PhD Vienna University of Technology, 2010
MSc LA Ankara University, 2004
BSc LA Ankara University, 2001
Trans-disciplinary Research in “Culture and the City”, Urban Future Program, Non-degree
Diploma, Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany-Blekinge Institute of Technology Karlskrona, Sweden, 2007
Attended to graduate Urban Design courses at Middle East Technical University, 2001-2004
Major Emphases:
Urban Design
Contemporary Theories of Landscape, Architecture and Urbanism
Cultural Landscape, Landscape Theory, Semiotics and Aesthetics
Social, Cultural and Political Context of Planning and Design
Trans-disciplinary Research
Critical Theory, Philosophy
Publications and Activities:
“Theory and Practice of Landscape as Politics” CELA. 2011. Los Angeles, CA
“Cultural Landscapes as the Complex Meta-Texts of Clashing Metaphors: a critical perspective”. ECLAS.2010. Istanbul (co-authors: Stiles, R. and Hellström-Reimer, M.)
“Theoretical Debates on Landscape for Critical Urbanism: Playing in the “Semiological Field”. International Planning History Society Conference.2010. Istanbul
“Dialogues of Kitsch and Modern Landscapes in City: Reading Cultural Landscapes for Design”, Chapter in
Edited Book, City and Culture by Frank Eckardt and Louise Nyström, Verlag Publishing, Berlin (2009) ISBN 978-3-8305-1640-8
Awards:
Honorable Mention in Dogukent Urban Spaces Competition, Ankara, 2002
Honorable Mention in Golbasi Nature Park Design Competition, Turkish Ministry of Environment, 2001