Hacettepe University Department of English Linguistics
Title: Indexing social meaning: Sociophonetic variables and listener perceptions of Turkish |
Advisor: Prof Dr Işıl Özyıldırım
Research during PhD | 2017 (January - April)
The University of Edinburgh, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Edinburgh, Scotland
Advisor: Dr Lauren Hall-Lew
MA in Linguistics | 2009-2012
Hacettepe University Department of English Linguistics
Title: An Optimality Theoretical analysis of focus in Turkish |
Advisor: Assoc Prof Dr Emine Yarar
BA in Linguistics | 2004-2009
Hacettepe University Department of English Linguistics
Work Experience
Associate Professor | 2024-today
Associate Professorship awarded by the UAK
Assistant Professor | 2025-today
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Department of English Linguistics
Department Farabi Program Coordinator | 2019-today
Researcher in Türkiye medyasında 'koronafobinin' söylemsel inşası - TÜBİTAK 1002 (2020 - today) (English title: Discursive construction of 'coronafobia' in Turkish media)
Researcher in Suriyeli sığınmacıların 'öteki' olarak savlanması - Hacettepe BAP-SHD (2020 - today) (English title: Argumentation of Syrian refugees as 'other' on social media)
Researcher in Indexing social meaning: Sociophonetic variables and listener perceptions of Turkish - Hacettepe BAP PhD Dissertation Project SDK-2016-12703 (2016 - 2017)
Researcher in Revising the contents and methods of IDB163-263 Phonetics and Phonology I and II courses in the framework of contemporary linguistic trends - Hacettepe BAP-2355 (2015 - 2016)
Conferences & Workshops Organising
2022 – 15th National Student Conference on Turkish Linguistics – (9-10 April 2022), Ankara, Hacettepe University, Türkiye.
2021 - 14th National Student Conference on Turkish Linguistics - (8-9 May 2021), Ankara, Hacettepe University, Türkiye
2019 - Sign Language Workshop - (16 May 2019), Ankara, Hacettepe University, Türkiye
2017 - Language and Society Workshop - (27 April 2017), Ankara, Hacettepe University, Türkiye
2016 - Psycholinguistics Workshop - (19 April 2016), Ankara, Hacettepe University, Türkiye
2015 - Cognitive Linguistics Workshop - (5 May 2015), Ankara, Hacettepe University, Türkiye
2014 - Forensic Linguistics Workshop - (28 April 2014), Ankara, Hacettepe University, Türkiye
2013 - 27th National Conference on Turkish Linguistics - (2-4 May 2013), Antalya, Hacettepe University, Türkiye
Courses Given
IDB115 - Language and Communication
IDB116 - Languages of the World
IDB153 - Grammatical Analysis
IDB157 - Introduction to Linguistics
IDB164 - Phonetics & Phonology I
IDB215 - Research Methods
IDB263 - Phonetics & Phonology II
IDB284 - Semantics I
IDB396 - Anthropological Linguistics
IDB483 - Methods in Sociolinguistics
IDB484 - Stylistics
Research Interests
Language variation
Language change
Speech perception
Language ideology
Other
Turkish Linguistics Association - Member (2015 - today)
Kardemir Karabük Sports Club - Member (2015 - today)
Football Supporters Europe - Member (2016 - today)
Kırmızı Mavi Karabük Sports Culture Association - Founding member & President (2017 - today)
Hacettepe University Faculty of Education Certificate of English Language Teaching (October 2007 - May 2008)
TOSFED Turkish Automobile Sports Federation, Marshall B (2005 - 2009)