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Dr. Dalal Bajes, Visiting Researcher at our University’s Department of Sociology, presented her paper titled “The Rhythms of Resistance in Palestine” at an international conference held in Hannover, Germany.

In collaboration with Başakşehir Social Services, our university’s Department of Sociology organized an event titled “On the Values That Strengthen Family Ties.”

As part of the “Sociology Talks” series organized by the Department of Sociology at our university, Visiting Professor Prof. Mücahit Bilici delivered a presentation titled “Islam's American Frontiers: The Making of a Halal Homeland.”

Our Sociology Department faculty member, Prof. Alev Erkilet, has published a book chapter titled “Dünyada ve Türkiye’de Toplumsal Cinsiyet Tartışmaları” (Gender Debates in the World and in Turkey.)

Mariam Agha, a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at Ibn Haldun University, presented her research at three major international conferences in 2025: the BRISMES 2025 Annual Conference (Newcastle), the 22nd IMISCOE Annual Conference (Paris), and the 2025 Migration Conference (London).

Research Assistant Yunus Yeşil and our Master’s students Feyza Kargılı and Hilal Aktaş from the Department of Sociology presented their papers at the National Sociology Congress.

Our Sociology PhD Candidate Nesibe Demir entitled “Compromise, Conflict and Bargaining: The Politics of Living a ‘Nonreligious’ Life in Türkiye” has been published in the Üsküdar University Journal of Social Sciences.

Our Sociology Department PhD Candidate Nesibe Demir presented a paper at the 50th Annual Conference of the British Sociological Association – Sociology of Religion (SocRel) that was held in Durham/UK.

Tesnim Khriji, a faculty member of our university’s Department of Sociology, has published her article titled “Macro-Level Drivers of Violent Extremism in Tunisia” in the Journal of Regional Security.

The third event of the Erasmus+ KA210 project titled “Overcome Learning and Teaching a Foreign Language Barrier for Differently Abled Students (A New Language, A New World),” conducted by our PhD students from the Department of Sociology, was successfully held.

Our PhD student Dalal Bajes Salem successfully defended her dissertation on Palestinian student movements before the jury, marking the first doctoral dissertation defense in our Department of Sociology.

Conducted by our Department of Sociology and presented with the participation of Istanbul Governor Davut Gül, the research revealed the diverse future plans and socialization dynamics of registered and unregistered migrants living in Istanbul.

The master’s thesis of our Sociology PhD candidate, Abdirashid Diriye Kalmoy, has been published as a book by İBER Academy Publications.

The book review written by our Sociology PhD candidate, Muhammad Yusoph Ramos, has been published in RELACES, one of Latin America’s leading academic journals.

The findings of the research project titled “Transitory, Temporary, and Permanent Lives in Istanbul: Diverse Future Plans and Socialization Dynamics of Registered and Unregistered Migrants”, conducted under the School of Sociology at Ibn Haldun University, were presented at the International Sociological Association (ISA) Congress.

The master’s thesis titled “Archaeology of De-Democratization: Mobilizing the Pharaonic Past in Post-2013 Counterrevolutionary Egypt” by Rahime Seyit (Rahma Waleed), a graduate of the Master’s Program in Sociology at Ibn Haldun University, is being published as a book by Ibn Haldun University Press.

The master's thesis titled "Religion, Memory, and Sense of Belonging: The Tradition of Memorization of the Qur’an in Turkey (1923–1950)" by Büşra Coşkun, a graduate of the Master's Program in Sociology at Ibn Haldun University, is being published as a book by Ibn Haldun University Press.

Our Sociology Department master's student Feyza Kargılı co-authored the article titled “Professional or Tradesman? The Professional Pendulum in Pharmacy,” which has been published in the ITICU Journal of Social Sciences.

Our PhD student Bilal Salaam delivered a presentation titled “De-Zionization and Radical Islamophilia: Towards Muslim Sovereignty” at the 4th International Conference on Critical Muslim Studies.

Our students in the Sociology program, Heba Enajah and Rümeysa Merve Koç, shared the preliminary findings of their project titled “A Study on Religious Migration from Western Countries to Istanbul” with participants at the conference held at the University of Cambridge.

Our student Bushra Turk’s article, which addresses the discrimination faced by headscarved teachers in private education, has been published in an international academic journal.

At the conclusion of the 4th Sociology Days Student Research Symposium, awards were presented to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students who delivered the best presentations in their respective categories.

Our Sociology Department PhD student Mushtaq Ahmad Wani has been accepted as a Researcher in a TÜBİTAK-funded research project examining the relationship between religion and human experience in the context of the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes.

Organized by the Department of Sociology at our university, the 4th Sociology Days Student Research Symposium addressed issues of social inequality and strategies of resistance from a multidimensional perspective under the theme “Oppressed Bodies, Resistance and Resilience.”