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Academic Staff

Kezban Çelik

Professor

Department of Sociology

Faculty Member

Dean

kezban.celik@tedu.edu.tr

Room No: A219

Semih Tümen

Professor

Department of Economics

Migration Studies Master Program

Faculty Member

semih.tumen@tedu.edu.tr

Room No: D213

Zuhal Yeşilyurt Gündüz

Professor

Department of Political Science and International Relations

Coordinator

Migration Studies Master Program

Faculty Member

zuhal.gunduz@tedu.edu.tr

Room No: D206

Gülçin Con Wright

Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology

Head of Department

Migration Studies Master Program

Faculty Member

gulcin.con@tedu.edu.tr

Room No: A123

Şebnem Akipek Öcal

Professor

Department of Business Administration

Faculty Member

Migration Studies Master Program

Aylin Çakıroğlu Çevik

Associate Professor

Department of Sociology

Faculty Member

Migration Studies Master Program

Duygu Onay-Çoker

Assistant Professor

Department of Visual Communication Design

Faculty Member

Migration Studies Master Program

duygu.coker@tedu.edu.tr

Room No: G-305

Kerem Kılıçdaroğlu

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science and International Relations

Faculty Member

Migration Studies Master Program

Mehmet Alper Yalçınkaya

Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology

Faculty Member

Migration Studies Master Program

Esra Demirkol Colosio

Assistant Professor

Graduate Schools

Part-Time Lecturer

Migration Studies Master Program

                                                                     ACADEMIC STAFF

Prof. Dr. Kezban Çelik

B.A.: Hacettepe University, Social Services (1992)

M.S.: Middle East Technical University, Sociology (2001)

Ph.D: Middle East Technical University, Sociology (2006)

Post Doc.: University of Michigan, Sociology (2011-2012)

Main Research Areas: Analysis of Gender Inequalities, Measuring Socio-economic Status and Social Mobility, Migration (internal, return, irregular migration, migrant labour, migrant young girls and women), Age and Youth, Employment in Informal Sector

Course/s: Theories of Migration (MIGS 501)

Contact: kezban.celik@tedu.edu.tr

Telephone: (312) 5850268       

 

Prof. Dr. Semih Tümen

B.A.: Middle East Technical University, Economics (1996-2000)

M.S.: London School of Economics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics (2005-2006)

Ph.D: The University of Chicago, Economics (2006-2012)

Main Research Areas: Labor Markets, Migration/Refugees, Microeconometrics and Quantitative Impact Analysis, Economics of Education, Human Capital, Economic Inequality and Social Networks

Course/s: Data Science for Social Scientists (ADS 507)

Economics of Migration (MIGS 541)

Contact: semih.tumen@tedu.edu.tr

 

Prof. Dr. Şebnem Akipek Öcal

LL.B: Ankara University, Faculty of Law (1985-1989)

LL.M.: London School of Economics and Political Science, UK (1990-1991)

Ph.D: Ankara University, Institute of Social Sciences

Main Research Areas: Law of Contracts, Property Law, Family Law, Law of Succession, Real Estate Law and Real Estate Appraisal Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration and Mediation, Health Law, Consumer Protection Law, Migration Law

Course/s: Migration Law (MIGS 551)

Contact: sebnem.akipekocal@tedu.edu.tr

Telephone: (312) 586 0010

Office No: D-202

 

Prof. Dr. Zuhal Yeşilyurt Gündüz

BA & MA (combined programme): Germany, Bonn University, Faculty of Philosophy, Political Science (major), American Literature (minor) (1990-1995)

Ph.D: Germany, Bonn University, Faculty of Philosophy, Political Science (1995-2000)

Main Research Areas: Ecology, Environment Policy, Feminist Theory, Gender, International Relations, Migration and Political Science

Course/s: Racism, Xenophobia and Migration (MIGS 531)

Contact: zuhal.gunduz@tedu.edu.tr

Telephone: (312) 585 0032

Office No: D-206

 

Assist. Prof. Aylin Çakıroğlu Çevik

B.A.: Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Sociology (2002)

M.A.: Middle East Technical University, Sociology (2007)

Ph.D: Middle East Technical University, Sociology (2015)

Visiting Scholar: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (2011)

Main Research Areas: Sociology of Education, Higher Education, Quality of Life, Happiness, Aging, Methodology and Quantitative Research Methods, Social Inequality and Gender Studies

Course/s: Scientific Research Methods and Ethics (MIGS 503)

Contact: aylin.cakiroglucevik@tedu.edu.tr

Telephone: (312) 585 0246       

Office No: A-223

 

Assist. Prof. Çağla Lüleci Sula

B.A.: Ege University, International Relations (2005-2010)

M.A.: Dokuz Eylul University, International Relations (2010-2013)

Ph.D: Bilkent University, International Relations (2014-2021)

Main Research Areas: Security Studies, Borders and Mobility, Migration and Security, Security and Foreign Policy, Theories of Security and International Relations

Course/s: Migration and Security (MIGS 515)

Contact: cagla.luleci@tedu.edu.tr

Office No: F-322

 

Assist. Prof. Duygu Onay Çöker

B.A.: Gazi University, Faculty of Communication, Journalism (2001)

M.A.: Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Systematic Philosophy and Logic (2006)

Ph.D: Ankara University, Faculty of Communication, Journalism (2016)

Main Research Areas: Journalism Ethics, Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis, Continental Philosophy, Paul Ricoeur Philosophy, Hermeneutics and Phenomenology, Gender

Course/s: Migration and Media (MIGS 525)

Contact: duygu.coker@tedu.edu.tr

Telephone: (312) 585 0427

Office No: G-305

 

Assist. Prof. Esra Demirkol Colosio

B.A.: Middle East Technical University, Sociology (2009)

M.S.: Middle East Technical University, Social Anthropology (2011)

Ph.D: University of Sussex, Sociology (2020)

Main Research Areas: Family Sociology, Transnational Migrant Families, Transnational Families in the context of Turkey-Japan, Transnational Social Spaces, Environmental Sociology and Gender

Course/s: Social Change (MIGS 513)

Contact: esradc@karatekin.edu.tr

 

Assist. Prof. Gülçin Con Wright

B.A.: Bosphorus University, Sociology (2007)

M.S.: Middle East Technical University, Sociology (2013)

Ph.D: Purdue University, U.S.A., Dual-Title Ph.D. in Sociology and Gerontology (2018)

Main Research Areas: Aging and Life Course, Family Sociology, Parent-child and Sibling Ties, Gender, Feminist Theory and Methods

Course/s: Gender and Migration (MIGS 532)

Contact: gulcin.con@tedu.edu.tr

Telephone: (312) 585 0393

Office No: A-123

 

Assist. Prof. Kerem Kılıçdaroğlu

B.A.: Bilkent University, Political Science and Public Administration (2001-2007)

M.A.: Middle East Technical University, Asian Studies (2008-2010)

Ph.D: Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, Political Science and International Relations (2012-2017)

Main Research Areas: Political Clientelism, Political Party Organizations, Social Movements, Korean Society and Politics and Politics of Southeast Asia.

Course/s: International Politics of Migration (MIGS 502)

Contact: kerem.kilicdaroglu@tedu.edu.tr

Telephone: (312) 585 0336 

Office No: F-207

 

Assist. Prof. Mehmet Alper Yalçınkaya

B.A.: Middle East Technical University, Sociology (1992-1996)

M.S.: Middle East Technical University, Institute of Social Sciences (1996-1999)

Ph.D: University of California, San Diego, United States Sociology/Science Studies (2003-2010)

Main Research Areas: History of Science, Sociology of Science, Science and Culture in Ottoman and Turkish Societies, Social Theory, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Emotions

Course/s: Religion and Migration (MIGS 512)

Contact: alper.yalcinkaya@tedu.edu.tr

Telephone: (312) 585 0538

 

Dr. Fahri Dikkaya

B.A.: Boğaziçi University, Department of History (1992-1995)

Ege University, Protohistory and the Near Eastern Archaeology (1995-1999)   

M.S.: Middle East Technical University, Settlement Archeology (2000-2003)

Ph.D: Bilkent University, Department of History (2006-2015)

Main Research Areas: Ottoman Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Ottoman Classical Period, Seljukid History, European Medieval and Post-Medieval Periods , GIS, Pottery Analysis, Present-use of Archaeology, Heritage, Identity, Epistemology

Course/s: History of Migration (MIGS 543)

Contact: fahri.dikkaya@tedu.edu.tr