Project Team

Project Manager
Prof. Dr. Mustafa ŞAHİN
He was born in Bergama. He completed his primary and secondary education in Bergama. He started the department of History Education at Uludağ University. He completed his master's and doctorate degrees at Dokuz Eylül University on Educational Policies of the Republican Period. He continued his post-doctoral research as a visiting scholar in 2005-2006 and in 2014-2016 as a postdoctoral at University of Wisconsin Madison in the USA in the field of Comparative Education and Educational Policies. He published numerous Turkish and English books, book chapters and articles covering topics such as educational policies, foreign experts, teacher training, school buildings, and the theoretical foundations of social studies. He worked as an executive, consultant and researcher in the European Union, SRP (tr. BAP), Ministry of National Education and TUBITAK funded projects.

Researcher
Prof. Dr. Alev Sinar UĞURLU
She was born in Istanbul. She received her bachelor’s degree in Turkish Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 1988, her master’s degree in New Turkish Literature Department, Social Sciences Institute in 1990, and her doctorate degree in New Turkish Literature Department, Turkic Studies Institute in 1995 from Marmara University. She worked as a lecturer at Atatürk Education Faculty, Marmara University between 1989-1996. In 1996, she was appointed as an assistant professor to the Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Uludağ University. She became associate professor in 2002 and professor in 2009. She continues her academic studies in the fields of literary sociology, education-literature and children's literature. She has seven published books, various book chapters, articles and papers.

Researcher
Prof. Dr. Çınla ŞEKER
She completed her undergraduate education (1994-1998) in the field of Fine Arts Education at Dokuz Eylul University. She received her master's degree in painting from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. She completed her doctorate education at Painting Teaching Program, Institute of Education, Dokuz Eylül University. She still carries out her administrative duties such as the head of Dokuz Eylül University Fine Arts Education Department, University Executive Board Member, Erasmus and Farabi Program Institutional Coordinator. She has various national and international publications in fields such as Multi-Field Art Education, Graphic Design, Representation of Women in Art, and Turkish Painting. Today, she continues her academic activities at Fine Arts Education Department, Buca Education Faculty, Dokuz Eylul University.

Researcher
Assoc. Dr. Gülsüm Songül ERCAN
After completing her undergraduate education at English Language Teaching Department, Buca Education Faculty, Dokuz Eylül University, she worked as a teacher at various institutions and as an English instructor at Dokuz Eylül University. Later, she started to work at the Department of Linguistics of the same university, where she is still a faculty member. She completed her master’s thesis on language and gender relationship; her doctoral thesis on causality in historical texts at the department of General Linguistics, Dokuz Eylül University. Her areas of interest are sociolinguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, and gender and language relations. Related to these fields, she has papers presented in national and international conferences, articles, book chapters, a book, scientific research projects in which she took part as an executive and researcher.

Researcher
Assoc. Dr. Levent YILMAZ
He was born in 1978 in İzmir. He got his bachelor’s degree in Department of Public Administration from Dokuz Eylül University. While doing his master’s degree in the field of Public Administration, he started to work at the department of Public Administration, Politics and Social Sciences Faculty, where he is still a faculty member. He completed his doctorate degree in the study field of the Republic of Turkey. He became a doctoral lecturer in 2011 and an associate professor in 2021. He has various articles, book chapters and papers published on political science, public administration, Turkish political life and similar subjects.

Researcher
Assoc. Dr. Tuba ACAR ERDOL
She was born in Eskişehir. She completed her primary and secondary education in Eskişehir. She completed her undergraduate education at Çukurova University, Department of Turkish and Social Sciences Education between 2002-2008; her master's degree at Hacettepe University, Institute of Social Sciences, in the field of "Educational Curriculum and Instruction". Meanwhile, she completed her undergraduate education at Anadolu University Open Education Faculty, Department of Sociology. He completed her doctorate degree in Ankara University in the field of Curriculum Development in Education. Her books, book chapters and articles have been published in study fields such as Gender Equality, Education Programs, Educational Philosophy, Educational Systems. She took part in scientific research projects supported by Higher Education Institutions and Tubitak and continues to do so. Today, she continues her academic activities as an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Ordu University.

Researcher
Assist. Prof. Hamide KILIÇ
She was born and raised in Ordu. In 2011, she completed the undergraduate programs of Hasan Âli Yücel Education Faculty, Social Studies Teaching and Turkish Language Teaching at Istanbul University. She completed her master's degree in 2014 and her doctorate in 2021 in Social Studies Education at the same university. In 2019, she worked as a visiting researcher at the Georg Eckert Textbooks Institute within the scope of CoHE International Doctorate Scholarship. She worked as a research assistant at Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Education between 2013-2014 and at Istanbul University Hasan Ali Yücel Faculty of Education between 2014-2021. Today, she is working as an assistant professor at Manisa Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Education. Meantime, she works in various projects supported by the EU and TUBITAK and continues her studies in the fields of textbooks, identity, discourse analysis, history of education and history education.

Researcher
Assist. Prof. Hülya GÖLGESİZ
She graduated from Dokuz Eylul University, Buca Education Faculty, History Teaching Department. She completed her master's degree in history education at the same university. She completed her doctorate at Dokuz Eylül University, Atatürk Principles and Revolution History Institute and specialized on the field of daily life in İzmir in the 1950s. Dr. Gölgesiz, whose doctoral thesis was published as a book under the name of "İzmir in the 1950s" has publications on the history of Izmir. She worked as a history teacher in schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education for many years, and took part in various national and international projects as well as working as a project consultant. Since 2016, she has been working as a faculty member at Ege University, Faculty of Education, Department of Social Studies Teaching, and continues her studies in the fields of history education, education history and social studies teaching.

Project Assistant
Dr. Özge KARAKUŞ DEMİRCİ
She was born and raised in Mersin. After completing her undergraduate education in Ankara University, Department of PCG, she worked as a psychological counselor in different state institutions affiliated to the Ministry of National Education for five years. She completed her master's degree in Educational Psychology at Bristol University, where she went as a Ministry of National Education (tr. MEB-YLSY) scholarship holder in 2013; her doctorate degree in Curriculum and Instruction at METU, in 2022. She graduated from the Department of Education and Teaching. Her studies focus on citizenship education, diversity and inclusive education, human rights and democracy education, gender, education of refugee children, critical pedagogy, critical discourse analysis, philosophy with children. She works as an expert in various projects on topics such as democratic citizenship and intercultural education. She is also a facilitator of philosophy with children and communities.

Project Assistant
Instr. Özgül BAŞARAN
She received her BA in English Language Teaching from Middle East Technical University in 2014. She completed her master's degree in General Linguistics at Dokuz Eylül University, in 2019 and continues her doctorate education in the same department. She worked as a Comenius language assistant at a primary school in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2013, and as an English instructor at İzmir A.V.S. of Higher Education, University of Turkish Aeronautical Association between 2014-2016. Since 2016, she has been teaching at the school of Foreign Languages, in İzmir Institute of Technology.

Project Assistant
Instr. Özgül BAŞARAN
She was born in Adıyaman. She completed her primary and secondary education in Adıyaman. After completing her undergraduate education at Adıyaman University, Department of History, she completed her master's degree at the same university in the history department with the thesis of "Dukakin According to the Tahrir Book No. 499 (2015-2018)". She continues her doctorate education in the same university with her thesis titled “The Image of Women in the Early Republican Period Primary Education Textbooks” in the history department of the same university. She has taken part in various papers, presentations and symposiums and her article has been published.

Project Assistant
Ebru KAYA
She was born in Ankara. She completed her primary and secondary education in Ankara. She started her undergraduate education at Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Department of German Language and Literature. Between 2013-2014, she studied at the University of Bremen in Germany for a year in the department of German Studies. She received Pedagogical Formation training at Ankara University, Faculty of Education in 2015-2016. She completed her master's degree at Ankara University, Turkish Revolution History Institute and continues his doctoral studies at the same university. Continuing her studies on Turkish-German Relations, Political History, History of the Press and Foreign Policy, the author is also a PhD Scholar of the Turkish Historical Society in the field of History of the Republic of Turkey.

Project Assistant
Nur Banu ELBÜKEN
She was born in Istanbul in 1995. She completed his primary education in Ankara and secondary education in Izmir and graduated from Izmir Private Tevfik Fikret Anatolian High School in 2015. She received her bachelor’s degree from Eastern Mediterranean University in the department of Public Relations and Advertising in 2020. In the same year, she started Yaşar University Communication master's program and completed it in 2022 with her thesis titled "Strategic health communication during Covid-19 outbreak in Turkey: Social media use of Turkish Ministry of Health". She is currently continuing her doctoral education, which she started in September 2022 at Dokuz Eylül University, in the department of Women and Family Studies.

Project Assistant
Nurgül ÜNLÜCÖMERT
She was born in Izmir. She completed her primary and secondary education in Izmir. She completed his undergraduate education at Dokuz Eylül University Turkish Education Department in 2004. In the same year, she started teaching in a state school in Mersin as a Turkish teacher. She graduated from the master's program in Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language at Dokuz Eylül University in 2010. In 2022, she started her doctorate in the Department of Turkish Education at Dokuz Eylül University. She received training on e-content development, educational scenario creation, and question preparation for secondary school course content. She attended draft book review seminars organized by the Board of Education and Discipline and was appointed as a language editor and field expert in book review commissions. She organized the science fair as the project manager of TÜBİTAK 4006 Science Fair. Besides having work on creative writing and reading, she also has two books titled "Dream Writers", which she prepared with her students. She has been working as a Turkish teacher in Izmir, Urla since 2010.

Project Assistant
Uğur YILMAZ
He was born in Diyarbakır. He completed his primary and secondary education in Diyarbakır. He completed his undergraduate education at Dicle University, Faculty of Letters, Department of History. He completed his master's degree in the field of History of the Republic of Turkey in the joint program of Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University and Atatürk University. He continues his doctoral studies in Ankara University, Institute of Turkish Revolution History, in the field of Atatürk's Principles and History of Revolution. He speaks Persian and English and continues his studies on the Middle East, especially Iran. He’s also published national and international book chapters and articles.

Project Assistant
Arzum TAŞDELEN
She completed her primary and secondary education in Mersin and İzmir. She received her bachelor’s degree in the department of Social Studies Teaching from Ege University, Faculty of Education between 2015-2019. She is currently continuing her postgraduate education at Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Educational Sciences, Department of Social Studies Education. Her interests include social studies education, textbooks, gender and women's studies. In these fields, she has co-authored articles and papers.

Project Assistant
Ayşe Ece ŞAHİN
She was born in Antalya in 1999. He completed her primary and secondary education in Antalya and her undergraduate education in teaching social studies at Ege University in 2021. She started his master's degree in social studies education at Dokuz Eylül University in 2023. She worked as a social studies teacher in various organizations and volunteered at the Community Volunteers Foundation (TOG).

Project Assistant
Emine UYSAL
She was born in Mersin in 2000. She completed her primary and secondary education in Mersin. She completed her undergraduate education at Dokuz Eylül University Social Studies Teaching Department between 2018-2022. She is currently continuing her master's degree at Dokuz Eylül University Social Studies Education. Her areas of interest include women's studies, social inequality, disadvantaged groups, politics and equal opportunities in education. She has certificates in various fields.

Project Assistant
Sedanur GİLEY
She was born in 1999 in Izmir. She completed her primary and secondary education in İzmir. She completed her undergraduate education at Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Turkish and Social Studies Education, in 2021. At the same year, she started her master’s degree and still continues her master's education at Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Educational Sciences, in the field of Social Studies Education. She worked as a volunteer and project coordinator in charitable foundations and organizations such as Community Volunteers Foundation, Genç İzmir and Kızılay. She has various trainings and certificates approved by the Ministry of National Education.

Project Assistant
Sevim ERDAL
Afyonkarahisar’da doğdu. İlk ve ortaöğrenimini Afyonkarahisar’ da tamamladı. Liseden okul birincisi olarak mezun oldu. Lisans eğitimini 2020-2024 yılları arasında Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Buca eğitim fakültesi Sosyal bilgiler öğretmenliğinde tamamladı. Aynı yıl Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Eğitim bilimleri Enstitüsü Sosyal bilgiler öğretmenliği yüksek lisans programını kazandı. Şuanda yüksek lisans eğitimine devam etmektedir. İlgi alanları arasında sosyal bilgiler eğitimi, öğretim programları, ders kitapları, kadın çalışmaları, toplumsal eşitsizlik gibi konular gelmektedir.

Project Assistant
Zeynep ARICA
She was born in Malatya in 1995. She completed her primary and secondary education in Malatya. She completed her undergraduate education at İnönü University in the field of Information and Instructional Technologies Education, in 2018. She started her master's degree in the field of Educational Sciences, Information and Instructional Technologies Instructor at İnönü University, in 2022. She worked as a computer teacher in various institutions and organizations

Project Assistant
Fatma Sultan YILMAZ
She was born in Malatya in 1995. She completed her primary and secondary education in Malatya. She completed her undergraduate education at İnönü University in the field of Information and Instructional Technologies Education, in 2018. She started her master's degree in the field of Educational Sciences, Information and Instructional Technologies Instructor at İnönü University, in 2022. She worked as a computer teacher in various institutions and organizations

Advisor
Prof. Dr. Diğdem Müge SİYEZ
She completed her undergraduate degree in 1998, her master's degree in 2003 and her doctorate degree in 2006 at the department of Guidance and Psychological Counseling at Dokuz Eylül University. After getting her bachelor’s degree, she worked as a psychological counselor in the institutions affiliated to the Ministry of National Education. She got the title of associate professor in 2010 and professor in 2015 at Dokuz Eylül University, where she started working in 2003. She still serves as the head of faculty and head of department and carries out her academic studies in the same department. She has various national and international publications on the topics related to problematic behaviors in adolescents, preventive psychological counseling and guidance, career counseling and solution-oriented counseling. She is married with a child.