Country of residence

Turkey

Brief introduction

Assist. Prof. Dr in Department of Sociology, Beykent University, Turkey

Education

Academic profile

I am studying citizenship and ethnicity focusing on Roma community within sociological paradigm. In my dissertation, I aimed to compare Roma community in Edirne and Dom community in Diyarbakır with regard to their integration levels to different majorities (respectively Turks in Edirne and Kurds in Diyarbakır) and belonging to the political body (state), access to citizenship rights (civil, social, political and cultural) and the affect of transnational citizenship on Roma and Dom communities in Turkey. Hence, my study tries to explain why the equality principle of citizenship is ruptured for both communities. Hence, I made fieldwork in Edirne and Diyarbakır in Turkey 2007 and 2009. In addition, I participated in Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-National Approaches Romany Studies- A Model For Europe Romany Studies held by CEU Summer University in Budapest from 2007 to 2009. By this course, I had opportunity to conduct research in Stara Zagora in Bulgaria.

Publications

• “Kentlerin Etnik Kimlikler ve Sınırlar Üzerindeki Dönüştürücü Etkileri: Edirne’de Romanlar ve Diyarbakır’da Dom Topluluklarının Karşılaştırması”[Cities’ Transformative Effect on Ethnic Identities and Boundaries: The Comparison between Roma Community in Edirne and Dom Community in Diyarbakır] in Mekan ve Kültür [Space and Culture], E.İncirlioğlu and B.Kılıçbay (eds.), İstanbul: Tetragon, 2011 (forthcoming)
• “Çingenelerin Sosyal Haklara Erişimindeki Zorluklar: Roman ve Dom Toplulukları Karşılaştırması”[The Difficulties for Gypsies in Accessing Social Rights: The Comparison between Roma and Dom Communities], Third International Social Rights Symposium Proceedings, 2011 (forthcoming).

Keywords

Citizenship, ethnicity, social inequality, Romani studies

Contact

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