Degree:

• MA in Politics, The New School for Social Research, New York, 2017. BA in Political Science & International Relations, and Philosophy (Double Major Program) Bogazici University, Istanbul, 2012.
• Graduate Certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies, The New School for Social Research, New York, 2017.

Research Interests:

My research interests focus on female sexuality and financialization of female sexual health. I completed my MA project on the conceptualization of virginity and alternative forms of resistance through a case study of hymen reconstruction surgery (hymenoplasty) in Turkey. My thesis also analyzed the kinds of female subjectivities formed between a surveilling patriarchal gaze and a highly capitalized health "industry".
I hope to develop my research as empirically-informed political theory while extending my knowledge in Biopolitics, Critical Theory and Feminist theory with a special focus on the formation of collective feelings through different ideological and institutional apparatuses.