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Abdirashid Diriye Kalmoy

BA: Political Science and Public Administration, Hacettepe University
MA: Sociology, Ibn Haldun University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ramazan Aras
Email Address: abdirashid.kalmoy@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Social Theory, Political Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Knowledge, Phenomenology, Sufism, Comparative Spirituality, Somali Studies, Borders, Civil Wars and Insurgency, Sociology of Literature & Music

Ayesha Syed

BA: Social Science, Kinnaird College for Women University
MA: Philosophy, University of the Punjab
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ramazan Aras
Email Address: ayesha.syed@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Political Sociology, Gender Power Dynamics, Modernity and Postmodernity, Governance and Social Policy, Sociology of Media, Decolonial Studies, Critical Theory, Islamic Movements

Ayşe Doruk

BA: Sociology, Anadolu University
MA: Sociology, Maltepe Universıty
Danışman: TBA
Email Address: ayse.doruk@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: 

Betül Tozlu

BA: Sociology, Marmara University
MA: Sociology, Ibn Haldun University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alev Erkilet
Email Address: betul.tozlu@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Anthropology of Emotions, Space and Place, Media Studies, Digitalisation and Virtual Spaces, Religion and Non-religion

Bilal Salaam

BAEnglish, Morgan State University
MA: Historiography, Rutgers University; Pedagogy, Rutgers University
Supervisor: Prof. Ramazan Aras
Email: bilal.salaam@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research InterestTasawwuf, Futuwwah, Javanmardi, Sodality,  Existentialism, Phenomenology, Sociopolitics, Post-Westernism, Transnationalism, Islamicism,  Akhism, Critical Gender Theory, Multiplexity

Büşra Coşkun

BA: Sociology, Marmara University
MA: Sociology, Ibn Haldun University
Supervisor: TBA
Email Address: busra.coskun@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Religion, Identity, Sociology of Space and Place, Migration.

Çiğdem Yaramışlı

BA: Sociology, Abant İzzet Baysal University
MA: Sociology, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University
Supervisor: TBA
Email Address: cigdem.yaramisli@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest:
Environmental History, Islamism, Kurdish Question, Migration, New Media, Gender.

Dalal Bajes Salem

BA: Arabic Language and Literature, Birzeit University
MA: International Studies, Birzeit University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alev Erkilet
Email Address: dalal.salem@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Social Movements, Women Studies, Student Movements, Political Drama, Political Socialization, Music and Politics

El-Shahid Elmokhtar Ahmed

BA: Political Science and International Relations, Ibn Haldun University
MA: Transnational Governance, European University Institute
Supervisor: TBA
Email Address: elshahid.ahmed@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Political Sociology, Sociology of Sports, Social Change, Social Movements

Ensar Kül

BA: Anthropology, Mardin Artuklu University
MA: Cultural Studies, Istanbul Bilgi University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ramazan Aras
Email Address: ensar.kul@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Linguistic Anthropology, Modernism, Kurdish Studies, Postcolonialism, Nationalism and Identity, Comparative Literature.

Hatice Sıla Öztürk

BA: Sociology, Istanbul Şehir University
MA: Sociology, Boğaziçi University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ramazan Aras
Email Address: sila.ozturk@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Gender Sociology, Sexuality, Anthropology of Emotions

Hüseyin Dağ

BA: Anthropology, Mardin Artuklu University
MA: Religious Studies, Ibn Haldun University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Irfan Ahmad
Email Address: huseyin.dag@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Sociology of Religion, Identity, Religious Conversion, Political Sociology

Hüsna Zülfikar

BA: Sociology, Boğaziçi University
MA: Sociology, Istanbul Şehir University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ramazan Aras
Email Address: husna.zulfikar@ibnhaldun.edu.tr
Research Interest: Microsociology, Cultural Anthropology, Phenomenology, Narrative Analysis, Everyday Life  Sociology, Ethnography, Phenomenology, Religious Ceremonies.

Imren Turner

BA: Turkish Language and Literature, Çukurova University
MA: Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University
Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Tesnim Khriji
Email Address: imren.turner@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Sociology of Medicine, Anthropology of Islam

Lina Shamy

BA: Architecture and Urban Planning, Aleppo University
MA: Political Science and International Relations, Ibn Haldun University
Supervisor: TBA
Email Address: lina.shamy@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Urban spaces and contentious actions in Syria; urban spaces and collective contentious actions (such as demonstrations, protests, insurgency, etc.).

Mariam Agha

BA: Anthropology, The American University in Cairo
MA: Sociology, Ibn Haldun University
SupervisorAssist. Prof. Tesnim Khriji
Email Address: mariam.agha@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research InterestExiled artists living in Istanbul; the relationship between art, political affectivity, and subjectivity formation in exile through an ethnographic study of Egyptian and Syrian filmmakers and visual artists. Keywords: Diasporas, exile, art, visual anthropology, anthropology of emotions, affect, subjectivity, potentiality.

Melahat Göktaş

BA: Anthropology, Mardin Artuklu University
MA: Cultural Studies, Istanbul Bilgi University
Supervisor: Prof. Ramazan Aras
Email Address: melahat.goktas@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Modernization, Postmodern theory, Comparative Literature, Kurdish Literature, Postcolonialism, Kurdish Studies, Gender, Anthropology of the State, Natioanlism

Meyreme Oğuz Kantekin

BA: Sociology, Abant İzzet Baysal University
MA: Institute of Middle East and Islamic Countries, Marmara University
Supervisor: TBA
Email Address: meyreme.kantekin@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Ahıska Turks, Identity, Identity Construction, Migration, Sociology of the Body

Merve Reyhan Ekinci

BA: Theology, Harran University
MA: Religious Studies, Ibn Haldun University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alev Erkilet
Email Address: reyhan.ekinci@ibnhaldun.edu.tr
Research Interest: Immigration, Anti-immigration, Xenophobia, Othering, Ethnic Diversity and Culture, Identity, Welfare State, Border, Qualitative Research Methods, Political Sociology, Social Psychology

Muhammad Yusoph Ramos

BA: Medical Technology, Mindanao Sanitarium and Hospital College
MA: Civilization Studies, Ibn Haldun University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ramazan Aras
Email Address: yusoph.ramos@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Medical Sociology ,Pandemic, Diseases, Sociology of Security, Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance

Mushtaq Ahmad Wani

BA: Mass Communication, Kashmir University
MA: Politics and International Relations, Pondicherry University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alev Erkilet
Email Address: mushtaqahmad.wani@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Sociology and Anthropology of Islam, Anthropology of Emotions, Space and Place, Politics of Passport, Sociological Theory, Alternative Epistemology, Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Islamization of Knowledge, Kashmir

Nabeel Kamel Abdel Razzaq Qdeh

BA: English Language and Literature, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
MA: Global Affairs, Bahçeşehir University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alev Erkilet
Email Address: nabeel.odeh@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Political Sociology, Middle East Studies

Nesibe Demir

BA: Faculty of Education, Necmettin Erbakan University
MA: Sociology, Ibn Haldun University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alev Erkilet
Email Address: nesibedemir@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest:Religion (Islam), Political Sociology, Anthropology of Emotions, Nationalism, Women’s Studies, Youth Studies, Ethnography of Space and Place

Neveen Fathi Aboueldahab

BA: International Business Administration, University of New Brunswick
MA: Sociology, Ibn Haldun University
Supervisor: Prof. Alev Erkilet
Email Address: neveen.aboueldahab@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Muslim identity, Westernization, sociology of religion, sociology of education, and decolonization.

Saiyid Ashraf Husain Jafri

BA: Sociology, Ibn Haldun University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Irfan Ahmad
Email Address: saiyid.jafri@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interests: Secularism, Oral History, Sufism, Discrimination, Caste System, Sociology of Religion, India

Saleh Ibrahim

BA: Political Science and International Relations, Yıldız Technical University
MA: Political Science and İnternational Relations, İstanbul University
Supervisor:Prof. Irfan Ahmad
Email Address: saleh.ibrahim@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest:Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, Middle East and North Africa Studies, Social Movements, Military Politics, Religion, Islamic Political Thought, Authoritarianism, International Relations

Sevde Öztürk

BA: Theology, Istanbul University
MA: Religious Studies, Ibn Haldun University
Supervisor: Prof. Alev Erkilet
Email Address:sevde.ozturk@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest:Cultural Sociology, East Asian Studies, Korean Studies, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Media

Osama Şeyhali

BA: Electric Power Engineering, Damascus University
MA: Modern Turkey Studies, Marmara University
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ramazan Aras
Email Address: osama.seyhali@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Civil society, Social movements, Peacebuilding, Kurdish Issue in Syria.

Tasneem Sultan Hamid Ali

BA: English Language and Literature, Taiz University
MA: Radio, TV and Cinema, Istanbul University
Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Tesnim Khriji
Email Address: tasneem.ali@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Language, Literature, Sociolinguistics

Thuraya Abdulateef Abdulrahman Al-naseri

BA: Sociology, Altınbaş University
MA: Sociology, Ibn Haldun University
Supervisor: TBA
Email Address: thuraya.alnaseri@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: State and Non-state Legal Systems, Legal Consciousness, Social Movements, Institutional Sociology

Yunus Kılıç

BA: History, Boğaziçi University
MA: History, Kırklareli University
Supervisor: TBA
Email Address: yunus.kilic@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest: Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Knowledge, Conspiracy Theories

Zulkarnain Mohammed

BA: Political Science, University of Ghana
MA: Political Science and International Relations, Ibn Haldun University 
Supervisor:Prof. Dr. Alev Erkilet
Email Address: zulkarnain.mohammed@stu.ihu.edu.tr
Research Interest:Sociology of Conflict, Social Theory, Urban Sociology, Political Sociology, Gender Studies