Aykan Erdemir (Middle East Technical University)

Aykan Erdemir

Aykan Erdemir, who holds a PhD in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University (2004), is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Deputy Dean of the Graduate School of Social Sciences at Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey. Erdemir is the director of the German-Turkish Masters Program in Social Sciences (GeT MA), a dual-diploma program of Humboldt-Universität and METU, and a fellow of Germany Meets Turkey (GMT), an interdisciplinary network for young leaders and future innovators from Germany and Turkey. He also teaches in the graduate programs in Social Anthropology and Middle East Studies. Erdemir's courses cover social and political anthropology, ethnographic field research, and the anthropology of Europe and the Middle East.

Erdemir's academic research and writing is mainly focused on:

1) Faith-based collective action of Turkish and European Alevis & secularism

2) Work and remittance strategies and networks of Turkish immigrants (case studies: London and New York)

3) Competitive sharing and museumification of religious sites in Turkey,

4) Internationalization of social sciences and humanities.

Erdemir has been involved in research projects funded by the Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, National Science Foundation (NSF), European Union Framework Programs (6th and 7th), European Commission-EIHDR, European Center for Minority Issues (ECMI), the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Harvard University, and METU.

Erdemir serves on the editorial/advisory boards of Migration Letters, Journal of Sociological Research, Eurasian Journal of Anthropology,Journal of Alevism-Bektashism Studies, Toplum ve Demokrasi, Alevi Bektaşi Research Website, and Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Ekonomik ve Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi. He serves on the executive board of Sociological Association of Turkey, scientific board of the Alevi Institute (AL-EN), and the advisory board of the Garip Dede Türbesi Koruma Onarma ve Yaşatma Derneği. As an outspoken critic of discrimination against non-Sunnis in Turkey, he appears frequently on TV and radio, and in print media to advocate for secular democracy and religious freedoms in Turkey.

Education

2002-2004: Doctoral Fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

1997-2004: Ph.D. in Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University. Dissertation Title: Incorporating Alevis: The Transformation of Governance and Faith-Based Collective Action in Turkey.

1996-1998: MA. Middle Eastern Studies. Harvard University.

1992-1996: BA. International Relations. Bilkent University, Ankara.

1985-1992: Robert College, Istanbul.

1980-1985: İnal Ertekin İlkokulu, Bursa.

Books and Reports (in English)

1.       Rethinking Global Migration: Practices, Policies, and Discourses in the European Neighbourhood. Ankara: KORA, 2008. [co-edited with Helga Rittersberger-Tılıç, Ayça Ergun and Hayriye Kahveci]

2.       Social Dynamics of Global Terrorism and Prevention Policies. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2008. (ISBN 978-1-58603-851-9) [co-edited with Nilay Çabuk-Kaya]

3.       Alevism-Bektashism: A Brief Introduction. Rabia Harmanşah, Kaan Evren Başaran and Aykan Erdemir, translators. London: England Alevi Cultural Centre & Cem Evi, 2006. (ISBN 975-98065-3-3) [with Ali Yaman]

4.       Alevism-Bektashism: A Brief Introduction. Rabia Harmanşah, Kaan Evren Başaran and Aykan Erdemir, translators. Istanbul: Cem Foundation Publications, 2006. (ISBN 975-94071-8-3) [with Ali Yaman]

5.       Results of Opinion Polls Conducted in Six Cities: Promoting and Protecting Women and Girls' Human Rights -UN Joint Programme. Ankara: United Nations, 2006. [with Ayşe Güneş Ayata and Ayça Ergun Özbolat]

Articles and Chapters (in English)

1.       "Negotiating Insider and Outsider Identities in the Field: 'Insider' in a Foreign Land, 'Outsider' in one's own Land", Field Methods (2010 - forthcoming), vol.22. [with Ayça Ergun]

2.       "Alevis" in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, John L. Esposito, ed. Oxford University Press, 2009.

3.       "Haci Bektash Veli" in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, John L. Esposito, ed. Oxford University Press, 2009. [with Rabia Harmanşah]

4.       "Turkey's Alevis: Who are They and What Do They Want?", The Media Line, 9 December 2008.

5.       "From Raindrops to Hailstones: Environments of Insecurity in the Case of Emigration from Turkey to London" in Rethinking Global Migration: Practices, Policies, and Discourses in the European Neighbourhood. Helga Rittersberger-Tılıç, Aykan Erdemir, Ayça Ergun and Hayriye Kahveci (eds.). Ankara: KORA, 2008, pp.177-186. [with Besim Can Zırh]

6.       "Migration Policies and Integration in the European Union: Impacts on Society and Politics" in Challenges of Global Migration: EU and its Neighbourhood. Ayşe Güneş-Ayata (ed.). Ankara: KORA, 2008, pp.43-54. [with Helga Rittersberger-Tılıç]

7.       "Social Dynamics of Global Terrorism and Prevention Policies: An Introduction" in Social Dynamics of Global Terrorism and Prevention Policies. Nilay Çabuk-Kaya and Aykan Erdemir (eds.). Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2008, pp.1-4. (ISBN 978-1-58603-851-9) [with Nilay Çabuk-Kaya]

8.       "Alevis want rights first and foremost", Turkish Daily News, December 5, 2007. [Summary translation of the Milliyet interview by Devrim Sevimay]

9.       "Work Strategies among Turkish Immigrants in London: Differentiating Irregularity and Solidarity" in Irregular Migration, Informal Labour and Community: A Challenge for Europe. Erik Berggren, Branka Likic-Brboric, Gülay Toksöz, Nicos Trimikliniotis (eds.). Aachen: Shaker Verlag, 2007, pp.294-313. (ISBN 978-90-423-0317-1) [with Ellie Vasta]

10.   "Differentiating irregularity and solidarity: Turkish Immigrants at work in London", Centre on Migration, Policy and Society Working Paper, No. 42. University of Oxford (2007). [with Ellie Vasta]

11.   "Book Review: The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural Sociology", International Sociology (2006), vol.21, no.6, pp.831-834.

12.   "Tradition and Modernity: Alevis' Ambiguous Terms and Turkey's Ambivalent Subjects", Middle Eastern Studies (2005) vol.41, no.6, pp.937-951.

13.   "An Interview on Alevism with Ambassador Kretschmer, Head of the European Commission Delegation to Turkey", Kırkbudak: Journal of Anatolian Folk Beliefs (2005), no.2. pp.23-30. [with Ahmet Kerim Gültekin]

14.   "Book Review: Islamic Britain: Religion, Politics and Identity among British Muslims", International Journal of Middle East Studies (2004), vol.36, no.1, pp.152-154.

15.   "Yılmaz Güney" in Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, Volume 2, Levinson, David and Karen Christensen, et al., eds. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002, p.463.

16.   "Book Review: Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey", The Middle East and South Asia Folklore Bulletin (1999), vol.16, no.3, pp.7-8.

Books, Articles, and Chapters (in Turkish)

1. "1980 Sonrası Türk Sosyal Bilimlerinde Etnisite Kavramı", in V. Ulusal Sosyoloji Kongresi: Türkiye'de Güncel Toplumsal Sorunlar. Ercan Geçgin, ed. Ankara: Sosyoloji Derneği, pp.201-212. [with Selahattin Erhan]

2. "İnançsal Mekanlarda Maddi ve Manevi Kültürel Mirasın Korunması", in GAP Bölgesinde Alevi Bektaşi Yerleşmeleri ve Şanlıurfa Kültür Mozayığında Kısas. Istanbul, Cem Vakfı, 2007, pp.243-247.

3. "Ayrımcılığın Kültürel Altyapısı: Zihniyet Değişimi için Yeni Yaklaşımlar", in Aleviler, Ayrımcılık ve İnsan Hakları: Ayrımcılıkla Mücadelede Bir El Kitabı. Cahit Korkmaz, ed. Ankara: Hacı Bektaş Veli Anadolu Kültür Vakfı, 2007, pp.5-12.

4. "İnançsal Mekanlarda Esnek Koruma: Maddi ve Manevi Kültürel Mirasa Bütüncül Yaklaşım", Kırkbudak: Anadolu Halk İnançları Araştırmaları (2007), no.10. [with Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir]

5. "Sünnilik Bildirgesi Gereksinimi: Türkiye'de Din-Devlet İlişkileri Sorunsalında Ezber Bozmak", Kırkbudak: Anadolu Halk İnançları Araştırmaları (2006), no.9, pp.6-12.

6. Alevilik-Bektaşilik Nedir? Istanbul: Cem Vakfı Yayınları, 2006. (ISBN 975-94071-8-3) [with Ali Yaman]

7. "Tartışma: Dünyada ve Türkiye'de İstihdamsız Büyüme Sorunu - Sosyal Demokrat Seçenekler", in Sosyal Demokrat Düşünce Platformu: Kitap 3. Erol Tuncer and Hanife Yurtseven, eds. Ankara: Sosyal Demokrasi Derneği, 2006, pp.204-206, 221-223.

8. "Ozan Figani ve Teslimi Baba ile Londra'da Göçmen ve Alevi Olmak Üzerine Söyleşi: İkinci Bölüm", Kırkbudak: Anadolu Halk İnançları Araştırmaları (2006), no.8, pp.106-110.

9. "Ozan Figani ve Teslimi Baba ile Londra'da Göçmen ve Alevi Olmak Üzerine Söyleşi: Birinci Bölüm", Kırkbudak: Anadolu Halk İnançları Araştırmaları (2006), no.7, pp.55-65.

10. Altı İlde Yapılan Kamuoyu Araştırması Sonuçları: Kadın ve Kız Çocuklarının İnsan Haklarının Korunması ve Geliştirilmesi -Birleşmiş Milletler Ortak Programı. Ankara: Birleşmiş Milletler, 2006. [with Ayşe Güneş Ayata and Ayça Ergun Özbolat]

11. "Turnanın Semahı ve Ezoterizmin Zamanı: Bektaşi ve Alevi Zaman Kavrayışları", Cogito (2006), no.46, pp.260-279. [with Rabia Harmanşah]

12. "Mütekevvin Alevilikler: Kent Koşullarında Dönüşen Cem Uygulamaları", Kırkbudak: Anadolu Halk İnançları Araştırmaları (2006), no.6, pp.60-68.

13. "Aleviler ve Topluma Eklemlenme Sorunsalı" in Türkiye'de Çoğunluk ve Azınlık Politikaları: AB Sürecinde Yurttaşlık Tartışmaları. Ayhan Kaya and Turgut Tarhanlı, eds. İstanbul: Türkiye Ekonomik ve Sosyal Etüdler Vakfı, 2005, pp.127-144. [with Tahire Erman]

14. "İlahiyat Kökenli Araştırmacıların Alevilik ve Bektaşilik Üzerine Çalışmalarında Öz-Düşünümsellik" in Uluslararası Bektaşilik ve Alevilik Sempozyumu I: Bildiriler ve Müzakereler. Isparta: Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi, 2005, pp.195-201.

15. "Güvenlik ve Bilim Arasında İnanç: Bektaşilik ve Alevilik Sempozyumunun Ardından", Kırkbudak: Anadolu Halk İnançları Araştırmaları (2005), no.4, pp.90-94.

16. "Kent Koşullarında Dönüşen Cem Uygulamaları" in Alevi Tören ve Ritüelleri: Cem, Cenaze, Kurban. Ankara: Hacı Bektaş Veli Anadolu Kültür Vakfı, 2005, pp.297-303, 314-316.

17. "Alevi Kimliği" in Konferanslar 2004-2005. Ankara: Hacı Bektaş Veli Anadolu Kültür Vakfı, 2005, pp.96-100, 123-125, 133-136.

18. "Tarih ve Kimlik" in Konferanslar 2004-2005. Ankara: Hacı Bektaş Veli Anadolu Kültür Vakfı, 2005, pp.58-62, 86-88.

19. "Avrupa Komisyonu Türkiye Temsilcisi Büyükelçi Hansjörg Kretschmer ile Alevilik Üzerine Görüşme", Kırkbudak: Anadolu Halk İnançları Araştırmaları (2005), no.2. pp.15-22. [with Ahmet Kerim Gültekin]

20. "Avrupa Komisyonu Raporlarında Aleviler" Kırkbudak: Anadolu Halk İnançları Araştırmaları (2005), no.2. pp.5-14.

21. "Pinhan Tarih: Alevilik, Antropoloji ve Arkeoloji", Kırkbudak: Anadolu Halk İnançları Araştırmaları (2005), no.1. pp.89-94. [with Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir]

22. "Alevi Nettaşlar: İnternet'te Folklor ve Antropoloji'nin Sınırlarını Zorlamak", Halkbilimi (2001), vol.14, pp.58-61.

23. "Nüfus Cüzdanlarındaki Din Bölümü ve Türk Muhafazakarlarının Bilinçaltı", Kızıldeli (2001), vol.4, pp.58-59.

24. "Önsöz" in Bir Türk Diplomatın Gözüyle Avrupa Birliği. Funda Tezok. Istanbul: Institut für Türkisch-Europäische Studien, 2001, pp.3-4.

Interviews

1. "Siyasi Reform Mecburiyeti ve İktidarla Statükoyu Koruma Çabası", Sacayak, July 2009, no.4, pp.21-22. [Interview by Ahmet Koçak]

2. "Mahalle Baskısı", in Mahalle Baskısı var mı yok mu? Ruşen Çakır and İrfan Bozan, eds. Istanbul: Doğan Kitap, March 2009, pp.163-167. [Interview by Kelime Ata]

3. "Alevi sorunu yok Sünni sorunu var", Post Express, January 2009. [Interview by Siren İdemen]

4. "ODTÜlü öğretim üyesinden AKP Haberlerine Yanıt", Gazete ODTÜLÜ, November 29, 2008. [Interview by Emre Çalışkan]

5. "Muhafazakarlık, Din ve AKP", Refleks, no.6, May 2008. [Interview by Barış Yürümez]

6. "Alevi 'Önce Hak' diyor", Milliyet, December 3, 2007. [Interview by Devrim Sevimay]

7. "Siyasal İslam Kendi Mezarını Kazıyor", Alevilerin Sesi, September 2007, no.108, pp.46-47. [Interview by Tuncer Baş and Bektaş Kılıç]

8. "Aleviti, sunniti, sciiti: analogie e differenze" I & II. The Observatory on the Balkans, 24 August 2007 & 27 August 2007. (Interview of Aykan Erdemir and Mustafa Şen by Fabio Salomoni) [in Italian]

9. "Göçmenler Sömürüye Daha Açık", Telgraf, pp.22-23, July 25, 2006. [Interview by Halil Gam]

Op-Eds (in Turkish)

1. "İftardan Çalıştaya Açamadığımız Aleviler", Taraf, July 15, 2009.

2. "2. Alevi Çalıştayı’nda 3 Tarz-ı Siyaset", Haberturk, July 15, 2009.

3. "Aleviler’den Özür Dililyorum", Habercem, March 28, 2009.

4. "'Kıyl u kal' değil bu sefer hakiki Alevi açılımı", Star, November 30, 2008.

5. "Çankaya'da AKP'nin Alevi Başkan Adayıymışım!", Habercem, November 28, 2008.

6. "Eloğlu Gözünden Kızılbaş Deyişleri", Kızılbaş Deyişleri, Haydar Selçuk, ed. 2008.

7. "Ayrımcılık Kültürü ve Zulmün Bilgisi", Habercem, October 30, 2008.

8. "Madımak Kebapçı Kalsın!", Habercem, August 7, 2008.

9. "Sünni 'Demokrat' Siyaset?", Sürek, August 2008.

10. "Gör nic'olur ayaktakımı ayaklananda", Taraf, May 9, 2008.

11. "Yolu Gençlerden Öğrenmek", Habercem, May 2, 2008.

12. "Eloğluyla Yolun Binbir Süreğinin Peşi Sıra", Habercem, April 18, 2008.

13. "Yeni Güne Eski Adet", Star, March 30, 2008. [Article title was changed to "Ha Nevruz ha Newroz: 72 milletin ortak bayramı" by the newspaper editor]

14. "Hazır İnanç Özgürlüğü Demişken: Sünni(lik)ler Nasıl Kurtulur?", Star, Febuary 10, 2008. [Article title was changed to "Sünnileri ve Sünnilikleri tek tipleştirme makinesi" by the newspaper editor]

15. "'Mahalle Baskısı' yahut On Bir Ayın İkirciği", Gazete ODTÜLÜ, November 11, 2007.

16. "Londra'ya Uyum, Londralı'nın Uyumu", Telgraf, p.17, March 27, 2007.

17. "Kentlerde Alevi-Sünni Sınırı Yumuşuyor", Milliyet, March 26, 2007. [with Sencer Ayata and Mustafa Şen]

18. "Göçmen Dayanışması", Telgraf, p.13, February 20, 2007.

19. "Genellemelerin Cazibesi", Telgraf, p.17, February 6, 2007.

20. "Muharrem'de Birarada Yaşamı Savunmak", Telgraf, p.23, January 23, 2007.

21. "Uluslararası Göçmenler Günü", Telgraf, p.17, January 9, 2007.

22. "Sınırlar(ımızı) Aşan İnanç", Telgraf, p.8, December 19, 2006.

23. "Hatemi, Papa ve Köleler Medeniyeti", BirGün, December 9, 2006.

24. "İşçi Dövizlerinin Küresel Artışı", Telgraf, p.17, December 5, 2006.

25. "Medeniyetler İttifakı Raporu'nda Göç Vurgusu", Telgraf, p.17, November 21, 2006.

26. "Küresel Göç ve GLOMIG", Telgraf, p.17, November 7, 2006.

27. "Yumurtalar Sepete, Gözler İsveç'e", BirGün, October 27, 2006.

28. "Hoşgeldin Papatya!", Telgraf, p.17, October 24, 2006.

29. "Uygarlıklar Arasında mı, İçinde mi?", Telgraf, p.17, October 10, 2006.

30. "Londra'ya Sığınmak", Telgraf, p.17, September 26, 2006.

31. "Göçmen Tehlikesi", Telgraf, p.17, September 12, 2006.

32. "Göçmence İnancın Sırrı", Telgraf, p.8, August 29, 2006.

33. "Ayaklarıyla Oy Verenler", Telgraf, p.17, August 15, 2006.

34. "Bir Sünnilik Sorunu Olarak Alevilik", BirGün, August 15, 2006.

35. "Mihman Gözüyle Göç", Telgraf, p.15, August 1, 2006.

36. ""Sünnilik İslam'ın İçinde mi?", BirGün, March 20, 2006.

37. "Sosyal Demokrasi ve Yeni Göç: Türkiye'de Ezber Bozmak", Sosyal Demokrat Açılım (2006) no.3:15-17.

38. "Homojen Toplumsal Yapıyı Allah Düşmanıma Vermesin", BirGün, August 23, 2005.

39. "Baş kaldırma parmak kaldır!", BirGün, January 12, 2005. [Article title was changed to "ABD'ye başkaldır!" by the newspaper editor]

40. Translation of Nur Yalman's "Türkiye'nin Avrupa'ya öğretebileceği çok şey var", BirGün, January 2, 2005.

Professional Talks

1.       "Alevi Enstitüsü: Ayrımcılık Karşıtı ve Eşitlik için Hareketlenme", Hacı Bektaş Veli Anadolu Kültür Vakfı Erzincan Şubesi, Erzincan (31 July 2009).

2.       "Cultural Logics of Turkey: Pitfalls in Intercultural Understanding", Fulbright Commission Intensive Study Program for Educators, Houston Hotel, Ankara (30 June 2009).

3.       "1980 sonrası Türkiye'de Sünni merkezci Alevilik kavramsallaştırmaları", Cem Vakfı Tarihten Bugüne Alevilik Sempozyumu, Limak Ambassador Hotel, Ankara (18-19 April 2009).

4.       "Hacı Bektaş Veli", Hasan Ali Yücel İlköğretim Okulu, Ankara (14 April 2009).

5.       "Biletli İbadet: Kutsal Mekanların Müzeleştirilmesinde Türkiye Örneği", 3. Ulusal Antropoloji Kongresi: 80'lerden Bugüne Türkiye'nin Değişim Yılları", Kadıköy Belediyesi Caddebostan Kültür Merkezi, Istanbul (7-9 April 2009). [with Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir]

6.       "Turkish Asylum Seekers in London" School of Foreign Languages, Middle East Technical University (16 March 2009).

7.       "Alevi Enstitüsü: Aleviler'in Örgütlenme Hakkı", 5. ODTÜ Sosyoloji Günleri, Middle East Technical University, Ankara. (5 March 2009)

8.       "Migration of Faith: Formations of Alevi Identity", Marie Curie - The Integration of the Second Generation (TIES) Research Training Network Workshop "All about (Turkish) Migrations and Identity", Kadir Has University, Istanbul. (26 February 2009)

9.       "Islams and the 'Secular' State: Turkey through the Looking-Glass", University of Johannesburg, Faculty of Humanities, Johannesburg, South Africa (10 February 2009).

10.   "Museumification of Contested Religious Sites in Turkey: Accommodating, Incorporating, and Managing Diversity", University of Johannesburg, Faculty of Humanities, Johannesburg, South Africa. (11 February 2009). [with Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir]

11.   "Hidden in Plain Sight: Systematic Lapses in Perceptions of Structure and Features of Contested Religious Sites", NSF Workshop on Antagonistic Tolerance: A Comparative Analysis of Competitive Sharing of Religious Sites, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. (21 January 2009). [with Robert Hayden and Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir]

12.   "The Cultural (il)logics of International Justice: Alevi and Kurdish Strategies at the European Court of Human Rights", International Conference on State and Democracy, Belgrade University, Faculty of Political Science Belgrade, Serbia (28-29 November 2008).

13.   "Antagonistic Tolerance: Competitive Sharing of Religious Sites in Bulgaria and Turkey", University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology, Pittsburgh. [with Robert M. Hayden and Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir (3 October 2008).

14.   "Immigrant Work Strategies and Social Rights: The Construction and Circulation of Myths", Keynote Lecture at the International Conference on "Towards New Geographies of Migration: Transnational Spaces Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Development as Builders of Social and Spatial Organization in Europe", University of Bremen, Bremen (26-27 September 2008). [written with and presented by Ellie Vasta]

15.   "Toplumsal Dönüşüm Sürecinde Aleviler", 13. Ulusal Pir Ahmet Etkinlikleri, Sofça Köyü, Kütahya (1 June 2008)

16.   "Internationalization of Social Sciences and Humanities in Turkey ", ESSHRA Working Conference on Internationalisation of Social Sciences and Humanities: How about the Developing Countries? Middle East Technical University, Ankara (9-10 May 2008). [with Sencer Ayata]

17.   "Shared and unshared challenges for social sciences and humanities and science policies", GlobalSSH Working Conference on "The internationalisation of Social Sciences in a global comparative perspective - Challenges for SSH research and research policies: Regional perspectives, Competencies, Institutions", Paris, France (23-24 April 2008). [with Sencer Ayata]

18.   "Report about the Beijing workshop", GlobalSSH Working Conference on "The internationalisation of Social Sciences in a global comparative perspective - Challenges for SSH research and research policies: Regional perspectives, Competencies, Institutions", Paris, France (23-24 April 2008). [with Sencer Ayata]

19.   "Yeni Dönemin Eşiğinde Aleviler: Engeller ve Olanaklar", Alevi Bektaşi Kültür Tanıtma Derneği, Narlıdere, İzmir (19 April 2008).

20.   "Türkiye'de Antropoloji Eğitimi ve Müfredat: ODTÜ Örneği", Türkiye'de ve Dünyada Antropoloji Eğitimi Sempozyumu, Yeditepe Üniversitesi, İstanbul (10-12 April 2008).

21.   "Sünniler'in Din Eğitimini Yeniden Düşünmek", Anayasa Tartışmaları Kapsamında Türkiye'de Din Eğitimi Sempozyumu, Pir Sultan Abdal Kültür Derneği & Kırkbudak: Anadolu Halk İnançları Araştırmaları, Ankara Barosu Eğitim Merkezi (ABEM) (22 March 2008).

22.   "Yeni Dönemin Eşiğinde Aleviler: Engeller ve Olanaklar", Hacı Bektaş Veli Anadolu Kültür Vakfı, Sivas Şubesi, Sivas (16 March 2008).

23.   "From Raindrops to Hailstones: Environments of Insecurity in the Case of Emigration from Turkey to London", GLOMIG International Dissemination Conference: Global Migration: New Dynamics, Strategies, and Visions in the EU and its Neighborhood, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (1 March 2008) [with Besim Can Zırh]

24.   "Yeni Dönemin Eşiğinde Aleviler: Engeller ve Olanaklar", Hacı Bektaş Veli Kültür ve Tanıtma Derneği, Silivri Şubesi, Istanbul (3 February 2008).

25.   "Yeni Dönemin Eşiğinde Aleviler: Engeller ve Olanaklar", Hacı Bektaş Veli Anadolu Kültür Vakfı, Okmeydanı Şubesi, Istanbul (2 February 2008).

26.   "Türkiye'de Din-Devlet İlişkisini Yeniden Düşünmek", Pir Sultan Abdal Kültür Derneği Yenimahalle Şubesi, Ankara (27 December 2007).

27.   "Museumification of Contested Cultural Heritage Sites in Turkey: Accommodating, Incorporating, and Managing Diversity", Lecture Series on Comparative Studies in History and Society, Koç University, Istanbul (10 December 2007). [with Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir]

28.   "Sosyal Bilimlerin Uluslararasılaşması ve Bilgi Temelli Kalkınma", Demokratik Değişim Hareketi Siyaset Akademisi, Ankara (1 December 2007).

29.   "State and Human Security in Global Migration", African Junior Diplomats Training Programme, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs [TC Dışişleri Bakanlığı Afrikalı Genç Diplomatlar Eğitim Programı], Ankara (20 November 2007).

30.   "Internationalization of Social Sciences and Humanities in Turkey" GlobalSSH Working Conference on "The Internationalisation of Social Sciences", Beijing, China (14-15 November 2007). [with Sencer Ayata]

31.   "Museumification of Contested Cultural Heritage Sites in Turkey: Accommodating, Incorporating, and Managing Diversity", IX. Conference on European Culture, Center of European Studies, University of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain (23-27 October 2007). [with Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir]

32.   "Competitive Sharing of Religious Sites in Turkey", International Workshop on Competitive Sharing of Religious Sites, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (6-7 October 2007). [with Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir]

33.   "Transnational Shiites and Shiite Tran nationalisms: Differentiating and Desecuritizing Shiite Trasnationality", 10th Conference of the European Society for Central Asian Studies on Central Asia: Sharing Experiences and Prospects, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (12-15 September 2007).

34.   "Differentiating Irregularity and Solidarity: Immigrant work strategies among Turkish immigrants in London", International Relations Department Seminar, Bilgi University, Istanbul (14 May 2007).

35.   "Alevi Örgütlenmeleri", Dönüşüm Sürecinde Alevilik Uluslararası Konferansı, Garip Dede Association, Istanbul (13 May 2007).

36.   "State and Human Security in Global Migration", XII. International Junior Diplomats Training Programme, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs [TC Dışişleri Bakanlığı XII. Uluslararası Genç Diplomatlar Eğitim Programı], Ankara (April 17, 2007).

37.   "What contribution can EU Research on Citizenship, Identity and Immigration make to the definition of a Common EU Immigration Policy?", Citizenship and Identity in the European Union, National Research council (CNR), Rome, Italy (27 March 2007).

38.   "Migration Policies and Integration in the European Union: Impacts on Society and Politics", GLOMIG Second International Workshop on Migration to the European Union: challenges, rights and opportunities, Oxford University, Oxford (23-24 February 2007). [with Helga Rittersberger-Tılıç and Mehmet Okyayuz]

39.   "Ayrımcılığın Kültürel Altyapısı: Zihniyet Değişimi İçin Yeni Yaklaşımlar", Ayrımcılık Karşıtı Eğitim Seminerleri, Hacı Bektaş Veli Anatolian Culture Foundation, Ankara (27-28 January 2007 & 17-18 February 2007).

40.   "Avrupa Kimliği", Avrupa Seminerleri: Avrupa'yı Anla(t)mak, Avrupa Öğrencileri Forumu (AEGEE), Middle East Technical University, Ankara (16 December 2006).

41.   Siyasal Kimlikler ve Toplumsal Hareketler", Sosyal Demokrasi Derneği, Ankara. (22 November 2006).

42.   "The Predicament of Culture: Turkey and the Knowledge Economy - Four take-home messages from a social anthropologist", Knowledge Economy: Experiences of Finland and Strategies for Turkey Workshop, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (21-22 November 2006).

43.   "1980 Sonrası Türk Sosyolojisinde Etnisite Kavramı", Fifth National Sociology Conference, İnönü University, Malatya (19-23 September 2006). [with Selahattin Erhan]

44.   Participant at the Anthropology in Turkey Workshop, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany (1-2 August 2006).

45.   "Immigrant work strategies and social rights: the construction and circulation of myths", COMPAS Annual Conference, International Labour Migration: In Whose Interests, Centre for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford (5-7 July 2006). [with Ellie Vasta]

46.   "İnançsal Mekanlarda Maddi ve Manevi Kültürel Mirasın Korunması", GAP Bölgesinde Alevi-Bektaşi Yerleşmeleri ve Şanlıurfa Kültür Mozayiğinde Kısas Sempozyumu, Şanlıurfa (25-27 May 2006). [with Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir]

47.   "Human Research Subjects: The Harvard Experience", Orientation Graduate Seminar of the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (27 April 2006).

48.   "Solda Yenilenme", ODTÜ Sosyal Demokrasi Topluluğu Solda Yenilenme Paneli, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (26 April 2006).

49.   "Alevilik Üzerine Çalışmaların Değerlendirilmesi", ODTÜ Tarih Topluluğu Alevilik Sempozyumu, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (24 February 2006).

50.   "Avrupa Projesi Milliyetçiliğe Alternatif mi?", 2. ODTÜ Sosyoloji Günleri, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (22 February 2006).

51.   "Türkiye'deki Ahıskalılar, Londra'daki Türkiyeliler: Göçmenlik ve Türklük Halleri", 9th National Social Sciences Conference, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (7-9 December 2005).

52.   "Immigrant Work Strategies among Turkish Immigrants in London: Differentiating Irregularity and Solidarity", International Migration, Informal Labour and Community in Europe Conference, Istanbul (1-2 December 2005). [with Ellie Vasta]

53.   "İlahiyat Kökenli Araştırmacıların Alevilik ve Bektaşilik Üzerine Çalışmalarında Öz-Düşünümsellik" Uluslararası Bektaşilik ve Alevilik Sempozyumu I. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi, Isparta (28-30 September 2005).

54.   "Lahcis and Alevis: Religious Continuity, Disconnect, and Prospects", 9th Conference of the European Society for Central Asian Studies on Central Asia: The Local, the Regional and the Global, Krakow, Poland (12-14 September 2005) [with Ali Yaman]

55.   "Risking all: immigrant work strategies and irregularity", COMPAS Annual Conference, Irregular Migration: Research, Policy and Practice, Centre for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford (7-8 July 2005). [with Ellie Vasta]

56.   "Glocal Neighbors Near and Far: Re-conceptualizing Neighborhood in the Era of Global Migration", Fourth METU Conference on International Relations: Neighbourhood: Past, Present and Future, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (30 June-2 July 2005). [with Besim Can Zırh and Cemre Erciyes]

57.   "Hacıbektaş Festival Revisited: Performances, Embodiments and Displays at the Margins of Europe", "Performing Policy - Enacting Diversity", European Summer Carnivals in Comparative Perspective Colloqium, Humboldt University, Berlin (13-15 May 2005).

58.   "Kent Koşullarında Dönüşen Cem Uygulamaları", Alevilerde Uygulanan Cem, Cenaze, Kurban gibi Toplantı ve Ritüellerin Uygulanış, Biçim ve İşlevleri Konferansı, Hacı Bektaş Veli Anatolian Culture Foundation, Ankara (2-3 April 2005).

59.   "Alevi Kimliği", Alevi Kimliği Konferansı, Hacı Bektaş Veli Anatolian Culture Foundation, Ankara (15 January 2005).

60.   "Toplum ve Kimlik", Alevilik, Toplum, Kimlik Konferansı, Hacı Bektaş Veli Anatolian Culture Foundation, Ankara (21 November 2004).

61.   "Politics of Alevi Sexuality in Turkish Sunni Cosmology", Sexuality Studies in the Middle East Workshop, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University (7 May 2004).

62.   "The Transformation of the Law of Foundations in Turkey", Works in Progress Workshop at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (26 April 2004).

63.   Commentator at Markus Dressler's talk "Redefining Religious Authority in Contemporary Turkish Alevism: The Modern Dede" Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University (17 March 2004).

64.   "Islamic Nonprofits in Turkey: Reconfiguration of Alevi Belief and Practice", 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), Chicago (19-23 November 2003).

65.   "Alevi Örgütlenmesi ve Hukuksal Çerçeve", Alevi Gençliğinin Sorunları Konferansı, Garip Dede Association, Istanbul (8 June 2003).

66.   "Transformation of Alevi Collective Action in Turkey: a Contextual and Processual Analysis", Works in Progress Workshop at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (31 March 2003).

67.   "A Critical Reassessment of Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Alevis", 36th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) at Washington, D.C. (23-26 November 2002).

68.   "Alternative Apocalyptic Narratives of the Alevi Religious Community in Turkey", Seventh Annual Conference of the Center for Millennial Studies, Boston University (2-5 November 2002).

69.   "Alternative Modernities? 'Modern' Alevis and Alevi Alternatives", Graduate Symposium on "Local Modernities: Islamic Cultural Practices as Sites of Agency, Mediation, and Resistance", Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (5 October 2002).

70.   "The 'Eastern' Alevis and the 'Western' Elite in Istanbul", Seventh Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists, Copenhagen, Denmark (14-17 August 2002).

71.   "The Predicament of Alevi Subjects at the Nexus of Supranational and National Sovereignties", Fourth Annual Globalization Workshop Conference, University of Chicago (3-4 May 2002).

72.   "History as the Battlefield of Activism: Politics of Alevi Historiography in Turkey since 1980", History of Activism, History as Activism Conference, Columbia University (5-6 April 2002).

73.   "Turkish Citizens of African Descent: Suggestions for Further Research", 10th Annual Boston University Graduate Research Conference in African Studies, African Studies Center, Boston University, (22-23 March 2002).

74.   "The Other's Sexuality as an Idée Fixe: Demarcating Religious Communities in Contemporary Turkish Culture", Fixed Ideas Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, Harvard University, Barker Center (01-02 March 2002).

75.   "Alevi Nettaşlar ve İnternet'te Alevilik", Contemporary Alevism Conference, Garip Dede Association, Istanbul (27 May 2001).

76.   "Death of a Community: Alevi Predicament in 1990s Istanbul", Boas/Benedict Graduate Student Conference, Columbia University (23-24 March 2000).

Projects and Research Activities

2009-2010 “Mobilizing Towards Equality and Non Discrimination” run by the Alevi Institute and supported by the European Commission - European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIHDR). (Project Advisor) (Project Director: Cahit Korkmaz)

2007-2010 "Yağlıdere'den New York'a ve Ünlüpınar'dan Londra'ya Göç Örnekleri Üzerinden İşçi Dövizlerinin Aktarımı, Kullanımı ve Etkisindeki Değişmenin Analizi" supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) through Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Projelerini Destekleme Programı (1001). (Project Director)

2007-2009 "Antagonistic Tolerance: A Comparative Analysis of Competitive Sharing of Religious Sites" supported by National Science Foundation (NSF). (Project Director: Robert Hayden)

2007-2009 "Antagonistic Tolerance: Long-Term Sharing of and Competition over Religious Sites in Turkey" supported by International Collaborative Research Grant, Wenner Gren Foundation. (Project Co-director with Robert Hayden and Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir)

2007-2008 "Ortak Kullanılan İnançsal Mekanlarda Topluluklararası Anlaşmazlık ve Uzlaşma" supported by the Middle East Technical University, 2007 Scientific Research Project (BAP) grant. (Project Co-director with Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir)

2006-2007 "Building the Capacity of Alevi Civil Society Organisations in Monitoring and Advocacy" supported by the European Commission - European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIHDR). (Expert Trainer) (Project Director: Cahit Korkmaz)

2006 "Londra'daki Göçmenlerin Dayanışma ve Kültürel Çoğulculuk Kavrayışlarının Karşılaştırmalı Analizi" supported by the Middle East Technical University, 2006 Scientific Research Project (BAP) grant. (Project Director)

2005-2007 "GLOMIG: Global Migration from the Eastern Mediterranean and Eurasia: Security and Human Rights Challenges to Europe" supported by EU Sixth Framework Programme. (Project Team Member)

2005 "Londra'da Yaşayan Türkiyeli Göçmenlerin Çalışma Stratejileri ve İlişki Ağları" supported by the Middle East Technical University, 2005 Scientific Research Project (BAP) grant. (Project Director)

2005 "Between Integration and Resettlement: The Meskhetian Turks" supported by the European Center for Minority Issues (ECMI), Flensburg, Germany. (Field Researcher)

2004-2006 "Immigrant Work Strategies and Networks" supported by the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford. (Collaborating Researcher)

1998-2001 "Incorporating Alevis: The Transformation of Governance and Faith-Based Collective Action in Turkey", 18-month ethnographic study of Alevi voluntary organizations in Istanbul supported by Harvard University Teschemecher, Mellon, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Graduate Student Council, and Hauser Fellowship for Nonprofit Studies grants. (Project Director)

Teaching Experience

2009       SOC 131: Introduction to Anthropology I, SOC 321: Political Anthropology, SOC 534: Anthropology of Europe, SOC 582: Seminar on Ethnographic Field Research, GTSS 501: Joint Seminar I: Turkey and Germany, GTSS 591: Graduate Seminar I at the Middle East Technical University.

2008       SOC 131: Introduction to Anthropology I, SOC 321: Political Anthropology, SOC 534: Anthropology of Europe, SOC 582: Seminar on Ethnographic Field Research, GTSS 501: Joint Seminar I: Turkey and Germany, GTSS 591: Graduate Seminar I at the Middle East Technical University.

2007        Lecturer for SOC 131: Introduction to Anthropology I, SOC 321: Political Anthropology, SOC 388: Representing the Study of "Other" through Ethnography, SOC 534: Anthropology of Europe, and SOC 544: Anthropology of the Middle East, GTSS 501: Joint Seminar I: Turkey and Germany, GTSS 591: Graduate Seminar I at the Middle East Technical University.

2006        Lecturer for SOC 131: Introduction to Anthropology I, SOC321: Political Anthropology, SOC 527: Society and Culture in Iran and SOC 534: Anthropology of Europe at the Middle East Technical University.

2005        Lecturer for SOC 104: Introduction to Sociology, SOC 131: Introduction to Anthropology I, SOC 206: The Anthropology of Kinship Organization, SOC 527: Society and Culture in Iran, SOC 534: Anthropology of Europe at the Middle East Technical University.

2004        Lecturer for SOC321: Political Anthropology and SOC 527: Society and Culture in Iran at the Middle East Technical University.

2002        Teaching Fellow for the course FC74: Cultures of Southern Europe at Harvard University.

2001        Teaching Fellow for the course FC17: Thought and Change in the Contemporary Middle East at Harvard University.

2001        Instructor of the course A98z: Junior Tutorial in Social Anthropology (Middle East: Who gets to be in the Nation?) at Harvard University. (Click here for the Syllabus)

2001        Instructor for Anth98r: Individual Tutorial in Social Anthropology at Harvard University.

2001        Conducted (with Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir) Youth Writing Workshop at Garip Dede Association, Istanbul (February-June 2001).

2000        Teaching Fellow for the course FC 70: Understanding Islam and Contemporary Muslim Societies at Harvard University.

1999        Teaching Fellow for the course Sci B-29: Human Behavioral Biology at Harvard University.

1999        Teaching Fellow for the course A110: Introduction to Social Anthropology at Harvard University.

Advising

July 2009 "The 'Kurdish Question' in Turkey from the Perspectives of Kurdish University Students", MSc thesis by Elizabeth Effeney, Graduate Program in Middle East Studies, Middle East Technical University (Thesis advisor).

February 2009 "The Alevis in post-1980 Turkey:A Critical Discourse Analysis of Official Texts", PhD Thesis by Zeki Uyanık, Graduate Program in Sociology, Middle East Technical University (Principal advisor: Helga Rittersberger-Tılıç, co-advisor: Aykan Erdemir).

May 2008 "National and Religious Identities of Children of Iranian Asylum-seekers in Kayseri", MSc Thesis by Merve Çalhan, Graduate Program in Middle East Studies, Middle East Technical University (Thesis Advisor).

January 2008 "The Transformation of Health Policies in Turkey as part of the European Integration: The Case of Cause of Death Statistics", MSc Thesis by Emrah Sümer, Graduate Program in Sociology, Middle East Technical University (Thesis Advisor).

August 2007 "The work strategies and experiences of the wave of 1989 immigrants from Bulgaria settled in Ankara", MSc Thesis by İlhan Zeynep Karakılıç, Graduate Program in Sociology, Middle East Technical University (Thesis Advisor).

January 2007 "A Sociological Analysis of Religious Educational Institutions, Policies and Discourses in Egypt", MSc Thesis by Mehmet Ozan Aşık, Graduate Program in Middle East Studies, Middle East Technical University (Principal advisor: Aykan Erdemir, co-advisor: Bahattin Akşit). (Received METU Thesis Award)

December 2006 "'Facts, Meanings, and Cosmologies': Bektashi Responses to the Abolition of Religious Orders in 1925", MSc Thesis by Rabia Harmanşah, Graduate Program in Middle East Studies, Middle East Technical University (Thesis advisor).

December 2006 "How Does the State Promote Informal Employment? The Case of a Kilim Workshop", MSc Thesis by Emek Yılmaz, Graduate Program on Middle East Studies, Middle East Technical University (Thesis advisor).

May 2006 "Policies of Turkish Radio Television Corporation (TRT): The Case of the Directorate of Documentary Programs" MSc Thesis by Tülün Seyhan Ceylan, Graduate Program in Media And Cultural Studies, Middle East Technical University (Principal advisor: Aykan Erdemir, co-advisor Ahmet Gürata).

2002 "Black computers: An Ethnography of Race and Gender in Cyberspace", Senior Thesis by Ayanna Lonian, Department of Social Anthropology, Harvard University (Thesis advisor).

2001 "Jawaiian: An Examination of Reggae Subculture and its Emergence in Hawai'i", Individual Tutorial Paper by Mindy Minyi Chen, Department of Social Anthropology, Harvard University (Advisor).

Conferences Organized

2008 Co-organized (with Michael Kuhn, Tuba Turan, and Sencer Ayata) "Internationalization of Social Sciences and Humanities in Turkey", ESSHRA Working Conference on Internationalisation of Social Sciences and Humanities: How about the Developing Countries? Middle East Technical University, Ankara (9-10 May 2008).

2007 Co-organized (with Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir and Robert Hayden) International Workshop on Competitive Sharing of Religious Sites, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (6-7 October 2007).

2007 Co-organized (with Ali Yaman) International Conference on Alevism in the Process of Transformation, Garip Dede Association, Istanbul (13 May 2007).

2001 Co-organized (with Ali Yaman) Contemporary Alevism Conference, Garip Dede Association, Istanbul (27 May 2001).

Work Experience

2009-present Member of the Bologna Process Coordination Commission, Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ Bologna Eşgüdüm Komisyonu).

2007-present METU Director of GeT MA: the German-Turkish Masters Program in Social Sciences (METU-Humboldt Dual Degree Program).

2007-present METU Chair of the Graduate Program in Comparative Social Sciences (Karşılaştırmalı Sosyal Bilimler Anabilim Dalı).

2005-present Member of the Academic Evaluation and Quality Improvement Comission, Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ Akademik Değerlendirme ve Kalite Geliştirme Kurulu) (since 6 December 2005).

2005-present Deputy Dean of the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara.

2005-2009 Academic Advisor of the Sosyalist Düşünce Topluluğu [Socialist Thought Club], Middle East Technical University, Ankara.

2001-2004 Indexing Assistant for Anthropological Literature at Harvard University, Tozzer Library.

2001-2002 Student Coordinator of the Anthropology Middle East Workshop at the Department of Social Anthropology, Harvard University.

2001 Conducted (with Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir) Youth Writing Workshop at Garip Dede Association, Istanbul (February-June 2001).

2000 Co-directed (with Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir) Veritas: Let Hundered Flowers Bloom, 13 minute documentary on Living Wage Campaign at Harvard University, screened at First Annual Dudley Digital Film Festival (May 13-14, 2000). Click here for the news of the festival at Imagine News.

1999-2002 Co-founder and student coordinator of the Rural and Urban Folklore of Turkey (RUFT) workshop at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

1998-2000 Member of the staff at Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic Review. Worked as the Book Review Editor for Volume 4, Number 1-2.

1997-present Co-editor of the Alevi Bektaşi Research Website. [http://www.alevibektasi.org].

1997 Worked as a researcher-writer for the 1998 editions of Let's Go: Greece & Turkey and Let's Go: Europe.

Board Memberships

2009-present           Member of the Scientific board of the Journal of Alevism-Bektashism Studies.

2008-present           Vice-president, member of the Executive Board, and member of the Scientific Board of Alevi Institute (AL-EN). (since 23 December 2008)

2008-present           Member of the Editorial Board of Migration Letters.

2008-present           Member of the Advisory Board of Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Ekonomik ve Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi.

2008-2009               Vice-president and member of the Executive Board of the Alevi Institute (AL-EN). (23 December 2008-2 November 2009)

2007-2009               Member of the Executive Board of Anadolu Halk İnançlarını Araştırma Derneği [Association for the Research of Anatolian Folk Beliefs]. (31 March 2007-14 Mart 2009)

2007-present           Member of the Editorial Board of Toplum ve Demokrasi.

2006-present           Member of the Advisory Board of Garip Dede Türbesi Koruma Onarma ve Yaşatma Derneği.

2005-present           Member of the Executive Board of Sosyoloji Derneği [Sociological Association of Turkey]. (since April 2005)

2005-present           Member of the Editorial Board of Sosyoloji Araştırmaları Dergisi/Journal of Sociological Research.

2005-present           Member of the Advisory Board of Kırkbudak: Anadolu Halk İnançları Araştırmaları.

2005-present           Member of the Executive Board of the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara.

Media (TV and Radio) Appearances

15 April 2009: YOL TV, Sözün Özü. Topic: Secularism (with Rıza Aydoğmuş and Ali Murat İrat) - rerun on 17 April 2009.

9 April 2009: SU TV, Serçeşmenin Yolu. Topic: Alevi Institute (with Ercan Geçmez and Ergül Şanlı) - reruns on 10 April 2009 and 12 April 2009.

5 January 2009: TRT 1, Nasılsınız. Topic: Alevis and the month of Muharram.

12 April 2008: Cem TV, Gençlerimiz Geleceğimiz. Topic: Alevi youth and politics (with Ayşe Gürocak, Ercan Güvenç, Abbas Bozyel, Esfender Korkmaz, Süleyman Yağız, İbrahim Yiğit)

27 March 2008: Yol TV, Ankara Durağı. Topic: Political crisis in Turkey, discrimination and hate speech against Alevis (with Tayfun Atay, Turan Eser, and Ali Murat Irat)

28 February 2008: Yol TV, Ankara Durağı. Topic: Museumification of Madımak and the Turkish constitution (with Tayfun Atay and Mustafa Şen)

14 February 2008: Yol TV, Ankara Durağı. Topic: Freedom of religion in Turkey. (with Tayfun Atay, Turan Eser, and Mustafa Şen)

2 February 2008: Cem TV, Gençlerimiz Geleceğimiz. Topic: Alevi youth (with Ayşe Gürocak and Ercan Güvenç)

20 January 2008: TRT 2, Habervizyon. Topic: Turkish immigrants (with Mustafa Soykut)

21 December 2007: Yol TV, Ankara Durağı. Topic: State and religion in Turkey (with Ali Murat Irat and Mustafa Şen)

Earlier appearances on: Al Jazeera, Alevilerin Sesi Radyosu, ART, Barış Radyo, BBC, BBC Türkçe, Cem Radyo, Kanaltürk, TRT.

Fellowships Received

Hauser Fellowship for Nonprofit Studies at Kennedy School of Government