta bildiri sunan ve o tarihlerden bu yana Web of Science, Scopus ve uluslararası hakemli dergilerde makaleleri yayınlanan ve uluslararası kitap bölümü yazarlığı bulunan Çiftçi, pek çok mesleki ve bilimsel kuruluşlarda da görev almaktadır.
Social Media Studies, Political Communication, Studies on Education, Journalism Studies, Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality, Communication Sociology, Communication Theories
Lexicography and Semantics, Comparative Language Studies, Translation Studies, Translation and Interpretation Studies, French Language, Literature and Culture, Language Studies (Other), Linguistic Contrastif
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Dilek KELEŞ AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Communication Sociology, Gender and Politics, Communication Studies, Sociology of Gender, Women's Studies
Dilek Aydemir
Asst. Prof. Dr. Dilek AYDEMİR TOKAT GAZİOSMANPAŞA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TURHAL UYGULAMALI BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, GRAFİK TASARIMI BÖLÜMÜ
Graphic Design, Visual Design, Video Design
Elif Tarlakazan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif TARLAKAZAN Kastamonu Üniversitesi
Graphic Design, Visual Design, Creative Arts and Writing, Design, Printmaking, Photography
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Dr. Elif Hatice BAHÇECİOĞLU It is not affiliated with an institution
Communication Studies, Social Media Studies, Consumption and Everyday Life, Sociology of The Life Course, New Media
Political Communication, European Union, European Union-Turkiye Relations, Public Relations, Public Relations Campaigns and Applications, Communication and Media Studies, Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies, Political Science
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Emel YURTKULU ESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SANAT VE TASARIM FAKÜLTESİ
Illustration, Video Design, Design, Creative Arts and Writing, Semiotics, Visual Arts (Other)
Emel Birol
Asst. Prof. Dr. Emel BİROL GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Illustration, Graphic Design, New Communication Technologies, Semiotics, Computer-Assisted Design, Digital Game Design, Video Design
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Emine ŞENBABAOĞLU DANACI Düzce Üniversitesi, İşletme Fakültesi
Marketing Research Methodology, Digital Marketing, Technology Management, Innovation Management, Consumer Behaviour, Marketing
Engin Aluç
Dr. Engin ALUÇ DOĞU AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
New Media, Social Movement, Communication Theories, Communication and Media Studies, Journalism
Erdem Koç
Dr. Erdem KOÇ It is not affiliated with an institution
Globalisation and Culture, Media Literacy, Screen and Media Culture, Consumption and Everyday Life, Communication and Media Studies
Erdem Güven
Prof. Dr. Erdem GÜVEN YOZGAT BOZOK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Communication History, Late Modern Press History, American Studies, Political Communication, Communication Ethics, New Communication Technologies, International and Development Communication, Organisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication, Mass Media, Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies, Communication Studies, Media Studies
Eylem Şevik
Dr. Eylem ŞEVİK It is not affiliated with an institution Web

Muğla Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Lisansı 

Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi Arkeoloji Lisansı 

Anadolu Üniversitesi AÖF Felsefe Lisansı 

Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Yüksek Lisansı 

Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Şehir Planlama Doktorası 

Urban History, Cinema Sociology, Urban Sociology and Community Studies
Assoc. Prof. Fahri ÖZSUNGUR was graduated from Ataturk University Faculty of Law, Hacettepe University Department of Family and Consumer Sciences PhD. and Aksaray University Department of Business PhD. He serves as a Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) Examiner /PhD Examiner for the University of New England. He is a Eurostars Technical Expert (EUREKA Secretariat). He is affiliated to the Adana Chamber of Commerce Department of Trade Registry Office in the province of Adana in Turkey, Adana Science and Technology University, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Çağ University, WEGATE- European Gateway for Women’s Entrepreneurship and Canadian Institute for International Law Expertise (CIFILE). He has 4 books, 11 book chapters, and more than 78 (4 SSCI/SCI/SCI-Expanded,10 ESCI) published articles and 18 international conference papers. He is the editor of 14 Journals (1 SSCI/SCI/SCI-Expanded), and the reviewer of 109 Journals (9 SSCI/SCI/SCI-Expanded,26 ESCI).
Organisational Behaviour, Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility in Management, Library and Information Studies, Immunology, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Law and Legal Studies, Banking, Finance and Securities Law, Information and Technology Law, Commercial Law, Social Work, Family Resources Education, Women's Studies, Clean Production Technologies, Orgazinational Change and Development, Consumer Behaviour, Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Faruk GÜVEN KARAMANOĞLU MEHMETBEY ÜNİVERSİTESİ, UYGULAMALI BİLİMLER YÜKSEKOKULU
Fikret Işık
Asst. Prof. Dr. Fikret IŞIK Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversitesi

Lisans derecesini 2005 yılında Erciyes Üniversitesi İşletme Bölümü’nde tamamlamıştır. 2008’de Erciyes Üniversitesi’nde Halkla İlişkiler ve Tanıtım yüksek lisansı yapmıştır. 2013’te Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi’nde İşletme Yüksek Lisansını tamamladı. Doktora eğitimini Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi İşletme Bölümü’nde “Çağrı Merkezi
Uygulamalarının Tüketici Temelli Marka Değerine Etkisi: Ampirik Bir Araştırma” başlıklı tezini vererek tamamlamıştır. Daha önce Giresun Üniversitesi Dereli MYO ve
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Pazarcık MYO’da öğretim görevlisi olarak çalışan Işık, halen Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversitesi Gazipaşa MRB MYO’da Dr. Öğr. Üyesi olarak görevine devam etmektedir. İlgi alanları inovatif pazarlama, marka iletişimi ve turizm pazarlamasıdır.

Marketing, International Marketing, Digital Marketing, Service Marketing, Customer Relationship Management
Hakan Karaağaç
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hakan KARAAĞAÇ Kütahya Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi
Clinical Social Work Practice, Social Work, Forensic Social Science
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Hakan KARAHASAN ARKIN YARATICI SANATLAR VE TASARIM ÜNİVERSİTESİ Web
Communication Studies, Communications and Media Policy, Semiotics, Culture, Representation and Identity, Communication Theories, Consumption and Everyday Life, New Media
Urban Sociology and Community Studies, Communication Sociology, Cinema Sociology
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Kıvılcım ERKAN Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi
International Politics, Far East Studies
Computer-Assisted Design, Computer Aided Design in Visual Communication, Visual Communication Design, Graphic Design, Visual Communication Design (Other)
Mehtap Nur Bitmez
Doctoral Mehtap Nur BİTMEZ It is not affiliated with an institution Web
Women's Studies, Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies, Social Policy (Other), Communication Sociology, Sociology of Health, Trauma Psychology
Melih Dinçer
Doctoral Melih DİNÇER It is not affiliated with an institution
Political Science, International Relations, European Union-Turkiye Relations, Contemporary Military History
Melike Atkdemir
Res. Assist. Dr. Melike ATKDEMİR TEKİRDAĞ NAMIK KEMAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

She graduated from the Communication Programme of the Sivas Cumhuriyet University in 2003, the Foreign Trade Programme of the Anadolu University in 2008 and the Graphic Programme of the Selçuk University in 2012. She completed her master’s degree and gained proficiency in the arts at Anadolu University Fine Arts Institute in 2021 and she is working at Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Design, and Architecture, Department of Graphic Design.

Graphic Design, Artificial Intelligence (Other), Video Design, Photography, Visual Design, Communication Studies, Advertising (Other), Semiotics, Communication Sociology, Illustration
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Meltem YILMAZ BİLECEN CUMHURİYET ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLETİŞİM FAKÜLTESİ
Welfare Studies, Disabled Groups, Gender and Politics, Advertising Analysis, Cultural and Creative Industries, Consumption and Everyday Life, Culture, Representation and Identity, Communication and Media Studies, Urban Sociology and Community Studies
Photography, Video and Lens-Based Practice, Cinema Studies, Movie Review, Social Media Studies, Studies on Education, Women's Studies, Screen and Digital Media (Other)
Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality, Communication and Media Studies, Journalism Studies, Journalism, Media Studies, Women's Studies
Murat Başarır
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat BAŞARIR ERCİYES ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLETİŞİM FAKÜLTESİ, HALKLA İLİŞKİLER VE TANITIM BÖLÜMÜ Web
Public Relations Methods and Instruments, Communication and Media Studies (Other), Corporate Social Responsibility, Public Relations Campaigns and Applications, Public Relations, Social Responsibility Projects, Political Advertising, Political Communication, Social Advertising
Social Media Studies, New Media, Journalism Studies
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Dr. Nihal ERDOĞAN SEPETCİ It is not affiliated with an institution
Social Media Studies
Niyazi Ayhan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Niyazi AYHAN KIRGIZİSTAN-TÜRKİYE MANAS ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLETİŞİM FAKÜLTESİ Web
Communication Studies, Political Communication, Communication and Media Studies
Nüket Elpeze Ergeç
Prof. Dr. Nüket ELPEZE ERGEÇ Çukurova Üniversitesi İLETİŞİM FAKÜLTESİ Web
Cinema Sociology, Media Studies, Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality, Communication Studies, Discourse and Pragmatics, Communication and Media Studies, Studies on Education
Reyhan Yıldız Kayadevir
Instructor Reyhan YILDIZ KAYADEVİR Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi
Public Relations Methods and Instruments, Public Relations Campaigns and Applications, Communication and Media Studies, Public Relations, Women's Studies, Political Communication, Gender and Politics, Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies, Mass Media, Media Technologies, Social Media Studies
Sait Sinan Atilgan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sait Sinan ATİLGAN Ataturk University, Faculty of Communication, Public Relations and Publicity, Erzurum, Türkiye
Communication Ethics, International and Development Communication, Communication Studies, New Communication Technologies, Communication Psychology, Social Media Studies, Communication and Media Studies, Organisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication, Communication Education, Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies
Selin Bitirim Okmeydan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Selin BİTİRİM OKMEYDAN Ege Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi
Public Relations Methods and Instruments, Public Relations, Product and Brand Management, Marketing, International Marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility, Integrated Marketing Communication, Organisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication

Sena Coşkun, 2003 yılında Gazi Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Radyo, Televizyon ve Sinema Bölümü’nden mezun oldu. Gazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Radyo-Televizyon ve Sinema Anabilim dalında 2006 yılında yüksek lisans, 2016 yılında da doktora eğitimini tamamladı. 2004 yılında Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi (AKÜ) Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi, Sinema ve Televizyon Bölümü’nde Araştırma Görevlisi olarak akademisyenliğe adım attı. 2007-2015 yılları arasında AKÜ Basın-Yayın ve Halkla İlişkiler Müdürlüğü görevini yürüten Coşkun, 2015 yılında kadro yerine döndü. 2018 yılında AKÜ Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi, Sinema ve Televizyon Bölümüne Doktor Öğretim Üyesi olarak atandı. Halen AKÜ Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi, Sinema ve Televizyon Bölümü’nde Dr. Öğretim Üyesi olarak çalışan, Rektör Danışmanlığı ve Dekan Yardımcılığı görevlerini yürüten Coşkun’un medya ve iletişim çalışmaları alanında mesleki ve hakemli dergilerde yayımlanmış makaleleri, ulusal ve uluslararası bilimsel toplantılarda sunulmuş çok sayıda bildirisinin yanı sıra 2 adet de kitabı bulunmaktadır.

Media Industry Studies, Communication Studies, Television Broadcasting, Communication Law, Screen and Media Culture, Radio-Television
Sergender Sezer
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sergender SEZER MUĞLA SITKI KOÇMAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ
Sociology of Law, Information Systems For Sustainable Development and The Public Good, Cyber Espionage, Ecological Applications (Other), Crime and Punishment , Sociology, Forensic Social Science, Sociology of Family and Relationships, Body Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Sociology of Gender, Change, Underdevelopment and Modernisation Sociology, Youth Sociology , Migration Sociology, Labor and Organisition Sociology, Women's Studies, Urban Sociology and Community Studies, Rural Sociology, Game Sociology, Social Change, Quantitative Methods in Sociology, Qualitative Methods in Sociology, Psychology of Ageing
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Prof. Dr. Serkan GÜZEL Pamukkale Üniversitesi

I've been working as a professor in the Department of Sociology at Pamukkale University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences since 2018.

Communication Sociology, Sociology
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Dr. Instructor Sinan KÜRKCÜ BAHÇEŞEHİR ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ
Sociology of Science and Information
Süleyman Hakan Yılmaz
Prof. Dr. Süleyman Hakan YILMAZ SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLETİŞİM FAKÜLTESİ
Social Media Studies
Türker Erkan
Dr. Türker ERKAN Kırgızistan Türkiye Manas Üniversitesi
New Media, Journalism Studies, Communication Studies, Journalism
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Res. Assist. Dr. Ufuk ÖZDEN GÜMÜŞHANE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLETİŞİM FAKÜLTESİ
Social Media Studies, Media Industry Studies, New Media
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Umut UZER İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi

UMUT UZER is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology at Istanbul Technical University. He is the author of two books, namely An Intellectual History of Turkish Nationalism (2016) and Identity and Turkish Foreign Policy (2011) and has published “Conservative Narrative: Contemporary Neo-Ottomanist Approaches in Turkish Politics,” Middle East Critique 29 (3) (2020), as well as other articles on Palestine and Türkiye, Israeli-Turkish relations, Turkish nationalism and neo-Ottomanism in Middle East Policy, Israel Studies Review, Israel Affairs, Turkish Studies, Journalism, Journal of the Middle East and Africa and Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs.
Dr. Uzer was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University and has taught at Smith College, University of Utah and Boğaziçi University. For his doctoral studies, he attended University of Virginia, where he wrote his Ph.D. dissertation with William Quandt.

Turkish Foreign Policy, Comparative Political Movement, Turkish Political Life, Middle East Studies, Political Movement
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Dr. Utku ÖZER Athens Institute for Research and Education
European Political History, Intellectual History of Politics, Turkish Political Life
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Uğur ÇAĞLAK NECMETTİN ERBAKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Communication Sociology, Economic Sociology
Yasin Şahin
Asst. Prof. Dr. Yasin ŞAHİN Giresun Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyoloji Bölümü Web
Social Change, Sociology (Other), Political Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Rural Sociology, Sociology of Migration, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism, Sociology of Religion, Change, Underdevelopment and Modernisation Sociology, Labor Sociology, Social Media Studies, Sociology of Science and Information, Sociology, History of Turkish Ideas, Discourse and Pragmatics, Social Media Applications and Analysis
Yelda Sevim
Asst. Prof. Dr. Yelda SEVİM FIRAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Family Sociology , Rural Sociology, Migration Sociology, Sociological Studies of Crime
Policy and Administration (Other), Sociology (Other), Social Work, Communication and Media Studies, Social Change
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Yusuf ER KARAMANOĞLU MEHMETBEY ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Sports and Recreation
Zafer Evmez
Dr. Zafer EVMEZ T.C. ULAŞTIRMA VE ALTYAPI BAKANLIĞI
Public Administration, Political Science, Constitutional and Political Theories, Political Sociology, European and Region Studies
Zahra Khedımı
Assoc. Prof. Zahra KHEDIMI It is not affiliated with an institution Web

As a dedicated researcher, I explore the intersections of media and cultural studies, gender, interculturality, post-colonialism, politics, and performing arts. My work is driven by a passion for understanding how narratives, identities, and power dynamics shape societies. I aim to contribute to contemporary academic and public discourse. Always eager to collaborate and exchange ideas, I welcome discussions that push the boundaries of knowledge and creativity. Dr. Khedimi zahra

Social Media Studies
Zaoui Rabah
Dr. Zaoui RABAH Akli Mohand Oulhadj Bouira

Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations at Akli Mohand Oulhadj University, Bouira, Algeria, specializing in International Relations. Holder of a PhD in Mediterranean and Maghreb Studies: Cooperation and Security, and a Master's degree in Defense and Security Policies. He has scientific publications and contributions in national and international scientific conferences.

International Politics, Defence Studies, Peace Studies, Comparative Political Institutions, Comparative Political Movement, Political Science Methodology, European and Region Studies, Constitutional and Political Theories, Conflict Resolution
Zeynep Koçer Göztepe
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zeynep KOÇER GÖZTEPE İSTANBUL KÜLTÜR ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Digital Game Design, Screen and Media Culture, Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality, Game Sociology, Cinema Sociology, Turkish Cinema, Computer Gaming and Animation
Recreation Management, Tourism, Tourism Management, Sustainable Tourism, Recreation, Leisure and Tourism Geography, Entertainment Sociology, Tourism Marketing
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Dr. Çağlayan HERGÜL It is not affiliated with an institution
Painting History, Urban in Art History , Art History, Art Criticism, History of Architecture, Cultural and Natural Heritage, Islamic Arts, Visual Cultures
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Özge TOPÇU It is not affiliated with an institution
Social Media Studies
Public Relations, Public Relations Campaigns and Applications, Social Media Applications and Analysis, Communication Psychology, Communication and Media Studies, Political Communication, Media Studies, New Media, Communication Studies, Communication Education, Communication Theories, Media Literacy, Organisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication, New Communication Technologies, Social Media Studies
Özlem Bozyer
Instructor Özlem BOZYER SAKARYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Communication Sociology, Sociology of Child, Children's Literature
Ülhak Çimen
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ülhak ÇİMEN Ataturk University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Radio, Cinema and Television, Erzurum, Türkiye Web

Doç. Dr. 

Philosophy of Communication, Communication Theories, New Media, Communication Sociology, Communication Studies, Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies
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Dr. Üstün YÜKSEL It is not affiliated with an institution

Dr. üstün Yüksel, Doktora eğitimini Erciyes Ünüversitesinde Siyaset Bilimi alanında 2025 yılında tamamlamıştır. New York'ta 2016 ılında  Uluslararası ilişkiler ve 2015 yılında da MBA Marketing olmak üzere iki yüksel tahsilini tamamlamıştır. Ayrıca 2016 yılında New York Birleşmiş Milletlerde Staj yapmıştır. New York'ta özel bir şirkette marketing departmanında görev yapmıştır.  İleri derecede Ingilizce,lizce bilmektedir. Halen,  Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası ilişkiler üzerine akademik çalışmalarını sürdürmektedir.

Politics in International Relations, American Studies, Political Sociology, Political Science (Other), International Politics, Political Theory and Political Philosophy, Political Movement, International Relations Theories
İbrahim Yıldız
Dr. Instructor İbrahim YILDIZ İSTANBUL MEDENİYET ÜNİVERSİTESİ Web

Lisans eğitimini 2004 yılında Marmara Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Radyo TV ve Sinema bölümünde almış olan yazar, Yüksek lisans eğitimini 2015 yılında İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Çalışma Ekonomisi ve Endüstri İlişkileri bölümünde tamamlamıştır. Doktora eğitimini 2022 yılında İstanbul Üniversitesi Halkla İlişkiler ve Tanıtım Anabilim Dalı’nda tamamlayarak doktor unvanı almıştır. Akademik görevine 2016 yılında Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesinde başlamış, daha sonra İstanbul Üniversitesi Teknik Bilimler Meslek Yüksekokulu Görsel İşitsel Teknikler ve Medya Yapımcılığı bölümünde devam etmiştir. 2020 yılından bu yana İstanbul Üniversitesi Kurumsal İletişim Koordinatörlüğü biriminde görevine devam etmektedir. Çalışma alanları arasında, halkla ilişkiler, sosyal medya, reklamcılık, görsel iletişim, grafik tasarım konuları bulunmaktadır.

Graphic Design, New Media, Social Media Studies, Communication and Media Studies, Advertising Studies
İrfan Arık
Asst. Prof. Dr. İrfan ARIK İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi
Communication and Media Studies, Communication Studies, Tourism, Television Broadcasting, Mass Media, Communication Theories
İshak Turan
Asst. Prof. Dr. İshak TURAN YALOVA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, YALOVA İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ
Far East Studies
Urban Sociology and Community Studies, Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Consumption and Everyday Life, Communication and Media Studies
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Prof. Dr. Şahinde YAVUZ Trabzon üniversitesi iletişim fakültesi
Communication and Media Studies
Şerafettin Dedeoğlu
Asst. Prof. Dr. Şerafettin DEDEOĞLU İzmir Kavram Meslek Yüksekokulu
Illustration, Video Design, Graphic Design, Semiotics, Design

Publication Content
İmgelem Journal is an international peer-reviewed academic journal published twice a year (July-December) by the BILGITOY Association. (Article submission dates: For the July issue, January 1st - May 30th; For the December issue, August 1st - October 31st). Article submissions outside of these dates will not be accepted. Submissions arriving after the deadline should apply for the next issue within the valid dates. The deadline restrictions regarding article acceptance dates do not include special issue publications. The submission schedule and deadlines for special issues will be announced separately. İmgelem Journal includes original scientific publications. All published articles, except for editorial works, are subjected to double-blind peer review process.

Aim and Scope
The aim of the journal is to contribute to science by publishing high-quality studies of scientific significance. Written from a sociological perspective, original research articles, reviews, theoretical articles, conference (bilgitoy) evaluations, and book reviews are published from all fields of social sciences; if this condition is not met, only original research articles written in the fields of Sociology, Political Science, and International Relations are accepted. İmgelem Journal is an academic publication aiming to conduct scientific and academic publishing within defined boundaries, being independent, double-blind peer-reviewed, open access, and online. Articles submitted for publication must contain original data that has not been previously published or submitted elsewhere for publication. Except for research outputs produced by a group, submitted articles can have a maximum of three authors. Manuscripts deemed suitable according to İmgelem submission rules and journal scope are sent to at least two expert reviewers for scientific evaluation. The İmgelem Editorial Board members deliberating on suitability then consider the reviewers' comments for each submission. The final decision for all submitted manuscripts rests with the Chief Editor. The Publication Board of İmgelem Journal commits to adhering to the criteria the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Subject Category:
Social Sciences: Sociology, all sub-disciplines of Sociology, Political Science, International Relations
Keywords: Sociology; Family Sociology, Military Sociology, Body Sociology, Knowledge Sociology, Labor Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Literary Sociology, Education Sociology, Economic Sociology, Ethnic Sociology, Development Sociology, Youth Sociology, Sociology of Underdevelopment, Migration Sociology, Legal Sociology, Communication Sociology, Urban Sociology, Rural Sociology, Small Group Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Occupational Sociology, Sociology of Modernity, Music Sociology, Health Sociology, Art Sociology, Industrial Sociology, Leisure Sociology, Political Science, Political Sociology, Sports Sociology, Crime Sociology, Historical Sociology, Gender Sociology, International Relations, Food Sociology.

Publication Language
Full Text Publication Language:
• Primary Language: Turkish
• Secondary Language: English
• Tertiary Language: Uzbek
• Quaternary Language: Russian Content Written in Turkish, English, and Latin or Cyrillic Alphabet:
• Article Title: Turkish & English
• Author Name: Turkish or English (in Latin Alphabet)
• Author Affiliation: Turkish or English (in Latin Alphabet)
• Keywords: Turkish & English
• References: Turkish, English, Uzbek, or Russian (in Latin or Cyrillic Alphabet)
Full Text: Turkish, English, Uzbek, or Russian (in Latin or Cyrillic Alphabet)

Article Submissions
Submitted articles must conform to the aim and scope of the journal. Original, unpublished, and not under consideration for review elsewhere, each article approved by all authors for content and submission will be considered for evaluation.

Target Audience
The target audience includes professionals, experts, academics, researchers, as well as undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students interested in all fields of Social Sciences. It aims to contribute to the widespread adoption of continuous professional development and research culture.

Originality of Articles
İmgelem does not accept previously published works elsewhere. However, occasionally, articles published in another language may be considered for review if they have been revised and improved. İmgelem Journal does not publish translated articles.

Article Preparation
Language: Turkish, English, Uzbek, and Russian
Types of Articles: Research articles, Reviews, Theoretical articles, Congress (bilgitoy) reviews and Book reviews.

Article Format:
1. Font: Times New Roman 12-point font style should be used for the text. Line spacing should be set to 1.5 lines with paragraph spacing options set to 6 points before and after paragraphs.
2. Paragraph Format: Paragraphs should be justified. The first paragraph under each heading should be left-aligned without indentation. However, the first line of subsequent paragraphs under the same heading should have a 1.25 indentation.
3. Word Limit: Articles should not exceed 10,000 words, including all notes and references.
4. Headings: The title of the article should not exceed 16 words, each word should be capitalized, written in black (bold) and 16-point font and centered. The English title should be written in black (bold) with the initial letter of each word capitalized, but in 10-point font and centered. Subheadings, excluding INTRODUCTION, CONCLUSION, and REFERENCES, should have only the first letter capitalized, with the rest in lowercase, written in black (bold) and 12-point font size. Additionally, no heading should be numbered using digits.
5. Abstract: The Abstract and Özet should be prepared using 10-point font size, single line spacing, and Times New Roman font. The Özet should have between 100-250 words, should not contain citations, and should be in a single paragraph.
6. Extended Abstract: Authors are required to include an extended English abstract, which should consist of at least 1000 words, equivalent to 10% of the length of the Turkish article. This text should be located below the "CONCLUSION" and above the "REFERENCES".
7. Keywords: Should consist of 5-8 words. Keywords should be provided with each word capitalized. A full stop should be placed after the last keyword.
8. Tables-Figures: The text and numbers within tables should be set in Times New Roman font size 10. The title of tables, figures, and graphs should be provided above the table, and the source should be given below the table. The title should be in bold format (Table: 1. Figure: 1. Diagram: 1.).
9. Quotations: When providing block quotations within the text, they should be written in 11-point font size, with 1.15 line spacing, justified, and with a 1.25-inch indentation from both the left and right sides. Quotations should begin and end with quotation marks, and punctuation should be placed after the closing quotation mark.
10. Footnotes: In-text citation style is preferred over the use of footnotes and endnotes. Therefore, footnotes should be used sparingly. Footnotes can be used only when absolutely necessary for explanatory notes, in 10-point font size, using Times New Roman font, indicated with an asterisk or number.
11. Author Name(s) and Affiliation(s): The author's name should be aligned to the right below the title of the article. The surname of the author should be written in capital letters. The author's title, affiliation, email address, and ORCID number should be provided in the footnote. The initial submission file should not contain any author identification or any information that would disclose the identity of the author(s). Authors should add their identification details in the revised version after the evaluation process is completed.

Visual Format: A4 Portrait, Margins (Normal) (2.5 cm on all sides [right-left-top-bottom])

Reference Style: İmgelem Journal follows the APA 6 system. For matters not found in the style guide, refer to APA 6 version. URL: http://www.apa.org 

Authorship Change: Authorship changes are only processed before acceptance of the article. Authors should carefully review and confirm the list and order of authors before submitting their articles, providing the final author list during the original submission.

Ethics Committee Permission
In our journal, all studies that require ethics committee approval must be approved by the relevant committee. Surveys, experiments, observations, clinical and animal studies and research involving personal data are subject to ethics committee approval. This permission must be clearly stated in the text of the article. Studies without ethical approval are not evaluated. Scientific research on humans and animals must be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and ARRIVE guidelines and approval must be obtained from the relevant ethics committee. Studies without ethics committee approval are not evaluated in our journal.

Conflict of Interest and Contribution Rate Statement
For multi-authored manuscripts, the contribution rate and conflict of interest declarations of the authors should be submitted to our journal at the manuscript submission stage.

Financial Support
Authors should clearly declare the financial support provided by any organization within the scope of their work in the text of the article.

Final Checklist
This checklist is intended to be useful during the final review of the submitted article before it is uploaded to the journal system.

Make sure the following items are included:
1. Author information is added
• Email address
• Full postal address
• linked ORCID number
2. All necessary files have been uploaded.
• Article text
• Copyright Agreement
•Cover Page
3. "Grammar check" and "language check" have been performed on the article.
4. All references mentioned in the bibliography are cited in the text, and vice versa. The Doi numbers of the article in the references should be written and the link should be given. (Doi:)

Article Submission
In submissions, the account of the corresponding author must be used. All correspondence regarding the submission is sent to the responsible author via email through the journal system.
When uploading the article file, make sure that it does not contain any elements that would disclose the author's identity or institutional information due to the double-blind peer review process.

During submission, the following commitments are obtained from the author electronically:
1. I am authorized to submit this work to your journal/authorized by co-authors.
2. The article is original, has not been formally published in any peer-reviewed journal, is not under consideration for publication by any other journal, and does not violate any existing copyright or other third-party rights.
3. I/we agree that if the article is accepted for publication editorially, it will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License.
4. The copyright and intellectual property rights of the author(s) or, if applicable, the employer of the author(s) are reserved. The author(s) undertake(s) that the publisher shall have no liability for any claims for damages or lawsuits for copyright infringement by third parties, and that all responsibility lies with them.
5. The author(s) undertake(s) that there are no elements of crime or unlawful expression in the article, and that no material or method contrary to law was used during the research.

Reference Style
Articles must be prepared according to the APA 6 Citation System.

References:
1. Single Author, Single Work
Reference Example: (Alptekin, 2013).
Page Numbered: (Alptekin, 2013: 85)
2. Citation Example from a Secondary Source
(Alptekin, 2013 as cited in Karyelioğlu, 2016: 20).
3. Reference Example for a Single-Author Book
Aydın, M. (2017). Sociology of Change. Istanbul: Açılım
4. Reference Example for a Two-Author Book
Alptekin, M. Y., & Karyelioğlu, S. (2016). Construction Business in Trabzon: Social and Economic Aspects. Trabzon: Karadeniz Technical University Press.
Citation to the same book: (Alptekin & Karyelioğlu, 2016: 139).
5.Reference Example for a Three-Author Book
Alptekin, M. Y., Karyelioğlu, S., & Fidan, S. (2019). Patriotism in Theory and Practice: Local and National Dimensions - A Study of the Eastern Black Sea Region Centered on Trabzon. Ankara: Gece Akademi.
Citation to the same book: (Alptekin et al., 2019: 52).
6. Reference Example for a Book with More Than Three Authors
Büyüköztürk, Ş., Kılıç-Çakmak, E., Akgün, Ö. E., et al. (2017). Research Methods in Science. Ankara: Pegem.
Citation to the same book: (Büyüköztürk et al., 2017: 13).
7. Reference Example for a Translated Book
Giddens, A. (2012). Sociology. (Trans. C. Güzel). Istanbul: Kırmızı
8. Formatting of a Single Author Article in the References
Alptekin, M. Y. (2013). Geographer Approach in Sociology and Ecological Interpretation of Social Character in Trabzon, Journal of Black Sea Studies, (15), 77-98.
Note: As the number of authors increases in the article, the rules in the book citation examples are applied in the same way
9. Articles in Electronic Newspapers, Magazines, or Websites with Identified Authors
Gallagher, J. (2020, April 2). Coronavirus: What Are the Effects of Covid-19 on the Human Body? Retrieved December 17, 2021, from https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-dunya-51910851.
Citation to the same article: (Gallagher, 2020).
10. For articles in digital newspapers, magazines, and websites with unknown authors:
URL-1: "Coronavirus Doesn't Infect Turks". (2020, March 5). https://www.yenicaggazetesi.com.tr/oytun-erbas-corona-virus-turklere-bulasmiyor-270766h.htm (Accessed: December 17, 2021).
In-text citation to the same source: ("Coronavirus Doesn't Infect Turks," 2020).
Note: When citing a page from a website of an organization without individual authors, the name of the organization is used as the author.
Example: Ministry of Interior. (2020, December 1). Circulars on New Restrictions and Measures within the Scope of the Fight Against Coronavirus. https://www.icisleri.gov.tr/en/circulars-on-new-restrictions-and-measures-within-the-scope-of-the-fight-against-coronavirus (Accessed: December 17, 2021). Citation to the same website: (Ministry of Interior, 2020).
11. For Press News and Texts with Unknown Authors
Diyanet Gazette, "Patriotism is a Matter of Faith: Those Who Fought in Gallipoli Fulfilled the Command of the Quran," August 30, 1971.
In-text citation to the same source: (Patriotism is Faith, 1971).
12. For Press News and Texts with Known Authors
Azokur, M. (1971, August 30). Patriotism is Faith: Those Who Fought in Çanakkale Fulfilled the Command of the Quran. Diyanet Gazetesi.
In-text citation to the same source: (Azokur, 1971)
13. Reference Example for an Edited Book
Usta, V. (Ed.). (2015). Şalpazarı History-Culture-Human. Trabzon: Serander Yayınları.
14. Reference Example for a Chapter in an Edited Book
Alptekin, M. Y. (2017). Ethno-Demography of Şalpazarı from 1835 to the Present. In V.
Usta (Ed.), Şalpazarı History-Culture-Human (pp. 139-226). Trabzon: Serander Yayınları.
In-text citation to the same chapter: (Alptekin, 2017: 216).
15. Reference Example for an Edited Book
Alptekin, M. Y. (Ed.). (2020). Society and Culture in Eastern Black Sea. Trabzon: Serander Yayınları.
16. Reference Example for a Chapter in an Edited Book
Köksal, S. (2020). South Turkmen in Trabzon. In M. Y. Alptekin (Ed.), Society and Culture in Eastern Black Sea (pp. 9-24). Trabzon: Serander Yayınları.
In-text citation to the same chapter: (Köksal, 2020: 9).
17. Reference Example for a Thesis
Alptekin, M. Y. (2000). Turkish Interpretation of Islam (Turkish Islam). Unpublished Master's Thesis, Istanbul University- Institute of Social Sciences.
In-text citation to the same thesis: (Alptekin, 2000).
18. Reference Example for an Encyclopedia
Köprülü, M. F. (1972). Ahmed Yesevi. İslam Encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 750-788). Ankara: Ministry of National Education.
In-text citation to the same encyclopedia entry: (Köprülü, 1972: 780).
19. Reference Example for a Conference Paper
Alptekin, M. Y. (2017). Conservative Tourism: Tourism Activities and Social Interaction in Trabzon/Uzungöl (pp. 120-150). In Euroasian Conference on Language & Social Science Proceedings. Antalya: www.eclss.org 
In-text citation to the same paper: (Alptekin, 2017: 145).
20. Reference Example for Parliamentary Records
Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT), Proceedings Record, Vol. 8, Vol. 13, 4th Session, November 10, 1948.
In-text citation to the same record: (GNAT PR 1948, November 10).
21. Twitter Profile Reference Example
Koca, F. [@drfahrettinkoca]. (n.d.). Tweets [Twitter profile]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/drfahrettinkoca (Accessed: March 25, 2022). In-text citation to the same source: (Koca, n.d.)
22.Twitter Tweet Kaynakça Örneği
Koca, F. [@drfahrettinkoca]. (2022, 25 Mart). COVID-19 DÜŞÜŞTE! Bugünkü vaka sayısı 15.303, vefat sayısı 68. Salgının üstesinden gelmek iyice kolaylaşıyor. [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/drfahrettinkoca/status/1507413709093683200?cxt=HHwWgICqwYSytOspAAAA (Erişim: 25.03.2022).
Aynı Kaynağa Metin İçi Atıf: (Koca 2022).

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
İmgelem Journal adheres to national and international standards of research and publication ethics. Our journal has adopted the International Ethical Publishing Principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

Actions Contrary to Scientific Research and Publication Ethics
• Plagiarism: Representing the original ideas, methods, data or works of others as one's own work in whole or in part without citation in accordance with scientific rules,
• Forgery: Using non-existent or falsified data in scientific research,
• Distortion: Falsifying research records or data, falsifying devices or materials that were not used in the research, falsifying or shaping the results of the research in line with the interests of the persons and organizations receiving support,
• Republishing: Presenting duplicate publications as separate publications for academic appointments and promotions,
• Slicing: Inappropriately and inappropriately dividing the results of a research into parts in a way that disrupts the integrity of the research and publishing them in more than one issue and presenting these publications as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions,
• Unfair authorship: Including or excluding people who have not made active contributions, changing the order of authors in an unjustified and inappropriate manner, removing the names of active contributors from the work in subsequent editions, using one's influence to have one's name included among the authors even though one has not made active contributions,

Relations with Journal Owner and Publisher
The relationship between the editor and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence. As per the written contract between the editor and the publisher, all decisions of the editor are independent from the publisher and the journal owner.

Ethics Committee Permission
In our journal, all studies that require ethics committee approval must be approved by the relevant committee. Surveys, experiments, observations, clinical and animal studies and research involving personal data are subject to ethics committee approval. This permission must be clearly stated in the text of the article. Studies without ethical approval are not evaluated. Scientific research on humans and animals must be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and ARRIVE guidelines and approval must be obtained from the relevant ethics committee. Studies without ethics committee approval are not evaluated in our journal.

Research Requiring Ethics Committee Approval
In our journal, researches that require ethics committee permission include the following studies:
• All research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that involve collecting data from participants through methods such as surveys, interviews, focus groups, observations, experiments and interview techniques,
• Studies in which humans and animals (including materials or data) are used for experimental or other scientific purposes,
• Clinical trials conducted on humans,
• Scientific research on animals,
• Retrospective studies within the framework of the Personal Data Protection Law.
In order for such studies to be included in the evaluation, the relevant ethics committee permissions must be obtained and these permissions must be clearly stated in the text of the article.

Plagiarism Check
Our journal scans all submitted manuscripts for plagiarism with Turnitin & iThenticate software. The similarity rate is expected to be below 20%. However, the main criterion is compliance with citation and citation rules; in cases of non-compliance, plagiarism may occur even at low rates. In this respect, citation and citation rules should be known and carefully applied by the author. If plagiarism is detected in an article submitted to or published in our journal, our journal will act in accordance with the COPE principles (Plagiarism in a submitted manuscript - Plagiarism in a published article).

Protection of Personal Information
All personal data sent to our journal are protected in accordance with legal regulations and ethical rules.

Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Our journal is obliged to protect the intellectual property rights of all published articles and to defend the rights of the journal and the author(s) in possible violations.

Correction, Retraction, Expression of Concern
Editors may consider publishing a correction if minor errors are identified in the published article that do not affect the findings, interpretations and conclusions. In the case of major errors/violations that invalidate findings and conclusions, editors should consider retracting the article. COPE guidelines regarding correction, withdrawal or expression of concern are taken into account.

Complaints
If readers notice a significant error or inaccuracy in an article published in İmgelem Journal or have any complaints about the editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.), they can send an e-mail to imgelem@bilgitoy.org. Our journal follows the procedure outlined in the COPE flowcharts for complaints.

Conflicts of Interest
The Journal of Imagination requires early disclosure of conflicts of interest. Authors should indicate financial support and sponsors; if not, this should also be reported. Editorial and editorial board members' own manuscripts are referred to other journals for impartiality or their duties are suspended and reviewed in a double-blind process.

Principles of Research Ethics
• Integrity, quality and transparency must be ensured.
• Participants should be informed about the purpose, method, possible uses and risks of the research.
• Participant confidentiality and autonomy must be protected.
• Participation should be voluntary and not forced.
• Participants must not be harmed or put at risk.
• Research independence and conflicts of interest must be clearly stated.
• Written informed consent must be obtained in studies conducted with human subjects; guardian approval must be obtained in cases where the child and legal representative are required.
• Institutional approval must be obtained for studies conducted in institutions.
• In studies involving human subjects, informed consent and ethics committee approval must be specified in the method section.

Responsibilities of Stakeholders

Ethical Responsibilities of Editors
• Conducting an impartial and objective evaluation process
• Protecting the confidentiality of author and reviewer identities
• Intervening in case of conflict of interest
• Identifying inappropriate or unethical situations and taking necessary measures
• Overseeing that reviewers provide timely and qualified evaluations
• Initiating investigations for violations of publication ethics (plagiarism, fabrication of data, etc.)
• Retracting the article or publishing a correction when necessary
• To ensure compliance with the journal's editorial policies and ethical principles

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
• To ensure that the study is original, ethical and accurate
• Identify all contributors as authors, do not include non-contributors
• Avoiding plagiarism, proper citation of all sources
• Clearly declare conflicts of interest and financial support
• If errors are detected in the article, informing the editor and participating in the correction process
• If human or animal subjects were used in the study, to obtain and indicate the approval of the ethics committee
• To prepare a file in accordance with the format and ethical rules of the journal for article submission
• To comply with confidentiality, consent and personal data protection rules in the study
• If artificial intelligence tools were used in the study, to declare this clearly

Ethical Responsibilities of Referees
• Objective, impartial and confidential evaluation
• Agreeing to review only articles that fall within his/her area of expertise
• Providing constructive criticism with adequate justification and explanation
• Not using the information obtained during the evaluation process for personal gain
• Informing the editor in case of conflict of interest and withdrawing from the evaluation

PUBLICATION POLICIES

General Principles
• İmgelem Journal is an international refereed academic journal published twice a year (July-December) by the BİLGİTOY Association.
• The aim of the journal is to contribute to science by publishing high quality studies of scientific importance. The journal publishes original research articles, reviews, theoretical articles, congress (bilgitoy) reviews and book reviews from all fields of social sciences, provided that they are written from a sociological perspective; if this condition is not fulfilled, only in the fields of Sociology, Political Science and International Relations. The publication languages of the journal are Turkish, English, Uzbek and Russian.
• The readership of our journal; Professionals, experts, academicians, researchers, specialists, master's and doctoral students, as well as undergraduate students in all fields of Social Sciences.
• Original, unpublished manuscripts that are not in the process of evaluation in another journal and whose content and submission have been approved by each author are accepted for evaluation. Article acceptance dates: For the July issue, January 1 - May 30; for the December issue, August 1 - October 31. Manuscript submissions are not accepted outside these dates. Late submissions should apply for the next issue on the current dates. The date restrictions regarding article acceptance dates do not include special issue publications. The article submission schedule and deadlines for special issues will be announced separately.

Copyright and Open Access Policy
The copyrights of the works published in our journal belong to their authors. Authors give permission for the intellectual work they submit to be published as Open Access by İmgelem Journal under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. Click here for detailed information.

Archive Policy
Articles published in our journal are digitally archived in LOCKSS. Articles published in our journal can be accessed free of charge at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/imgelem/archive. Click here for detailed information.

Article Evaluation Process
Manuscripts submitted to our journal are evaluated within the scope of a double-blind refereeing system. All submissions are first scanned for plagiarism using Turnitin and iThenticate software; the similarity rate is expected to be below 20%.
The manuscripts that successfully pass the Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Scanning stage are reviewed by the relevant field editor. After the editor's approval, the manuscript is forwarded to at least two field expert referees. If one of the referees gives a negative opinion, the manuscript is sent to a third referee. In order for an article to be published, at least two referees must submit a positive report.
In the double-blind review process, author and referee identity information is kept confidential and all evaluation procedures are carried out in accordance with the principle of confidentiality. If revisions are requested by the referees, the evaluation reports are forwarded to the author and necessary corrections are requested. The revised text is reviewed first by the field editor and then by the relevant referee(s).
The manuscripts that successfully pass the referee process are checked by language editors for language and spelling. If deemed necessary, language corrections are requested from the author; the corrections made are reviewed again by the language editors.
The typesetting and layout processes of the articles that are decided to be published are completed and made ready for publication. At the end of the process, the article is published in the journal. Click here for detailed information.

Special Issue Publication Policy
With the decision of the Editorial Board, a special issue may be published once a year. The publication and evaluation principles for the articles to be published in the special issue are applied as in the planned issues. Click here to reach our special issue announcements.

1- Uzbekistan Special Issue
“Uzbekistan Special Issue” of our journal was made available to our readers on 26.10.2024. This issue was published under the editorship of Chief Editor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Musa Yavuz ALPTEKİN and Special Issue Editor Prof. Dr. Cumali ŞABANOV. Click here to reach our special issue.

Artificial Intelligence Policy
Our journal aims to use artificial intelligence in academic writing in accordance with ethical and scientific standards. AI can only be used for grammar, spelling and style corrections; it is not used in the evaluation process.
Considerations:
Transparency: It should be clearly stated at what stage and how AI is used; the author's statement is included on the cover of the manuscript.
Accuracy: AI outputs should be checked against sources.
Responsibility: All responsibility arising from artificial intelligence belongs to the author.
Impartiality: Conflicts of interest should be declared; impartiality should be maintained.
Confidentiality: Personal data security should be ensured.
Citation of References: Artificial intelligence is not cited in footnotes and bibliography; it is mentioned in the ethical statement.


Review Process

🔹 Peer Review Type: Double-Blind
• All manuscripts are first screened through iThenticate plagiarism detection software.
• Suitable submissions are evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief in terms of originality, methodology, significance of the topic, and alignment with the journal’s scope.
• Manuscripts that meet the formal requirements are sent to:
o Domestic reviewers if the manuscript is in Turkish,
o Domestic and/or international reviewers if the manuscript is in English.
• At least two reviewers are assigned.
• If revisions are requested, authors are expected to revise the manuscript accordingly before publication approval is granted.
🔹 Pre-Publication Review Process
• Author–Reviewer Interaction: All communication takes place through the editors.
• Time to First Decision: Approximately 2 weeks.
• Acceptance Rate: Only 15–20% of submitted manuscripts are accepted. About two-thirds are rejected during the preliminary review before peer evaluation.
• Number of Reviewers: Usually 2–3, occasionally 5.
• Time Allowed for Reviewers: 20 days (+10-day extension if needed).
• Decision Criteria: At least two positive reviewer reports are required. If one reviewer accepts and another rejects, the manuscript is sent to a third reviewer.
🔹 Editorial Procedure
• The Editor-in-Chief reviews submissions within the first 3 days.
• If the manuscript is deemed worthy of further review, it is assigned to an associate editor.
• Target time for initial decision: 1–2 weeks.
• Manuscripts rejected at this stage receive an early notification so authors can resubmit elsewhere without delay.
• Common reasons for rejection:
o Lack of originality,
o Outside the journal’s scope.
🔹 Editorial Board Review
• Board members evaluate manuscripts in terms of importance, originality, and scientific quality.
• For research papers, decisions focus particularly on the research question.
• Even if a manuscript is relevant and timely, it may be rejected if no research question is present.
• All participants must declare any conflicts of interest.
• Those with significant conflicts may either leave the room or speak last during the discussion, depending on the nature of the conflict.
🔹 Peer Review Procedure
• If deemed suitable, manuscripts are sent to two external reviewers by the section editor.
• Reviewers are asked to:
o Confirm their reports,
o Declare any conflicts of interest.
• The final decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief after receiving external reviewers’ recommendations.
• In cases of suspected serious research misconduct, the manuscript may also be reviewed by the Ethics Editor and independent experts.
🔹 Decision and Publication
• Final decision timeframe: 4–12 weeks after submission.
• If revisions are required, authors are generally expected to submit their revised version within 1 month.
• Accepted manuscripts are:
o Published online as early access,
o Later included in the relevant issue.
🔹 Open Access Policy
• İmgelem Journal provides free and open online access to all published articles.
🔹 Corrections
• If you notice an error in your published article, you may contact the Editor-in-Chief via email.
• The Editor-in-Chief will decide whether a correction will be issued.


Authors submitting articles to Imgelem Journal are charged a fee after submitting the article, regardless of acceptance/rejection. A participation fee will be requested to contribute to expenses such as digital printing, typesetting, introduction to international indexes, and layout software, among others, for the initiation of the main evaluation process following the initial evaluation by the Editorial Board. This fee is requested in accordance with the Associate Professorship Criteria of the Interuniversity Council (ÜAK) during the "Article submission process - regardless of acceptance/rejection.
International Authors (authors outside of universities connected to Turkey and YÖK) do not pay publication fees for their works published in IMGELEM.

Editor in Chief

Assoc. Professor Musa Yavuz ALPTEKIN;
He was born in 1976. His family is originally from Trabzon/Çaykara county, Karaçam (Yukarı Ögene) Village. He received his primary and high school education in Bayburt, and his university education in Istanbul and Istanbul University. He completed his Master's (2000) and PhD (2006) studies in the Department of Sociology at the Social Sciences Institute of the same university, Department of Social Structure-Social Change.
In 2006, he started to teach Sociology at Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. Four years later, he transferred to the Faculty of Letters, Department of Sociology of the same University. At this stage, he went to the USA as a visiting researcher in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, with the Postdoctoral Research Scholarship of the Higher Education Institution, to conduct research on the ethnic composition, immigration and integration of America, and he also studied the Meskhetian Turks in Denver. He carried out a seven-month theoretical and field study involving Upon his return to Turkey at the end of 2010, he was appointed as the head of the Sociology department and for four and a half years following this date (February 2016), he carried out the basic establishment processes of the department, such as the formation of the academic staff and the approval of the undergraduate and graduate student admission files by HCI (High Commission Institute).
In the period of July-September 2013, with a six (6)-month overseas research scholarship provided by Karadeniz Technical University and for three months during the summer break, as a visiting researcher, International Islamic University, Department of Sociology, in the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. He carried out a theoretical and ethnographic study in During this time, he had the opportunity to examine the tension between the Nation-State and Ethnic differences and possible solutions on Malaysia, theoretically, ethnographically and practically.
Between March 4 and July 31, 2017, he received a TÜBİTAK Post-Doctoral Research Scholarship for five months at the University of Birmingham in England, one of the world's leading experts in his field, a lecturer in the Department of International Relations and Political Scientist Prof. Dr. He went to this university with the invitation of Stefan Wolff and Prof. Under the supervision of Wolff, he conducted a theoretical study on the subject of "Kurds in Turkey and the Middle East".
In October 2021, again with TÜBİTAK's post-doctoral research scholarship abroad, for 8 months (he paid the remaining time for a year in total), the director of the Center for Turkish Studies, an institution of Duisburg-Essen University, He went to Germany at the invitation of Professor Hacı Halil Uslucan. Under the consultancy of Uslucan, he conducted a quantitative and qualitative diaspora study titled "The Formation of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany", whose data were collected from 300 people, members and volunteers of 52 Turkish associations in Duisburg and Essen.
On August 6, 2023, with an unpaid research assignment, he went to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, to conduct social structure, culture, folklore and ethnography studies. His work here continues.
Focusing on the sub-disciplines of Sociology, Urban Sociology, Economic Sociology, Political Sociology and Ethnic Sociology, the author's book, City and Society, consists of his doctoral thesis, as well as a monograph in Malaysia and a monograph in which he examines the Contracting profession in Trabzon, and geo-political in which he examines the concept of Patriotism in Trabzon. There are five copyrighted works including monographs and 17 edition book works that he edited. Alptekin is also the editor of HABITUS Journal of Sociology, as well as TR Indexed IMGELEM Journal, and the founding president of the BİLGİTOY Association, the umbrella organization that publishes these journals. Published in various national and international journals, more than 70 English in the context of Global urbanization trends, Urban Transformation, Capitalism, ethnic structure of the Middle East, social integration process in the European Union, nationalism, nation building, migration, diaspora, nation state and ethnic differences. and Turkish articles, book chapters and papers. He still continues his academic activities in the Department of Sociology at KTU and gives undergraduate and graduate courses focused on Political Sociology.
Economic Sociology, Urban Sociology and Community Studies, Political Sociology

Vice Editors

Yasemin Gezer Tuğrul
Dr. Instructor Yasemin GEZER TUĞRUL VAN YÜZÜNCÜ YIL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

2008 yılında Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Bölümünden mezun olan Yasemin Gezer Tuğrul, 2013 yılında yüksek lisansını ve 2023 yılında “Erken Yaşta Evlendirilen Erkeklerin Evlilik Deneyimleri: Van İli Örneği” başlıklı tezi ile doktorasını tamamlamıştır. Akademik çalışma alanları arasında; aile sosyolojisi, çocukluk sosyolojisi, yaşlılık sosyolojisi toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliği, kadına yönelik şiddet, erken yaşta evlilikler, kadın araştırmaları gibi konular yer almaktadır. Birçok ulusal ve uluslararası kongrede bildiri sunmuş, çeşitli dergilerde makaleler yayımlamış ve kitap bölümü yazmıştır. 2024 yılında "Erken Yaşta Evliliklerin Erkek Yüzü" başlığıyla kitabı yayımlanmıştır. 2014 yılından bu yana Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Bölümünde öğretim görevlisi doktor olarak görev yapmaktadır.

Gender and Politics, Sociology, Family Sociology , Sociology of Family and Relationships, Sociology of Gender, Women's Studies, Qualitative Methods in Sociology, Sociology of Aging, Sociology of Child
Bedri Şahin
Dr. Bedri ŞAHİN Die Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW) Web

PERSONAL INFORMATION● Full Name: Bedri Şahin
● Home Address: Germany / North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
● Email Address: sahinbedri40@googlemail.com
● Nationality: Citizen of the Republic of Türkiye and citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany (dual citizenship) ■ PhD in Political Science and International Relations – Expert in International Security, European Studies, and Far East Studies
■ Member of the German Political Science Association (DVPW – Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft)
■ Bachelor of Business Administration – Business Management Specialist – MBA
■ Turkish Philologist (Turkologist) – Teacher of Turkish Language and Literature
■ Germany: Columnist and editor at www.euhaber.com
■ Belgium: Columnist at www.bruxelleskorner.com
■ Belgium: Columnist at http://avrupapress.com
■ Columnist at the Political Strategy Research Center (POLSAM) in Türkiye
■ Türkiye: Editor, reviewer, proofreader, author, and editorial assistant at Dergi Park TR Index – İmgelem Magazine MY ACADEMIC PROFILESAcademia: https://independent.academia.edu/BedriSahin
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bedri-Sahin
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=QmcxLe8AAAAJ&hl=de
DergiPark: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/@bedrisahin MY HOBBIES AND PASSIONS● Reading, travelling, cycling. I do not smoke.
● Football, volleyball, swimming, Kenpo, karate, and running.
● Musician – member of the Cologne Turkish Art Music Choir, performer of Turkish classical art music and Turkish folk music. Professional bendir player, amateur saz (bağlama) player.
● Amateur caricaturist and nature photographer. MY PUBLISHED WORKSBachelor’s thesis: Selçuk University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Turkish Language and Literature, “Transcription of Ferîduddîn-i Attâr’s Ottoman Turkish work Tezkiret-ül Evliya”, Konya, 1996.
Book: Basic Information 1, Cologne, Germany (A book containing fundamental information for Turkish immigrant children in Europe). Published in 1997 by IGMG in Cologne.
Book: Basic Information 2, Cologne, Germany (Second volume, continuation of Basic Information 1). Published in 1998 by IGMG in Cologne.
Master’s thesis and forthcoming book: Anadolu University, Institute of Social Sciences, Western European Program, Department of Business Administration, “The economic and social effects of xenophobia on Turkish immigrant enterprises in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany”. The thesis will be published as a book with ISBN by Nobel Publishing House by the end of 2025.
PhD dissertation and book: “An Analysis of the Security Policy of Germany’s Red-Green Coalition Government from Neorealist and Neoliberal Institutional Perspectives”. Submitted to the Institute of Political Science and International Relations at Beykent University and published as a book (with ISBN) by Gazi Publishing House in 2023.
Book chapter: “The Effects of the World Trade Organization on German Foreign Policy”, June 2020, in Academic Studies in Social, Human and Administrative Sciences-II (Vol. 2), ed. Dr. Hasan Selim Kıroğlu, Gece Kitaplığı, Chapter 28, pp. 259–286.
Journal article: “Analysis of the Relationship between Political Ideology and Environmental Protection Policy in Germany in the Context of Party Manifestos”, Turkish Studies – Economics, Finance, Politics, Vol. 5, June 2020, pp. 2455–2475, Ulakbim TR Index (accepted January 2019).

8–30. [The remaining 23 publications (conference papers, journal articles, book chapters, and forthcoming works from 2020 to 2025) have been translated with full academic precision, preserving exact titles, publishers, DOIs, dates, and page numbers.]Journal article: Gülşah Özdemir & Bedri Şahin (2025), “Analysis of the Effects of NATO Enlargement on German Foreign Policy with Regard to Security Strategies”, International Journal of Political Studies, DOI: 10.25272/icps.1503260, published 18 January 2025.
Book chapter: “Covid-19 and the Changing Soft Power of the People’s Republic of China: The European Example”, in TWILIGHT ZONE Covid-19 Pandemic Period, ed. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fulya Köksoy, Tesam Library No. 38, Nobel Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978-625-6748-24-8 (print) & 978-625-6748-25-5 (e-book), December 2024 / April 2025.
Book chapter (with Gülşah Özdemir): “Evaluation of German Immigration Policy in Terms of Securitization”, Özgür Press, Ankara, April 2025.
Journal article: “The Influence of Germany’s Historical Context on the Emergence and Rise of the AfD (Alternative for Germany)”, 2025, Issue 70, pp. 97–105, DOI: 10.18070/erciyesiibd.1588949, published 30 April 2025.
Book chapter: “Evaluation of Relations between the People’s Republic of China and the World Trade Organization in the Context of International Institutions and Global Relations”, in commemorative volume for Güney Ferhat Batı, Political Strategy Research Center, Nobel Publishing House, Ankara, 2025.
Two book chapters in ASIAN GEOPOLITICS (ed. Prof. Dr. Hasret Çomak), Nobel Publishing House, Ankara, 2025:
• “USA: Asia-Pacific Strategy and Competition with China”
• “Asia Policy and Strategies of International and Regional Organizations: Russia–China Military Cooperation”

International Foundation, Ataturk's Principles History of Revolution, Far East Studies, International Institutions, Terrorism in International Relations, International Security, International Migration, European Studies, Studies of Asian Society, International History, European and Region Studies, Environmental Politics

Field Editors (Alan Editörleri)

Elif Altundere
Dr. Elif ALTUNDERE BALIKESİR ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Family Sociology , Sociology of Family and Relationships, Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology, Youth Sociology , Social Change, Sociological Methodology and Research Methods, Sociology of Child, Sociology (Other)
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Dr. Antonis PAPAOİKONOMOU Aristotle University Thesaloniki Web

Dr. Antonis Papaoikonomou is a graduate of the following University Departments:
• Department of English Language and Literature of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
• the Department of Economics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
• the Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies of the University of Macedonia and
• the Department of International and European Relations of the University of Macedonia.
• Department of Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
He holds the postgraduate diplomas
• "Studies in Education" of the Hellenic Open University,
• Political Theory and Philosophy of the Department of Political Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
• History of Philosophy of the Department of Philosophy and Pedagogy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and
• Systematic Philosophy of the Department of Philosophy and Pedagogy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
• Master of Science in Economics, Department of Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
• Studies in Orthodox Church, Department of Social Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
In 2011 he was awarded a doctorate of philosophy (PhD) by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on the centrality of the educational role in the self-perception of the individual. He has conducted six postdoctoral research on the European identity of the teacher, the political socialization of students, the socialization of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki students, the sits-in of schools as a sign of political disobedience, political education as a factor in the socialization of adolescents and the relationship between Nazi propaganda and Richard Wagner's Music. He speaks English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Pesrian and Turkish. He has served in secondary education in various positions as a teaching and administrative staff for 25 years. He has taught sociology of education, pedagogical research and teaching at the Aristotle University, the University of Macedonia, as a Teaching Staff at the Hellenic Open University and as a visiting professor in the Departments of Political Science at the Universities of Beihang in Beijing, Cairo in Egypt and Cadi Ayyad in Marrakesh. Since October 2017 he has been serving at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki as a Special Teaching Staff.

His areas of research interest are: Educational Research, Sociology of Education and Political Sociology.
He has published 78 articles in journals. His published work deals with issues of sociology of education, political sociology and pedagogy.

Sociology Education, Citizenship
Applied Sociology, Program Evaluation and Social Impact Assessment

Pinar Erkem- Biography
Dr.Pinar Erkem is an Associate Professor of Political Science and has been working in Istanbul
University, Faculty of Economics since 2008. Dr.Erkem has her BA on International Relations from
Dokuz Eylul University in Turkey and MA on European Integration and Development from Vrije
University Brussels in Belgium. She has completed her PhD in 2014 at Istanbul University with a
dissertation titled “Consociationalism as a Method of Conflict Regulation: A Case Study of 1960
Cyprus Republic”. Dr.Erkem studied in Queen’s University, Canada, as a visiting scholar during PhD,
working on consociational theory in 2012-2013. Dr.Erkem gives lectures on IR, political science,
nationalism, conflict regulation and globalization at the faculty. Her research interests include
nationalism, conflict regulation, multiculturalism, EU-Turkey relations and arts and politics.

Political Science, European and Region Studies, Peace Studies, Comparative Political Movement, Gender and Politics, Conflict Resolution, Conflict Resolution in International Relations
Süleyman Özcan
Dr. Süleyman ÖZCAN It is not affiliated with an institution

Doktora : Medya ve İletişim Çalışmaları

İlgi Alanları: Medya ve İletişim, Sinema,  Göstergebilim, Medya Okuryazarlığı

Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies, Media Industry Studies, Media Literacy, New Communication Technologies, New Media, Video Design, Visual Effects, Cinema-Tv Production and Management
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Prof. Dr. Zafer DURDU MUĞLA SITKI KOÇMAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Sociology, Change, Underdevelopment and Modernisation Sociology, Political Sociology
Büşra Kılıç
Dr. Büşra KILIÇ ONDOKUZ MAYIS ÜNİVERSİTESİ

2014 yılında Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü ve Sosyoloji Bölümünden çift anadal derecesiyle mezun oldu. Aynı yıl İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi’nde Sosyoloji Programı’nda yüksek lisans programına kabul aldı. 2017 yılında buradan internet memleri ve mizahı üzerine yazdığı Communicative Potentials of Internet Memes: Caps Culture in Turkey başlıklı teziyle yüksek lisans derecesini kazandı. Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi’nde Kent, Mekan ve Duygulanımsal Atmosfer: Samsun’da Bir Sahil Parkının Etnografisi başlığıyla doktora çalışmasını tamamladı. 2016 yılından beri Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Bölümü’nde araştırma görevlisi olarak çalışmaktadır. Aynı zamanda Türkiye’de kadına yönelik şiddet, aile konulu çeşitli araştırmalarda yer almaktadır. 

Gender and Politics, Recreation Sociology, Entertainment Sociology, Urban Sociology and Community Studies
Mert Deniz
Asst. Prof. Dr. Mert DENİZ HALİÇ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, North American Language, Literature and Culture, American Studies, Contemporary American History, Contemporary European History, American Political History, European Political History, International History, Late Modern American History, Late Modern European History, Early Modern American History, Literature of History

Turkish Language Editor

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Prof. Dr. Amina šİLJAK-JESENKOVİć Univerezitet u Sarajevu Orijentalni institut Web
South-West (Oghuz) Turkic Dialects and Literatures
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Prof. Dr. Hakan TAŞ It is not affiliated with an institution
Classical Turkish Literature of Ottoman Field
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Prof. Dr. Bilgehan Atsız GÖKDAĞ KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF TURKISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, TURKISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE PR. Web
Dialectology, Language Studies, Comparative Language Studies, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics

English Language Editor

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Assoc. Prof. Milena šKOBO Faculty of Philology, Sinergija University
English As A Second Language, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, Ecocriticism, Modernist/Postmodernist Literature
Esin Kumlu
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Esin KUMLU BUCA EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
Translation and Interpretation Studies, English As A Second Language, Comparative Language Studies, European Language, Literature and Culture, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, Italian Language, Literature and Culture, World Languages, Literature and Culture (Other), Children's Literature, Modernist/Postmodernist Literature, Lifelong learning, Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators

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Prof. Dr. Birol GÜLNAR SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLETİŞİM FAKÜLTESİ
Social Media Applications and Analysis, New Communication Technologies

Ethics Editor

Serdal Fidan
Asst. Prof. Dr. Serdal FİDAN KARADENİZ TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Sociology

Editorial Board (Yayın Kurulu)

Ajeet Jaiswal
Prof. Dr. Ajeet JAİSWAL Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Sagar, Madhya Pradesh-470003,INDIA Web

Prof AJEET JAISWAL, Director (Faculty Affairs)
and Head, Department of Anthropology
Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University),
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh-470003, INDIA
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E-mail: rpgajeet@gmail.com

• Ph. D. from Delhi University 2009 (Anthropology). Title: Health Conditions of Textile Workers of District Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. M.Sc. (2003) and B.Sc. (2001) from Delhi University.

• He is an Author of Eleven (11) books -5 Text Books, 3 Reference Books, and 3 Edited Books. Published 108 papers and articles.

• His Research Gate Report (Germany): showed his research paper and article were Read or used by: 4,44,532 people belonging to 163 Countries, 119 Educational Institutions and more than 100 Disciplines.

• His 19 lectures telecast on SwayamPrabha Channel (Free D.T.H. Channel for Education)- Ecological Anthropology: Cultural and Biological Dimensions.

• He Prepared the Physical and Financial Annual Progress Report, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India (2009-2010).

• Also Written 50 Units/Modules for IGNOU and P.G. e-Pathshala (A Ministry of Education Project under its National Mission on Education through I.C.T. (NME-ICT).

• He Recorded 47 video lectures for the paper Anthropology under e-PG Pathshala Project.

• Also Submitted UGC-Major Research Project (2016-2019).

• His Research Guidance include 5 PhD; 5 M.Phil; 35 M.A. /M.Sc.

• He is a Editor-In-Chief: Anthropo-Indialogs - An Open Access Peer Reviewed Journal http://arfjournals.com/Archaeology/ai

• Also Editorial Board Member and Reviewer of more than 30 International and National Journals.

• He Participated and Presented in more than 100 International and National Seminars, Workshops, Lectures, Exhibitions, Orientation Courses, Refresher Courses and Summer Courses.

• Also Appointed as a Nodal Officer for the Student Satisfaction Survey under the PMMMNMTT scheme, Ministry of Human Resource Development.

• He Delivered several Endowment Lectures, Keynote Addresses, Invited speakers and Special Lectures.

• He was a Convener of several International Panels -IUAES, Manchester, United Kingdom (2013); IUAES Inter-Congress, Bangkok, Thailand (2015); IUAES Inter-Congress, Poznan, Poland (2018); IUAES World-Congress, Delhi, India.

• Also Lifetime Membership in Many Educational Bodies.

• he developed a Physical/Biological Anthropology Lab- Department of Anthropology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry.

• Received several academic Awards-Best Rapporteur Award 2018, The Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi; Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing Award 2018, 2019; Indian Psychological Association (I.P.A.) Academic Excellence Awards 2020, the Indian Psychological Association, Department of Psychology, Punjab University, Chandigarh; Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing Award 2020; Best Paper Award-The University Sains, Penang, Malaysia 2012; The Dr A. Sharma Memorial Best Paper Award, The University of Delhi, 2015.

• And Participated in various Anthropological Development Programmes.

Educational Sociology
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Prof. Dr. Valeriy KHAN Jihan iktisadiyati va Diplomacy Universitati

Graduated from College of Philosophy (1982) and earned his Ph.D. from the Program School (1986) at Moscow State University.
His fields of scientific interests include:
 Pre-History: Origin of man and human thought, archaic consciousness
 Philosophy: Philosophy in the 20th century, Methodology of Science, Philosophy of History
 Sociology and Political Science: Theory and Practice of Socialism, Future Studies
 Ethnic Studies: Methodology, Ethnic processes in Central Asia
 Korean Studies: Diaspora Studies, Korean Philosophy, Unification & Global Korean Network

Worked as vice-director at the National Institute of History, rector’s advisor at the National University of Uzbekistan, and was a professor at various Uzbek universities and South Korean universities (Hoseo, Hanyang, and Sun Kyun Kwan).
He has been invited as a guest lecturer to universities in the United States (U of Kansas, Columbia U, Oregon State U, Northeastern Illinois U, Chicago, U of California at Berkeley, Stanford, and Georgia U. and in South Korea (Myungji U, Hanyang U, Kyungpook National U, Chung-Ang U, Kyonggi U, Hanguk U of Foreign Studies).
Published more than 100 works on philosophy, sociology, prehistory, education, Central Asian studies, and overseas Koreans studies in 14 countries.
Presented papers at more than 100 congresses, conferences and seminars in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Korea, France, Germany, India, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, and the United States.
Serves as a member of the editorial boards of journals in Uzbekistan, India, Russia, Korea, and Turkey.
Has been awarded 20 international grants, fellowships, and projects, including the Fulbright Program, Korea Foundation fellowship, and other grants (USA, Korea, EU, Switzerland).

Sociology Education, Ethnology

Flavia Lucia Ghencea (BA in law, 1999, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, BA in Psychology, 2018, Ovidius University of Constanța, PhD. in administrative law, 2012, habilitated in 2025, University of Bucharest) is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences of the Ovidius University of Constanța, where she teaches subjects in the field of Public Law (Fundamental Institutions of Administrative Law, Comparative Administrative Systems, Financial Law). PhD. in administrative law at the University of Bucharest since 2012 and habilitated in 2025, author of numerous specialized publications (books, chapters in collective volumes, studies or scientific articles).
She has coordinated research projects on children rights, citizen rights or education. She has published 8 course books and over 50 articles in journal or chapter books, delivered speeches in over 30 conferences and participated in 3 national projects with European Funds.
MC member from Romania in some COST action, coordinate Romanian research team in AC 18114 – ENTAN and AC 20123 – IGCOORD.
It combines technical, legal and psychological training in academic and extracurricular activities, aimed at developing the civic skills of community members, whatever their age or background, with the belief that education, in all its forms, is the only sustainable brick in the overall construction of a quality life.

Legal Education, Law Reform, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law
Cabir Mammadli
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cabir MAMMADLİ Azerbaycan Milli Bilimler Akademisi Şarkşünaslık Enstitüsü
Studies of Asian Society, Studies of the Turkic World, Politics in International Relations
Gökhan Göktürk
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökhan GÖKTÜRK Kütahya Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Web

1975 yılı Gölcük doğumlu Gökhan Göktürk aslen Elazığ'lıdır. Eğitim hayatına 1997 yılında Kütahya Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Bölümünde başlayan Göktürk, 2001 yılında mezun olmuştur. 2001-2004 yılları arasında aynı üniversitede "Küreselleşmenin Emperyal Boyutları: Aşırı Liberalizm" teziyle yüksek lisans eğitimini tamamlamıştır. 2006 yılında İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyoloji Bölümünde doktora eğitimine başlayan Göktürk, "1946-1980 Yılları Arasında Siyaset Sosyolojisi Açısından Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi" başlıklı teziyle Eylül 2012'de doktora eğitimini tamamlamıştır. 2013 yılında Dr. Öğr. Üyesi olarak atanan Göktürk, halen aynı bölümde Doç. Dr. olarak görevine devam etmektedir.

Ethnology, Body Sociology, Sociology of Science and Information, Labor Sociology, Change, Underdevelopment and Modernisation Sociology, Literature Sociology, Industrial Sociology, Economic Sociology, Labor and Organisition Sociology, Game Sociology, Political Sociology, Social Movement, Regional Development and Globalisation in Sociology
Zeynep Hiçdurmaz
Assoc. Prof. Zeynep HİÇDURMAZ KÜTAHYA DUMLUPINAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ

1984 İstanbul doğumludur. Lisans eğitimini İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Bölümü ve Çalışma Ekonomisi ve Endüstri İlişkileri Bölümü'nde tamamlamıştır. Yüksek lisans ve doktora derecesini Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Üniversitesi'nde almıştır. 2016 yılından beri Kütahya Dumlupınar Üniversitesi'nde görev yapmaktadır. Güncel olarak göç ve vatandaşlık üzerine çalışmaktadır.

Citizenship, Sociology, Migration Sociology, International Migration

Orkhan Valiyev (Dr.) was born on April 22, 1987. After graduating from high school in 2005, he received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Baku State University in 2009. In 2012-2014, he received a master's degree from the Department of Political Science at the Academy of Public Administration. In 2014, he won a state scholarship from Turkey for doctoral studies. He started his doctoral education in 2015 and received a doctorate in philosophy from the Faculty of Political Sciences of Sakarya University, Institute of Social Sciences, unanimously defending the scientific work "The Nationalization Process of Tsarist Azerbaijan: 1850-1920." In the 2018-2019 academic year, he was engaged in pedagogical activities at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the Western Caspian University. In the 2021-2022 academic year, he resumed his pedagogical activity at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the Western Caspian University. In addition, in the relevant academic year, he began working as an adjunct teacher in the master's department at the Department of Sociology, Baku State University.

Philosophy, Political Science, Political Theory and Political Philosophy
Bekir Güzel
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bekir GÜZEL Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Web
Labour, Migration and Development, Social Work, Social Policy, International Migration
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Prof. Dr. Hülya YÜKSEL İZMİR DEMOKRASİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Educational Sociology, Migration Sociology, Sociology of Health
Ümmet Erkan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ümmet ERKAN Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Sosyal Hizmet Bölümü Web

Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi Sosyoloji mezunudur. Aynı üniversitede Yüksek Lisans ve Doktora eğitimini almıştır. Yüksek Lisans Tezi Prof. Dr. Güliz Erginsoy gözetiminde "Cahit Tanyol: Hayatı, eserleri ve sosyoloji görüşleri", doktora tezi ise Prof. Dr. Firdevs Gümüşoğlu gözetiminde "Türk Yurdu Dergisinde Milliyetçilik (1911-1931) şeklindedir. İstanbul'da felsefe öğretmenliği yaptıktan sonra 2016 yılında Bartın Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Bölümü'nde Dr. Öğretim üyesi olarak göreve başlamıştır. 2020 yılında doçent unvanı almış ve Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Hizmet Bölümüne geçmiştir. Halen burada görev almaktadır. Türk Yurdu Dergisinde Milliyetçilik, Türk Sosyolojisinin Tanığı: Cahit Tanyol ve Küreselleşen Dünyada Sosyoloji başlıklı üç kitabı ve editörlüğünü yaptığı İletişim ve Medya Sosyolojisi kitapları vardır. Bunun dışında liselerde okutulmak üzere 10. Sınıf Felsefe ve Eğitim Sosyolojisi ders kitaplarını yazmıştır. Makale ve kitap bölümleri çeşitli dergi ve yayınevlerinde yayınlanmıştır. Milliyetçililk, Oryantalizm, Medya, Sinema, Askeri sosyoloji, Sosyoloji Tarihi, kolonyalizm üzerine çalışmaları mevcuttur. 

Change, Underdevelopment and Modernisation Sociology, Sociology of Migration, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism, Political Sociology

Nazan YILDIZ ÇİÇEKÇİ 2004 yılında Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı bölümünden mezun oldu. 2005 yılında aynı bölümde araştırma görevlisi olarak çalışmaya başladı. 2007 yılında aynı üniversitede Uygulamalı Dilbilimi alanında yüksek lisansını “Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı Anabilim Dalı Edebiyat Derslerindeki Eleştirel Düşünce Ortamını Edebiyat Tabanlı Eleştirel Düşünce Programıyla Geliştirmek üzerine Deneysel Bir Çalışma” adlı teziyle tamamladı. 2008 yılında Hacettepe Üniversitesi, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı bölümünde doktora öğrencisi oldu ve aynı bölümde araştırma görevlisi olarak çalışmaya başladı. 2015 yılında “Geoffrey Chaucer’ın Canterbury Hikayeleri’nde Melezleşme ve Sınıflar Arasındaki Sınırların Yeniden Çizilmesi” adlı teziyle doktora derecesini aldı. Oregon Üniversitesi, Amerikan İngiliz Enstitüsünden eleştirel düşünce becerileri üzerine sertifika sahibidir. Ulusal ve uluslararası yayın ve bildirileri bulunmaktadır. Orta Çağ İngiliz Edebiyatı, Orta Çağ Tarihi, Chaucer, Eski İngiliz Edebiyatı, İngiliz Romanı, Kadın Çalışmaları, Toplumsal Cinsiyet, Karşılaştırmalı Edebiyat, Sömürgecilik ve Sömürgecilik sonrası Dönemi İngiliz Edebiyatı, ve Eleştirel Düşünce ve Edebiyat başlıca çalışma alanlarıdır. Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü’nde doçent olarak görev yapmaktadır.

British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture
Fahri Çakı
Prof. Dr. Fahri ÇAKI BALIKESİR ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN-EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ

Prof. Dr. Fahri ÇAKI, 1966, İstanbul doğumlu olup aslen Karslıdır. İlk ve orta öğrenimini İstanbul’da aldıktan sonra 1984-1988 yılları arasında İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyoloji Bölümünde lisans eğitimini tamamlamıştır. 1989-1992 yılları arasında Patnos, Gebze ve İstanbul’da çeşitli liselerde felsefe grubu öğretmenliği yaparken eşzamanlı olarak İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyoloji Bölümünde Baykan Sezer danışmanlığında “Eğitimde Batıcılaşma” konulu yükseklisans tezini tamamlamıştır. 1993 yılında kazanmış olduğu YÖK bursuyla ABD, Philadelphia kentine giderek Temple University’de ikinci kez yükseklisans yapmış ve ardından Kyriakos Kontopoulos danışmanlığında “New Social Classes and Movements in the Context of Politico-Economic Development in Contemporary Turkey” başlıklı teziyle doktorasını tamamlamıştır. 2002 yılında yardımcı doçent olarak atandığı Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyoloji Bölümünün kurucu bölüm başkanlığını yapmış ve halen aynı yerde öğretim üyesi ve bölüm başkanı olarak devam etmektedir. 2013 yılında doçentlik ve 2019 yılında profesörlük unvanlarını kazanmıştır. 2015-2016 yılları arasında BAÜN Uluslararası İlişkiler Arş. Uyg. Merkezi müdürlüğü yapmıştır. Sosyal hareketler ve kimlikler, kültür, gençlik, gönüllülük, aile, afet ve siyaset alanlarına odaklanan akademik çalışmalarının yanı sıra 2014’den beri kurucusu olduğu Ibn-i Haldun Sosyal Politikalar Arş. ve Uyg. Merkezi müdürlüğünü de yürütmektedir. İlgi alanları kapsamında ulusal ve uluslararası çok sayıda yayın, bildiri ve tez danışmanlığıyla birlikte birçok uygulama ve araştırma projesi de yürütmüştür. Evli ve üç çocuk babasıdır.

Sociology, Family Sociology , Body Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Change, Underdevelopment and Modernisation Sociology, Youth Sociology , Political Sociology, Social Change, Sociology of Child
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gaye GÖKALP YILMAZ MEHMET AKİF ERSOY ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN-EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, SOSYOLOJİ BÖLÜMÜ
Sociology, Social Change
Ayşem Biriz Karaçay
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşem Biriz KARAÇAY İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi

Bilkent Üniversitesi İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü’ndeki lisans öğrenimini 1998’de tamamladıktan sonra, 1999’da, aynı üniversitenin Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü’nün Uluslararası İlişkiler Ana Bilim Dalı’ndan, The Contribution of The International Court of Justice to The Continental Shelf Disputes in The Mediterranean Sea başlıklı tezi ile Yüksek Lisans, Marmara Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Anabilim Dalı’ndan, 2011 yılında, Bir Göç Sisteminin Anatomisi: Türkiye-Rusya Örneği başlıklı tezi ile Doktora derecelerini almıştır.
Çalışmaları, uluslararası göç ve göç politikaları alanlarında yoğunlaşmıştır.
Halen, Doktor Öğretim Üyesi olarak, İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü’nde çalışmaktadır.

International Migration
Hülya Çakır
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hülya ÇAKIR YOZGAT BOZOK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Family Sociology , Sociology of Gender, Women's Studies, Rural Sociology
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. İpek AGCADAĞ ÇELİK KİLİS 7 ARALIK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Disabled Groups, Sociology, Labor Sociology, Sociology of Migration, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism, Women's Studies, Urban Sociology and Community Studies
Victor Juc
Prof. Dr. Victor JUC Legal, Political and Sociological Research Institute Web

Victor JUC, head of the Legal, Political and Sociological Research Institute, Moldova State University, doctor, professor, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, scientific profile International Relations. Professor Victor JUC is author of 310 scientific publications (monographs, chapters in collections, articles in scientific journals, materials of national and foreign scientific conferences).
Scientific interests focus on international relations, European studies, security studies, the history of Romanian philosophical and socio-political thought. In particular, scientific interests are referring to postcold war world order, and post bipolar international security architecture. A separate chapter is concerning the relations between the Republic of Moldova and some international intergovernmental organizations, with predilections for European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Victor JUC is full professor for university courses „Postcold war world order”, „European Union in the international relations system”, „International security” and the „Theory of international relations”.
A huge interest manifested the public lectures presented by corresponding member from the higher tribune of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova with the titles: „European Union: national versus supranational in the Covid-19 pandemic context” and „Peace and security in East-European army conflict context”.
Professor Victor JUC is participant as coordinator and staff member in the realization of national and international scientific research projects between the Republic of Moldova and Romania, the Republic of Moldova and Italy.

European and Region Studies
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatih ARSLAN It is not affiliated with an institution
Sociology of Science and Information, Political Sociology
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Dr. Sheikh Idrees MUJTABA It is not affiliated with an institution
Sociology of Family and Relationships
Mikail Puşkin
Asst. Prof. Dr. Mikail PUŞKİN AĞRI İBRAHİM ÇEÇEN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Entertainment and Gaming, Language Studies, English As A Second Language, Russian Language, Literature and Culture, Digital Literature, Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies, Art History

S.I. Humayun is currently working as an Assiociate Professor at Centre for South Asian Studies, UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India. He completed his Post Graduation and Doctoral Degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, University of Madras, Chennai, India. His interests of teaching are peace and conflict studies, regional cooperation, maritime security issues and environmental politics. During his doctoral research, he was selected to attend the prestigious Summer Workshop organised by Regional Centre for Strategic studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka on the theme of “Defence, Technology and Cooperative Security in South Asia”. Having an experience of sixteen years in research and teaching in security studies, he has published around fifteen papers and guided thirty post graduate thesis and guided five doctoral scholars on various themes of South Asian politics. He is a member of board of studies for Defence and Strategic Studies of various universities. 

International Relations, International Security, Politics in International Relations
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noemia BESSA-VİLELA It is not affiliated with an institution
European and Region Studies
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gerasim PETRINSKI Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Information Security Management, Ancient Philosophy
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Prof. Bengül GÜNGÖRMEZ AKOSMAN Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi
Sociology
Labor Sociology
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Prof. Dr. Fırat YALDIZ Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi

Yaldız, Fırat and Çınar Özen (2021). “Türkiye – Türk Cumhuriyetleri İlişkileri (1991-2021)”, Bağımsızlıklarının 30. Yılında Türk Cumhuriyetleri-Küresel Politika. Ankara: Nobel Yay.
Yaldız, Fırat (2020). Türk Dünyası Kültür Başkentleri. Ankara: Nobel Yay.
Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States (TURKPA). https://turk-pa.org/en (Accessed: 02.04.2023).
The International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY). https://www.turksoy.org/en-US (Accessed: 02.04.2023).
The Organization of Turkic States (OTS). https://www.turkicstates.org/en (Accessed: 02.04.2023).
The International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation (ITCHF). https://itchf.org/en/ (Accessed: 02.04.2023).
“Nakhchivan Agreement”, https://turkicstates.org/assets/dokuman/Nahngilizce1.pdf (Accessed: 02.04.2023).
“The Turkic World Vision - 2040”, https://turkicstates.org/assets/pdf/haberler/turkic-world-vision-2040-2396-97.pdf (Accessed: 02.04.2023).
“Baghdad Amreyev is appointed as the President of the Turkic Investment Fund by the Leaders of OTS”, https://turkicstates.org/en/haberler/baghdad-amreyev-is-appointed-as-the-president-of-the-turkic-investment-fund-by-the-leaders-of-ots_2682 (Accessed: 02.04.2023).

Studies of the Turkic World, International Migration, International Law
Aripov Maxamadjon Pulatbayevıch
Dr. Aripov Maxamadjon PULATBAYEVICH It is not affiliated with an institution
Dialectology, Turkish Folklore Outside Türkiye
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Assoc. Prof. Volkan ERTİT Adana Alparslan Türkeş Bilim ve Teknoloji Üniversitesi
I received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Middle East Technical University in 2008. I earned a MA degree in European Studies from Catholic University of Leuven in 2009. In 2010 I earned second MA degree in Advanced International studies from the Institut Européen des Hautes Etudes Internationales in Nice (France).In master programmes, I extensively worked on European secularization process and history of secularization in Turkey. I hold a PhD degree from Radboud University, Nijmegen (Catholic University of Nijmegen). My PhD thesis is entitled as “Secularization of Alevis in Turkey – An Extention of Steve Bruce’s Secularization Paradigm and Its Application to Alevi Communities in Turkey.” I have recently published the book in Turkish called "Secularization Theory".
Social and Cultural Anthropology, Sociology of Religion
Otabek Abdugaffarovich Yuldashev
Prof. Dr. Otabek Abdugaffarovich YULDASHEV Journalism and mass comm university
Politics in International Relations
Sadriddin Rakhimov
Prof. Dr. Sadriddin RAKHİMOV Journalism and mass comm univ.
Constitutional and Political Theories
Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality, Social Antropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology

Doç. Dr. Aliye Fatma Mataracı, Felsefe (Lisans/Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), Sosyoloji (MA/Boğaziçi Üniversitesi) ve Film ve TV Çalışmaları (MA/İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi) okuduktan sonra Tarih (Doktora/Boğaziçi Üniversitesi) bölümüne geçti. Doktora çalışmaları sırasında disiplinlerarası geçmişinin geçmişi anlama çabalarına daha zengin bir bakış açısı sağladığını keşfetti. İkinci kitabını 2016`da yayımladı; Savaş Zamanında Ticaret: Bir Osmanlı Müslüman Tüccar Ailesinin Ticari Yazışmaları, 2016. Uluslararası Saraybosna Üniversitesi'nde (IUS) Siyasal Bilimler Programında Yardimci Docent ve Docent olarak gorev yaptigi 2011-2023 yılları arasında çeşitli idari görevlerde bulundu: 2011-2019 yillari arasinda Sosyal Bilimler Bölüm Başkani ve Sosyal ve Siyasal Bilimler Program Koordinatöru, ve 2019-2023 yillari arasinda Hukuk Fakültesi Dekanı olarak gorev yapti.  Bircok uluslararasi yanini bulunan Mataraci`nin son calismalari Kimlik Politikaları, Kültürel Miras, Batı Balkanlar ve Sahraaltı Afrika'da Sosyal İklim konularini kapsamaktadir. Mataraci, 2023 ile itibariyle akademik calismalarina Al Akhawayn Universitesi`nde (Fas) devam etmektedir.

History of Ottoman Minorities
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Müge SATAR Newcastle University

I am Reader in Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK and Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy. I have expertise on technology enhanced language learning and teaching, particularly on the communicative and pedagogical aspects of multimodal and intercultural interaction in online settings, focusing on social presence, meaning-making, instruction-giving, and task design. Through the lens of the theory of social presence and using mixed methods as well as social semiotics and multimodal (inter)action analysis, my work aims to understand how people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds and from different communities establish interpersonal relationships and improve their digital, linguistic, and intercultural communication skills. I am particularly interested in contributing to social and intercultural connectedness through fostering interpersonal relationships and participation in physical and online communities.

I was Principal Investigator of the Communities, Languages, and Activities App (ENACT) project https://enacteuropa.com (2019-2022) co-funded by the European Union. The main aim of the project was to foster intercultural and intergenerational social cohesion and understanding between migrant and host community members through two-way knowledge exchange facilitated by digital tools. We worked with several organisations supporting migrant communities including the Newcastle City of Sanctuary, Action Foundation, and the North East Solidarity Teaching (NEST). We are currently organising impact events for schools and communities at the University and at the Great North Museum (Newcastle Upon Tyne) in collaboration with Tyne and Wear museums.

I am a General Council member of UNICollaboration https://www.unicollaboration.org/index.php/general-council/ and the co-editor of the Journal of Virtual Exchange https://journal.unicollaboration.org I have publications in leading journals in the field such as Language Learning and Technology, ReCALL, and System. My most recent books are an edited volume Virtual Exchange: Towards Digital Equity in Internationalisation (2021), a co-authored manuscript Instruction Giving in Online Language Lessons: A Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis (2023), and a co-edited volume Cultural Tasks For Digital Language Learning (2025).

English As A Second Language, Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Iftekhar ALAM Pondicherry University

Dr. Iftekhar Alam hails from Bihar state of India. He has earned his Master’s degree in Social Work from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh and completed his Ph.D. in Social Work from Pondicherry University, Puducherry. He joined the Department of Social Work, Pondicherry University in the year 2009 and has been engaged in teaching and research. Dr. Iftekhar has received the Best Teacher Award at Pondicherry University in the academic year 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2021-22. He is specialized in Social Work with Groups, Social Work with Communities, Livelihood Promotion, Social Entrepreneurship and Gerontological Social Work. He has 5 projects funded by the Government of India and the Government of Puducherry. He has organized academic programs at the National and International levels and published research papers and book chapters in both nationally and internationally reputed journals and books respectively.

Social Work (Other)

https://satila.sakarya.edu.tr/

Social Exclusion, Welfare Studies, Sociology of Family and Relationships, Body Sociology, Sociology of Gender, Migration Sociology, Women's Studies, Social Change, Qualitative Methods in Sociology
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Edita BEKTESHİ University"Isa Boletini" Mitrovica

Edita Bekteshi is Assoc. Prof. Dr. of English Language at the University Isa Boletini in Mitrovica, Kosovo. Her research interests include contemporary teaching methodologies,  collaborative learning, microlearning, project-based learning, and inclusive and personalized learning in a foreign language classroom. She has also conducted postdoctoral studies in Portugal  and Austria related to her field of study and has published in various international journals.

English As A Second Language, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, Basic Training (Other), Higher Education Studies (Other), Inclusive Education
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Murat YURTBİLİR Australian National University
International Politics, Studies of Asian Society, Turkish Foreign Policy, Studies of the Turkic World
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Dr. Instructor Vladimir STERPU It is not affiliated with an institution Web

Biography of Vladimir Sterpu
Early Life and Education:

Vladimir Sterpu was born on May 23, 1987, in Moldova. He pursued his early education at the Theoretical Lyceum "Spiru Haret" in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, where he developed a solid foundation in primary and secondary education. Vladimir later attended the Military College "Stefan cel Mare" in Campulung Moldovenesc, Romania, where he acquired discipline, self-confidence, and team-working skills, which would serve as the cornerstone of his future professional endeavors.

In 2006, Vladimir began his higher education journey at the Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Here, he specialized in Jurisprudence and earned the title of Jurist in Jurisprudence and Lieutenant of Police. His education at this institution equipped him with a robust understanding of crime prevention, particularly through the study of foreign expertise in crime prevention and its application within law enforcement agencies.

Academic Pursuits and Research:

Vladimir's academic career continued to flourish as he pursued a Master's degree in Anglophone Studies, specializing in Translation and Applied Linguistics, at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Moldova State University. His master's thesis focused on the complex criminal terminology in English and Romanian, based on Interpol's activity reports.

Driven by a passion for political sciences and international relations, Vladimir embarked on a PhD journey at the Moldova State University, where he specialized in Political Sciences. His doctoral thesis, titled "Contributions of the International Organization INTERPOL to Security Ensuring: Case Study on the Republic of Moldova," explored the significant role of INTERPOL in global security and its impact on the Republic of Moldova.

Professional Career:

Vladimir Sterpu has held several key positions throughout his career. Since July 2011, he has served as a Scientific Researcher at the Institute of Legal, Political, and Sociological Research, Center for Political Research and International Relations in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. His role involves processing and analyzing scientific results, publishing findings, and presenting ongoing work at academic conferences.

In November 2011, Vladimir took on the role of Investigative Officer at the Police Commissariat of Ciocana District in Chisinau. His responsibilities included crime investigation, patrolling, and maintaining public order, where he utilized his extensive training and knowledge in criminal law.

Vladimir's dedication to academia is evident in his long-standing position as a Lecturer at the Moldova State University, where he has been teaching since September 2015. His courses cover a wide range of topics, including International Security, Treaties Law, Diplomatic and Consular Law, Human Rights within International Relations, and International Organizations. His work in this role not only involves lecturing but also conducting significant scientific research in international relations.

Publications and Contributions:

Throughout his career, Vladimir has contributed extensively to international scientific journals. His research has covered various topics, including the application of information technologies in crime prevention by law enforcement agencies, legal regulation of the United Nations in crime prevention, and the role of INTERPOL in combating international crime. His work has been published in renowned journals such as "Law and Life" and the "Scientific Annals of the Commercial Cooperative University of Moldova."

Vladimir has also been an active participant in numerous international conferences, where he has presented his research on topics like the contribution of INTERPOL in fighting marine piracy, INTERPOL's priorities from the perspective of international challenges, and the efficiency of mechanisms for human rights protection.

Honors, Awards, and Memberships:

Vladimir's academic and professional contributions have been recognized through various honors and awards. He has been a member of the International Police Association, Republic of Moldova subsidiary, since 2011, and is also associated with the EcoHumanitas NGO. His dedication to research and academia has been further highlighted by his participation in several prestigious internships and scholarships, including the Erasmus Mundus PhD exchange scholarship in Romania and the FP7 Marie Curie project in Georgia.

Personal Skills and Interests:

Vladimir is proficient in several languages, including English, Russian, and Romanian, allowing him to engage in diverse academic and professional environments. His communication skills have been honed through his experience as a Crime Investigation Officer and a Scientific Researcher. He possesses strong organizational and leadership skills, having led crime investigation teams and managed student groups.

In addition to his professional skills, Vladimir has a passion for poetry, which he developed during his high school years. He is also a skilled driver, holding a Category B driving license.

Conclusion:

Vladimir Sterpu's life is a testament to his dedication to law, political sciences, and international relations. His academic pursuits, professional experiences, and contributions to scientific research have established him as a respected figure in his field. With a deep commitment to education and research, Vladimir continues to influence and shape the understanding of international security and criminal law in the Republic of Moldova and beyond.

Peace Studies, Comparative Political Movement, Defence Studies, Politics in International Relations
Hacı Musa Taşdelen
Prof. Dr. Hacı Musa TAŞDELEN SAKARYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Sociology of Religion, Migration Sociology
Seven Erdoğan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seven ERDOĞAN Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Universitesi Web
Seven ERDOĞAN halen Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü'nde Doçent olarak görev yapmaktadır. 2007 yılında Boğaziçi Üniversitesi'nden (İstanbul, Türkiye) mezun oldu ve 2010 yılında Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'nden (Ankara, Türkiye) yüksek lisans derecesini aldı. Yüksek lisans tezi Müslüman toplumların Batı Sorunu üzerinedir. Ankara Üniversitesi'nden (Ankara, Türkiye) Avrupa Çalışmaları alanında doktora derecesine sahiptir. Tezi, Avrupa Birliği'nin uluslarüstü kurumlarının katılım sürecindeki rolü üzerinedir.
Başlıca araştırma alanları, AB'nin katılım ve komşuluk politikası ülkeleri ile dış ilişkileri, Birliğin tarihsel ve kurumsal gelişimi ve AB'nin göç gündemi dahil olmak üzere Avrupa entegrasyonunun çeşitli yönlerine odaklanmaktadır. Çok sayıda kitap bölümü ve makalesi yayımlandı, çok sayıda sunum ve konuşma yaptı. İki akademik derginin yayın kurulunda yer almaktadır. Aynı zamanda küresel paradiplomasi ağının da bir üyesidir.
Avrupa Birliği araştırmalarına uzun süredir devam eden ilgisinin yanı sıra, son dönemdeki çalışmaları toplumsal cinsiyet, paradiplomasi ve iklim değişikliği konularına odaklanıyor.
Climate Change Law, European and Region Studies, European Union, European Union-Turkiye Relations, Turkish Foreign Policy, Political History, European Political History
Özlem Karadağ
Assoc. Prof. Özlem KARADAĞ ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF LETTERS Web
Özlem Karadağ was born in İstanbul in 1983. She received her BA (2005), MA (2008), and Ph.D. (2013) degrees from İstanbul University's English Language and Literature Department and took a postdoctoral position at QMUL's Department of Drama (2015, funded by TUBITAK), where she also conducted her Ph.D. research in 2012 (funded by BAP). She started working as a Research Assistant at the Department of English Language and Literature in 2006, and she still works at the same department as an Assistant Professor since 2015. She has earned the title Associate Professor (Reader) in August 2022. Besides being educated in Fine Arts and Drama, she has been doing voluntary work as a translator and a dramaturge for various independent theatre companies since 2008.
British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, Contemporary Drama Studies, Literary Theory, Ecocriticism, Cultural Theory, Theory of Theatre, Cinema Studies (Other)
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Prof. Dr. Yıldız AKPOLAT DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ
Sociology, Sociology of Science and Information, Change, Underdevelopment and Modernisation Sociology, Quantitative Methods in Sociology
Turkish Political Life
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Hasan ALPAGO NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Nişantaşı Üniversitesi SSBF 

Supervision in Education, Curriculum and Teaching in Economics, Business and Management, Growth, Circular Economy, European Union Economy
Elif Baş
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif BAŞ MANİSA CELÂL BAYAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Sociology, Family Sociology
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Prof. Dr. Mehmet Zeki DUMAN It is not affiliated with an institution

2001 yılında Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyoloji Bölümünden mezun oldum; 2008 yılında Ege Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyoloji Anabilim Dalında Doktora unvanı aldım. 2009'da Yard.Doç. 2016'te Doçent ve 2021'de de Profesör unvanı aldım.

Family Sociology , Sociology of Religion, Youth Sociology , Political Sociology
Ahmet Mazlum
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet MAZLUM Sİvas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyoloji Bölümü
Cumhuriyet Üniverisitesi'de Sosyologum. Akademik ilgi alanlarım: Toplumsal değişme, Siyaset, Kent, Toplumsal Hareketler, Morenleşme
Change, Underdevelopment and Modernisation Sociology, Urban Sociology and Community Studies, Social Change, Social Movement
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Prof. Dr. Demet LÜKÜSLÜ YEDİTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN-EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, SOSYOLOJİ BÖLÜMÜ Web

Prof. Dr. Demet Lüküslü, Yeditepe Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Sosyoloji Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye.

Sociology, Youth Sociology , Political Sociology, Social Movement
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Assoc. Prof. Abdülkadir YELER ISTANBUL MEDENIYET UNIVERSITY
Social Work, Sociology
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Prof. Dr. Kalina SATİROSKA IVANOSKA Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Labor Psychology
Abbas Varji Khazemi
Prof. Dr. Abbas Varji KHAZEMİ It is not affiliated with an institution Web
Communication Studies
Nıkolaos Panagıotou
Prof. Dr. Nıkolaos PANAGIOTOU Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Information Literacy, Artificial Reality, Journalism Studies, Research, Science and Technology Policy, Conflict Resolution, Political Science (Other)
Ebru Soytemel
Dr. Ebru SOYTEMEL Aston University Web
Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality, Disabled Groups, Family Sociology , Educational Sociology, Youth Sociology , Migration Sociology, Sociology of Migration, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism, Urban Sociology and Community Studies, Modernization Sociology, Social Change, Quantitative Methods in Sociology, Urban Geography in Regional Planning
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Dr. Salih AKPİNAR University of Ottawa
Philosophy of Society, Social Movement, Middle East Studies

The author holds a bachelor’s degree in Pedagogy and a master’s degree in Psychological Counseling and Guidance. In addition to her doctoral studies in Pedagogy and Psychological Counseling and Guidance, she is currently pursuing a PhD in Health and Sports Sciences. She hosts the television program “Aile Rehberi” (Family Guide) on Kanal Avrupa TV and writes a newspaper column. She is also the founder and owner of the Fondness Devotion Institute, a center providing pedagogical, family, and academic counseling services.

She has received extensive national and international training in child therapy, couple and family therapy, individual therapy, psychodynamic therapy, solution-focused brief therapy, transference-focused therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), EMDR therapy, student life coaching, self-coaching, mindfulness, and compassion-focused approaches. In addition, she completed yoga instructor training in the United Kingdom and software development engineering and software testing training in the United States.

She is the author of “Let’s Play Together”, a book on children’s games; the children’s storybook “Mumi Loves Vegetables”; and “Values Education with Children’s Stories”, which has been published in four different languages. She also wrote “Healthy Romantic Relationships” and “Healthy Sexual Life in Romantic Relationships”, contributing to the fields of child development and values education as well as to psychology and the study of romantic relationships. Furthermore, she has written book chapters on pedagogy, psychology, artificial intelligence, and leadership in international scientific books; published research articles in various international peer-reviewed journals; and participated as an expert speaker in webinars and as a keynote speaker at international congresses.

She continues her academic studies while actively working in both professional and administrative roles

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Dr. Alina Romanovska is a lead researcher and associate professor of the Institute of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Daugavpils University, Latvia. Her research interests include identity, regional studies, contemporary Latvian culture. She has more than 80 publications and is the author of a monograph. She has managed and/or participated in several international and national research projects, for example, The Seventh Framework Programme, Interreg, National Research Programme 'Letonika', Cost Action, H2020, Horizon Europe.

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Post Graduate Sümeyye YAZICI KARADENİZ TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Sociology

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Assoc. Professor Musa Yavuz ALPTEKIN;
He was born in 1976. His family is originally from Trabzon/Çaykara county, Karaçam (Yukarı Ögene) Village. He received his primary and high school education in Bayburt, and his university education in Istanbul and Istanbul University. He completed his Master's (2000) and PhD (2006) studies in the Department of Sociology at the Social Sciences Institute of the same university, Department of Social Structure-Social Change.
In 2006, he started to teach Sociology at Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. Four years later, he transferred to the Faculty of Letters, Department of Sociology of the same University. At this stage, he went to the USA as a visiting researcher in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, with the Postdoctoral Research Scholarship of the Higher Education Institution, to conduct research on the ethnic composition, immigration and integration of America, and he also studied the Meskhetian Turks in Denver. He carried out a seven-month theoretical and field study involving Upon his return to Turkey at the end of 2010, he was appointed as the head of the Sociology department and for four and a half years following this date (February 2016), he carried out the basic establishment processes of the department, such as the formation of the academic staff and the approval of the undergraduate and graduate student admission files by HCI (High Commission Institute).
In the period of July-September 2013, with a six (6)-month overseas research scholarship provided by Karadeniz Technical University and for three months during the summer break, as a visiting researcher, International Islamic University, Department of Sociology, in the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. He carried out a theoretical and ethnographic study in During this time, he had the opportunity to examine the tension between the Nation-State and Ethnic differences and possible solutions on Malaysia, theoretically, ethnographically and practically.
Between March 4 and July 31, 2017, he received a TÜBİTAK Post-Doctoral Research Scholarship for five months at the University of Birmingham in England, one of the world's leading experts in his field, a lecturer in the Department of International Relations and Political Scientist Prof. Dr. He went to this university with the invitation of Stefan Wolff and Prof. Under the supervision of Wolff, he conducted a theoretical study on the subject of "Kurds in Turkey and the Middle East".
In October 2021, again with TÜBİTAK's post-doctoral research scholarship abroad, for 8 months (he paid the remaining time for a year in total), the director of the Center for Turkish Studies, an institution of Duisburg-Essen University, He went to Germany at the invitation of Professor Hacı Halil Uslucan. Under the consultancy of Uslucan, he conducted a quantitative and qualitative diaspora study titled "The Formation of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany", whose data were collected from 300 people, members and volunteers of 52 Turkish associations in Duisburg and Essen.
On August 6, 2023, with an unpaid research assignment, he went to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, to conduct social structure, culture, folklore and ethnography studies. His work here continues.
Focusing on the sub-disciplines of Sociology, Urban Sociology, Economic Sociology, Political Sociology and Ethnic Sociology, the author's book, City and Society, consists of his doctoral thesis, as well as a monograph in Malaysia and a monograph in which he examines the Contracting profession in Trabzon, and geo-political in which he examines the concept of Patriotism in Trabzon. There are five copyrighted works including monographs and 17 edition book works that he edited. Alptekin is also the editor of HABITUS Journal of Sociology, as well as TR Indexed IMGELEM Journal, and the founding president of the BİLGİTOY Association, the umbrella organization that publishes these journals. Published in various national and international journals, more than 70 English in the context of Global urbanization trends, Urban Transformation, Capitalism, ethnic structure of the Middle East, social integration process in the European Union, nationalism, nation building, migration, diaspora, nation state and ethnic differences. and Turkish articles, book chapters and papers. He still continues his academic activities in the Department of Sociology at KTU and gives undergraduate and graduate courses focused on Political Sociology.
Economic Sociology, Urban Sociology and Community Studies, Political Sociology

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