Research Projects
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS CONDUCTED BY FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
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Project Name |
Project Lead |
Start Date |
End Date |
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Technology Usage Trends Among Metropolitan Youth |
Prof. Ali Ergur |
June 30, 2008 |
June 30, 2009 |
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A New Actor in the Public Sphere: The Female Preacher |
Prof. İpek Merçil |
October 5, 2008 |
April 5, 2012 |
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Occidentalist Modernization and Islam in Postcolonial Turkey |
Assoc. Prof. Buket Türkmen |
March 27, 2009 |
March 27, 2013 |
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Modernization Tendencies among Economic Elites in Turkey |
Prof. Ali Ergur |
November 2, 2009 |
November 2, 2012 |
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Changing Marriage Strategies in Turkey |
Assoc. Prof. Feyza Ak Akyol |
March 15, 2010 |
March 15, 2014 |
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Crimes Committed in the Name of Honour |
Prof. İpek Merçil |
June 15, 2010 |
June 15, 2014 |
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Do Muslim Entrepreneurs Have a Distinctive Business Ethics? The Cases of Iran and Turkey |
Assoc. Prof. Cem Özatalay |
April 1, 2011 |
December 1, 2013 |
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Economic Growth, Spatial Transformation, and the Rise of the Middle Class: The Cases of Tekirdağ, Gaziantep, Kayseri, and Denizli |
Prof. Didem Danış |
June 1, 2011 |
June 1, 2014 |
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Female Criminality and Being a Woman in Prison in Turkey |
Prof. İpek Merçil |
December 8, 2011 |
December 8, 2015 |
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Criminal Justice and Its Actors I: Judges Working in Juvenile Courts |
Assoc. Prof. Verda İrtiş |
December 8, 2011 |
December 8, 2014 |
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The Solidaristic Individual and New Social Movements: The Formation of the New Female Subject in Turkey |
Assoc. Prof. Buket Türkmen |
January 30, 2014 |
January 30, 2017 |
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The Formation and Structure of the Contemporary Art Market in Turkey |
Assoc. Prof. Cem Özatalay |
September 30, 2014 |
September 30, 2017 |
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The Transformation of Public Factories in the Context of Neoliberal Urbanization |
Assoc. Prof. Didem Danış |
October 1, 2014 |
October 1, 2017 |
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Modernization Trends in Turkish Classical Music: A Sociological Analysis of the Dârülelhan Experience |
Prof. Ali Ergur |
March 2, 2015 |
March 2, 2017 |
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A Sociological Study of the Probation System |
Prof. İpek Merçil |
May 27, 2015 |
May 27, 2018 |
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Values and Inequalities in Education |
Assoc. Prof. Feyza Ak Akyol |
May 27, 2015 |
May 27, 2018 |
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Law and the Production of Justice: Court Interactions (I) |
Assoc. Prof. Verda İrtiş |
September 30, 2015 |
September 30, 2018 |
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New Migration Movements, Actors, and Policies in Turkey |
Prof. Didem Danış |
March 14, 2016 |
March 14, 2018 |
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Changing Square Movements and New Political Subjects |
Assoc. Prof. Verda İrtiş |
August 30, 2016 |
August 30, 2018 |
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Civil Society in Migration Management |
Prof. Didem Danış |
May 31, 2017 |
May 31, 2019 |
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A Study on the Status of Senior Female Executives in Large Companies in Turkey |
Assoc. Prof. Feyza Ak Akyol |
September 27, 2018 |
September 27, 2020 |
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The Formation of Female and Male Identities along the Axis of Gender and the Processes of Legitimation of Violence |
Prof. İpek Merçil |
January 1, 2019 |
January 1, 2022 |
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Neoliberalism and Authoritarianization |
Assoc. Prof. Cem Özatalay |
November 23, 2020 |
May 23, 2023 |
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Rethinking the Rural in the Context of Changing Socio-Spatial Relations and Migration |
Prof. Didem Danış |
March 28, 2022 |
September 30, 2024 |
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Touristic Gentrification in Istanbul |
Prof. Didem Danış |
March 26, 2024 |
March 26, 2026 |
OTHER RESEARCH PROJECTS CONDUCTED BY FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
- Didem Danış, “Solidarity And (As) The New Abolitionism. Collective Knowledge For Debordering EU-Rope” (SOLROUTES) ERC Project 101053836 – Coordinator: Luca Palmas (University of Genoa). 2023–2026.
- Didem Danış, “The Effects of Overseas Voting Practices on Migrant Groups: Turks in Strasbourg,” a research project supported by the Consortium. 2023. (Coordinator and Researcher).
- Didem Danış, “An Assessment of Civil Society Experiences on the Tenth Anniversary of Migration from Syria.” Research project conducted by the Association for Migration Research (GAR), coordinated by Dr. Besim Can Zırh and Dr. Esra Demirkol Colosio, 2022. (Researcher).
- Didem Danış, “Municipal assessment project to support local municipalities’ capacity in migration governance to bring rights-based and sustainable solutions to displacement”. Project conducted by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, funded by UNHCR. Sept. 2020 – Feb. 2021. (Consultant)
- Julie Alev Dilmaç and Cem Özatalay (ongoing), with Velislava Petrova, “How to Think about ‘Living Together’ and Inclusion in Fragmented Societies in Crisis? Comparative Studies (Bulgaria–Turkey).” Collaborative research project supported by AUF and the Consortium of Galatasaray University.
- Cem Özatalay, Researcher in the ANR Calot research project entitled “The Consequences of Forced Loyalty.” https://triangle.ens-lyon.fr/spip.php?article9465
- Cem Özatalay, Member of the international cooperation project supported and funded by the Consortium for the Support of Galatasaray University. Project title: “Student Mobility between France and Turkey: An Assessment of the Erasmus Programme.” 2018–2019.
- Cem Özatalay (with Seçil Doğuç), “Perceptions of Discrimination in Turkey: Types, Perpetrators, and Dimensions.” Field research conducted within the framework of an EU-supported project by the Association for Monitoring Equal Rights (ESHİD), 2018–2019. Role: Principal Investigator.
- Cem Özatalay, Member of the international research project “Spaces, Networks and Circulations: The Reconfigurations of Politics in Turkey” (POLTUR), supported and funded by the City of Paris, 2016–2019.
- Merçil, İpek. Women in the Prisons of the 12 September Period. (2021)
- Merçil, İpek. Women Football Fans: Can We Speak of a Fan Culture Specific to Women? (2024)