I'm an urban planner, a PhD candidate in Urban Planning at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (Istanbul, Turkey) and a research assistant at Istanbul Gelisim University, Fine Arts Faculty, Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Department. I hold a BSc in City and Regional Planning (2015), a MSc Urban Transformation and Planning (2018) from Yıldız Technical University (Istanbul, Turkey). My master thesis is titled: “Airbnb as A Global Factor that Trigger off Gentrification: The Case of Rasimpasa Neighborhood in Kadikoy, Istanbul”.

Also, I took part as a scholarship student undertaking a three-year project has been funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) at Yıldız Technical University between 2018 March-2021 May. The project is titled: Drivers and Scenarios for the Reconfiguration of Historic City Centers: The Case of Beyoglu, Istanbul (Project Number: 117K317). This research project aims to analyze the multi-layered structure of the transformation of Beyoğlu, one of the most important historical city centers of Istanbul, and to reveal concerns and predictions for the future.

My research interests center on the capitalist urbanism, neoliberal urban policies, digitalization, gentrification, touristification, housing issues, platform capitalism, short-term holiday rentals (such as Airbnb) and their impact on the financialization of housing.