I am a sociologist who undertakes interdisciplinary research with advanced qualitative methods. Having completed my PhD at Liverpool Hope University as a Vice Chancellor’s Scholar, my research lies at the intersection of state power, symbolic borders, and cultural racism. Prior, I gained an MA in International Relations from Durham University as a Jean Monnet Scholar, an MA in Sociology and an MEd from Ankara University, following my BSc in Sociology and a Minor degree in History of Philosophy from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.

I am currently writing her first book on tolerance, power, and community cohesion, exploring how the value of tolerance is instrumentalised through education policy and political discourse to govern ethnic communities and youth and reinstate cultural hierarchy in Britain.

I have recently become a certified mentor/coach. My focus is on academic mentoring and professional coaching. I am also a peer-reviewer for several international academic journals in the fields of sociology, education, and research methods. I am a former radio DJ and an avid capoeirista.

The State and state power, racial and religious inequalities, class inequalities, racism and education policy and practice, gender and sexuality, populism studies, symbolic border-making, cultural racism, advanced qualitative research methods including ethnography, policy analysis, basic quantitative research methods.