Turar Turizm ve Araştırma Dergisi

Mehmet SARIIŞIK
PhD of Tourism Management /ADU (1998). Master in Tourism and Hotel Management/ AU
(1994). Degree in Tourism and Hotel Management/ CU (1992). Professor and full time
researcher at Sakarya University of Applied Sciences, professor in post-graduation in Tourism
Management and in Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, Editor of Tourism and Research Journal
(TURAR).

He was born in 1959 in Trabzon Of. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Trabzon. He entered (today's Gazi-AHBVU) AITIA-MBMYO - Department of Business Administration and Accounting in 1977 and completed it in 1981 and completed his military service between 1982-1983. He worked in the private sector in Ankara between 1983-1984. He was appointed to Istanbul Technical University Sakarya Vocational School as an administrative officer in November 1984. He started his master's degree in Istanbul University SBE Tourism Department in 1987 and completed it in 1989. He started his doctorate in Tourism at the same institute in 1990 and completed it in 1994. He was appointed as a lecturer in ITU- Sakarya Vocational School Tourism Management Department in 1989. He was appointed to Sakarya University Sakarya Vocational School Tourism Program, which was established in 1992, as an Assist. He continued his duty as Assoc. In 1988, he was appointed as Assistant Professor to Sapanca Vocational School of the same university. In 2000, he was appointed as Assistant Professor to Sakarya University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Tourism Management, and in 2012, he was appointed as Assistant Professor to the Faculty of Business Administration. In 2014, he received the title of ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR as a result of the Interuniversity Board exams and was then appointed as Associate Professor at the same faculty. In 2016, he was appointed as ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR to SAU- Faculty of Tourism, which was established with the division of Sakarya University. In 2018, he was appointed to the Tourism Guidance Department of the newly established Sakarya University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Tourism. In 2020, he was appointed as PROFESSOR to the Tourism Guidance Department of the same faculty. He is married with three children. Burhanettin Zengin, who has served as Department and Program Head, Director, Assistant Director, Department Head, Board Member in his nearly 40 years of education and teaching life, has been serving as the Director of Sapanca Vocational School since 2021, and has taken part in approximately 12 projects and supervised 55 postgraduate theses, 21 of which are doctoral and 32 of which are master's. During this period, he has more than 350 scientific works, including those presented and published in SSCI, ESCI, international field indexed, nationally refereed journals, congresses and conferences, and also national and international book and chapter authorships. His areas of expertise include Tourism and Travel Management, Guidance, Tourism Marketing, Tourism Accounting and Finance.

Prof. Dr. Atilla AKBABA
atilla.akbaba@ikcu.edu.tr
Linked-in: linkedin.com/in/atilla-akbaba-6a5b6268
Instagram: atillaakbaba1

İzmir Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi, Turizm Fakültesi
Gastronomi ve Mutfak Sanatları Bölüm Başkanı

Dr. Atilla AKBABA 1969 yılında Kars’ta doğdu. İlkokul, ortaokul ve lise öğrenimini Kdz. Ereğli’de tamamladı. Lisans öğrenimini 1991 yılında Akdeniz Üniversitesi Turizm İşletmeciliği ve Otelcilik Yüksekokulu’nda tamamladı. Daha sonra, Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı tarafından açılan burs sınavını kazanarak Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ne gitti ve 1997 yılında Florida International University, The School of Hospitality’den yüksek lisans derecesi aldı. 2003 yılında Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Turizm İşletmeciliği Doktora Programı’nı tamamlayarak doktora derecesi aldı. Lisans ve yüksek lisans öğrenimi sırasında Türkiye, Almanya ve Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nde çeşitli turizm işletmelerinde çalışma ve inceleme yapma olanağı buldu. Şu anda İzmir Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi, Turizm Fakültesi’nde görev yapmakta olan Prof. Dr. Atilla Akbaba Gastronomi ve Mutfak Sanatları Bölüm Başkanlığı görevini yürütmektedir. Turizm Fakülteleri Dekanlar Konseyi (TURDEK) Kurucu Başkanı olan ve bir dönem TURDEK yürütme Kurulu Başkanlığı görevini de yürüten Atilla Akbaba, Uluslararası Güncel Turizm Araştırmaları Dergisi’nin kurucusudur ve editör görevini de sürdürmektedir. Evli ve iki çocuk sahibi olan Prof. Dr. Atilla Akbaba’nın akademik ilgi alanlarında yurt içinde ve yurt dışında yayınlanmış çeşitli makale, kitap, bildiri ve çevrileri vardır. 

Doç. Dr. Hasan Ali Erdoğan, Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Turizm Fakültesi Turizm Rehberliği Bölümünde öğretim üyesi olarak görev yapmaktadır. Lisans eğitimini İngilizce Öğretmenliği, Radyo-Televizyon-Sinema, Uluslararası İlişkiler alanlarında, ön lisans eğitimini Turizm Rehberliği alanında, yüksek lisansını ise Radyo-Televizyon-Sinema alanında tamamlamıştır. Arkeoloji-Turizm alanında Selçuk Üniversitesi'nde doktora derecesini almıştır. Akademik çalışmaları ağırlıklı olarak arkeoturizm, kültürel miras, turizm politikaları, destinasyon yönetimi ve iletişimi üzerinedir. Çeşitli akademik dergilerde hakemlik ve editörlük görevleri de üstlenmiş olan Erdoğan, sahaya dayalı ve disiplinlerarası araştırmalarıyla öne çıkmaktadır. Akademik çalışmalarını, kültürel mirasın korunması ve toplumla buluşturulmasına yönelik projelerle desteklemektedir.

Taner Dalgın was born on 03.05.1983 in Yatağan district of Muğla. He completed his primary and secondary education in Yatağan district of Muğla and his high school education in Milas district of Muğla. He completed his BA in Travel Management at Muğla University, School of Tourism and Hotel Management in 2006, his MA in Tourism Management at Muğla University, Institute of Social Sciences in 2008, and his PhD in Business Administration at Muğla University, Institute of Social Sciences in 2015. He worked as a Research Assistant at Muğla University, School of Tourism and Hotel Management between 2006-2008, and started to work as a lecturer in the Department of Tourism and Travel Services at Muğla University, Muğla Vocational School in 2009. He has conducted various studies on organizational behavior, leadership behaviors, sustainable tourism, rural tourism, social media marketing and attribution theory. Taner DALGIN, who received the title of Associate Professor in 2022, continues to serve as Associate Professor at Muğla Vocational School.