​Welcome! I am a PhD student in Political Science at the University of Chicago, a member of the Chicago Center on Democracy and Transitional Justice and Democratic Stability Lab. I specialize in comparative politics and political methodology. My research interests broadly include democratic backsliding, regime transitions, and political parties. I received a BA in Economics and Business (Double Major) from Koc University, Turkey (2016) and an MA in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago (2018), before joining the PhD program in Political Science. I am the recipient of the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award (2018). My work has been published in Economics & Politics, Presidential Studies Quarterly and Perspectives on Politics.
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