On this page, you can find my CV. Also, you can view the CV in the pdf forms below:
Education
- PhD in Linguistics | 2012-2018 – Hacettepe University Department of English Linguistics, Ankara, Türkiye
- Title: Indexing social meaning: Sociophonetic variables and listener perceptions of Turkish
- Advisor: Prof Işıl Özyıldırım
- Research during PhD | 2017 (Jan–Apr) – The University of Edinburgh, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Advisor: Prof Lauren Hall-Lew
- MA in Linguistics | 2009–2012 – Hacettepe University, Department of English Linguistics, Ankara, Türkiye
- Title: An Optimality Theoretical analysis of focus in Turkish
- Advisor: Assoc Prof Emine Yarar
- BA in Linguistics | 2004–2009 – Hacettepe University, Department of English Linguistics, Ankara, Türkiye
Work Experience
- Associate Professor | 2024–present
- Associate professorship awarded by the UAK
- Assistant Professor | 2025–present
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Department of English Linguistics, Ankara, Türkiye - – Vice-head of the Department | 2025-present
- – Department Mevlana Program Coordinator | 2022-present
- – Department Farabi Program Coordinator | 2019-present
- – Academic undergraduate advisor | 2010-2014, 2014-2018, 2021-2025
- Research Assistant | 2010-2025
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Department of English Linguistics, Ankara, Türkiye
Publications & Talks
Editorship
- Associate Editor – Journal of Linguistics Research
- 2019–today
- Associate Editor – Hacettepe University Journal of Faculty of Letters
- 2021–today
- Language Editor – Turkish Librarianship
- 2021–today
- Field Editor – Mersin University Journal of Language and Literature
- 2019 (16/1)
Peer reviewing
- Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi
- Bitig Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi
- Cogent Arts & Humanities
- Dil Dergisi
- Dil ve Edebiyat Dergisi
- Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi
- Söylem Filoloji Dergisi
- Türkbilig
- Turkish Studies
- Women’s Studies International Forum
Projects
Ongoing
- Advisor in TÜBİTAK 2209-A Undergraduate Students Projects | Ölçünlü Türkçenin ünlü formantları – Ali Çağan Kaya
English Title: Vowel formants of standard Turkish
2025–today - Researcher in Hacettepe BAP SHD2023-20716 | 6 Şubat 2023 Depremi sonrasında Suriyelilerin sosyal medya söyleminde ötekileştirilmesi ve içselleştirilmesi
English Title: The othering and internalisation of Syrians in social media discourse following the February 6, 2023 earthquake
2023–today
Completed
- Researcher in TÜBİTAK 1002 | Türkiye medyasında ‘koronafobinin’ söylemsel inşası
English Title: Discursive construction of ‘coronaphobia’ in Turkish media
2021–2022 - Researcher in Hacettepe BAP SHD2020-18895 | Sosyal medya üzerinde Suriyeli sığınmacıların ‘öteki’ olarak savlanması
English Title: The argumentation of Syrian refugees as “other” on social media
2020–2022 - Researcher in Hacettepe BAP PhD Project SDK-2016-12703 | Toplumsal anlamı dizinleme: Toplumsesbilgisel değişkenler ve Türkçe üzerindeki dinleyici algısı
English Title: Indexing social meaning: Sociophonetic variables and listener perceptions of Turkish
2018-2020
Conferences & Workshops Organising
- 2022 – 15th National Student Conference on Turkish Linguistics – (9-10 April 2022), Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye.
- 2021 – 14th National Student Conference on Turkish Linguistics – (8-9 May 2021), Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye
- 2019 – Sign Language Workshop – (16 May 2019), Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye
- 2017 – Language and Society Workshop – (27 April 2017), Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye
- 2016 – Psycholinguistics Workshop – (19 April 2016), Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye
- 2015 – Cognitive Linguistics Workshop – (5 May 2015), Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye
- 2014 – Forensic Linguistics Workshop – (28 April 2014), Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye
- 2013 – 27th National Conference on Turkish Linguistics – (2-4 May 2013), Hacettepe University, Antalya, Türkiye
Teaching
- Visit the Teaching page for current and past courses.
Research Interests
- Sociolinguistics
- Language variation and change
- Language ideology
- Phonology
Other
- Dilbilim Derneği (En. Turkish Linguistics Association) – Member
- 2015–today
- Kırmızı Mavi Karabük Spor Kültürü Derneği (En. Kırmızı Mavi Karabük Sports Culture Association) – Founding member, President
- 2017-today
- Kardemir Karabük Sports Club – Member
- 2015-today
- Football Supporters Europe – Member
- 2016-today
- Hacettepe University Faculty of Education Certificate of English Language Teaching
- 2008
- TOSFED Turkish Automobile Sports Federation, Marshall B
- 2005-2009