Curriculum Vitae

Current position

Since January 2000
Ph.D. candidate at the Max-Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology,
Halle/Saale, and the Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg

Education

1999
MA in Sociology at the University of Cologne, Germany, with a thesis on “Identity and life perspectives among second generation female Turkish migrants in Germany". Supervisor: Prof. Jürgen Friedrichs

1991
BS in Sociology at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey

Fieldwork

Uzbekistan: Ongoing since 2000
Kazakstan: 1999, 2002
Germany: 1998 – 1999
Turkey: 1990 – 1991

Languages

Turkish (native speaker), German, English, Uzbek, Tajik

Professional affiliations

The European Society for Central Asia Studies (ESCAS)
The German Anthropological Association (DGV)