TCF FELLOWSHIP IN TURKISH CULTURE AND ART

Fellows’ institutional affiliations and titles listed here are of the year the fellowships were awarded.
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Isil Acehan

Ph.D. Candidate in History, Bilkent University

Kursad Urungu Akpinar

Ph.D. Candidate in History, Bilkent University

Dr. İlgim Veryeri Alaca

Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Hacettepe University (2005) Current Position: Assistant Professor at Koç University, Departmet of Media and Visual Arts

Selda Alp

Lecturer at Anadolu University

Burcak Ozlidil Altin

Ph.D. Candidate, Urban Systems, Rutgers University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Joint Ph.D. Program), USA

İlknur Altın

Museum scholar, art historian and administrator of the Avadancı Storage Section at the Topkapı Palace Museum

Rüstem Ertuğ Altınay

Ph.D. Candidate, Performance Studies, New York University

Angela Lyn Andersen

Ph.D. Candidate in History of Art, Ohio State University

Sibel Arça

Museum scholar, archaeologist and administrator for the Sultan's Garments Section at the Topkapı Palace Museum

Emine Çiğdem Asrav

Ph.D. candidate at Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture

Zeynep Atbaş

Curator of manuscripts at the Topkapı Palace Museum

Deniz Balkan

Restorator at the Topkapi Palace Museum

Qurania Besi

Ph.D. Candidate, History and Archaeology, University of Birmingham, UK

Grigor Atanasov Boykov

Ph.D. Candidate in Ottoman History, Bilkent University

Suna Cagaptay

Ph.D. in Architecture and Medieval Studies, Uni.of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne (2007)

Ebubekir Ceylan

Ph.D. in History, Bogazici University (2006)

Pınar Ceylan

Ph.D. Candidate, Economic Study, London School of Economics and Political Science

Dr. Canan Cimilli

Curator of the Harem Section at the Topkapı Palace Museum

Kate Clow

Chairman of the Culture Routes in Turkey

Hasan Colak

Ph.D. Candidate, Ottoman Studies, University of Birmingham, UK

Gözde Yazıcı Çörüt

Ph.D. Candidate, Ottoman and Russian History, University of Manchester

Merih Danali

Ph.D. Candidate, History of Art, Harvard University, USA

Nick Danforth

Ph.D. Candidate, Modern Turkish History, Georgetown University

Vuslat Demirkoparan

Ph.D. Candidate in Visual Studies, University of California, Irvine

Mesut Dinler

Graduate Intern at the Getty Conservation Institute

Mine Ovacik Dortbas

Ph.D. Department of Industrial Design, Mimar Sinan University, Turkey (2002)

Vefa Erginbas

Ph.D. Candidate in History, Ohio State University

Semi Ertan

Ph.D. Candidate in Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan

Nevra Erturk

Ph. D. in Architectural History and Theory, Yildiz Technical University (2008)

Hüseyin Eryurt

Coordinator of the Culture Routes in Turkey

Dr. Suraiya Faroqhi

Professor at the Department of History, Istanbul Bilgi University

Ozgen Felek

Ph.D. Candidate in Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan

Michael John Ferguson

Ph.D. Candidate, History, McGill University, Canada

Serkan Gedük

Art Historian, restorator, and curator of the Section of Chinese and Japanese Porcelain at the Topkapi Palace Museum

Zeynep Yurekli Gorkay

Ph.D. in History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University (2005)

Hazal Gumus

Ph.D. Candidate, Design for Sustainability, Lancaster University, UK

Maximilian Hartmuth

Ph.D. in History and Art History, Sabanci University, Turkey (2011)

Zeynep Helvaci

Ph.D. Candidate, Musicology, Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg, Institute for Music Research Germany

M. Hadi Hosainy

Ph.D. Candidate, History, University of Texas, USA

Helen Clare Human

Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology, Stanford University, USA

Velika Ivkovska

Ph.D. candidate at Istanbul Technical University, Department of Architecture

Maureen Barbara Jackson

Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, University of Washington (2008)

Kiraz Perinçek Karavit

Ph.D. Candidate, Cultural and Artistic Interactions in Asia, Boğaziçi University

Nino Kavtaria

Ph.D. in Art History and Theory, G. Chubinashvili Institute of Georgian Art History, Georgia (2004)

Elif Keser Kayaalp

Ph.D. in Archaeology, University of Oxford (Exeter College), UK (2009)

Orcun Kepez

Ph.D. in Design North Carolina State University (2007)

Mariya Mihaylova Kiprovska

Ph.D. Candidate in Ottoman History, Bilkent University

Assoc Prof. Dr. Evren Kutlay

Professor at Yildiz Technical University Music and Performing Arts Department, pianist, musicologist, music historian

Dimitrios Loupis

Ph.D. Candidate, Ottoman History, Center for Middle Eastern Studies & Department of History, Harvard University, USA

Susanne Masters

Ph.D. candidate in Ethnobiology at the University of Kent

Dr. İkbal Elif Mahir Metinsoy

Ph. D. in Contemporary and Modern Turkish History, Universite de Strasbourg Cultures et Societes en Europe (2012) and Boğaziçi University, Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History (2012)

Elizabeth Nolte

Ph.D. Candidate, Modern Turkish Literature, University of Washington

Mary Lou O'Neil

Ph.D. in American Studies, University of Kansas (2000)

Nuray Ocakli

Ph.D. Candidate, Social and Economic Study, Bilkent University, Turkey

Kayhan Orbay

Ph.D. Department of Türkologie, Vienna University, Austria (2007)

Ayse Oren

Architect, designer, and sculptor at Ayse Oren Design Art

Dr. Muzaffer Özgüleş

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Khalili Research Center, University of Oxford

Adrienn Papp

Ph.D. Candidate, Archaeological history, Eötvös Lorand University of Science

Stefan Peychev

Ph.D. Candidate, Urban history, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Amanda Hope Phillips

Ph.D. Candidate in Department of Islamic Art & Architecture, University of Oxford, Oriental Studies

Meredith Moss Quinn

Ph.D. Candidate, Ottoman Cultural History, Harvard University, USA

Burcu Karahan Richardson

Ph.D. Candidate, Comparative Literature with an intensive minor in Turkish Studies, Indiana University, USA

Felipe Rojas

Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology, University of California, Berkeley, USA (2010)

Dr. Emrah Şahin

Turkish studies coordinator and lecturer at the University of Florida

Dr. Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol

Ph.D. in Composition, New England Conservatory (2004) Brown University & Emerson College, Visiting Fellow at Harvard University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Music Department

Dr. Birgül Açıkyıldız-Şengül

Ph. D. in Art History, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2006) Current Position: Assistant Professor at Mardin Artuklu University, Department of History of Art

Zeynep Seviner

Ph.D. Candidate, Comparative Literature, Near and Middle East Studies, University of Washington, USA

Nir Shafir

Ph.D. Candidate, Ottoman History, University of California, LA

Dr. Muhammed Emin Soydaş

Faculty member at the Music Department in the Faculty of Fine Arts of Çankırı Karatekin University

Dr. Lilyana Stankova

Ph.D. in Art History, University of Sofia, Bulgaria (2011)

Aude Aylin de Tapia

Ph.D. Candidate, Ottoman History, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris

Elif Bayraktar Tellan

Ph.D. Candidate, History, Bilkent University, Turkey

Zehra Tonbul

Ph.D. Candidate, History of Architecture, Boğaziçi University

Ömür Tufan

Archaeologist and chief curator of the Department of Ottoman and European Glasses & Porcelain at the Topkapı Palace Museum

Neyran Fatma Turan

Doctor of Design, Architecture and Urbanism, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, USA (2009)

Ekin Emine Tusalp

Ph.D. Candidate, Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

Alpaslan Ucar

Ph.D. in Art Education, Marmara University (2007)

Nukhet Varlik

Ph.D. Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, USA (2008)

Nikolas Lazaros Vryzidis

Ph.D. Candidate, History of Art, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, UK

Steven Charles Wolf

Ph.D. in History and Theory of Architecture, Harvard University (2005)

Can Turhan Yalçinkaya

Ph.D. Candidate, Media, Music and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University, Australia

Fatma Tunc Yasar

Ph.D. Candidate in History, Bogazici University

Ahmet Yasar

Ph.D. Candidate in History, Bogazici University

Zeynep Nevin Yelce

Ph.D. in History, Sabanci University, Turkey (2009) Current Position: Research Assistant at Sabanci University

Harun Yeni

Ph.D. Candidate, Ottoman History, Bilkent University, Turkey

Aysin Yoltar Yildirim

Ph.D. in Art History and Archeology, New York University (2002)

Riza Yildirim

Ph.D. in History, Bilkent University (2008)

TCF CULTURAL EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP

Fellows’ institutional affiliations and titles listed here are of the year the fellowships were awarded.
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Umut Adan

Musician

Ekin Akalın

Associate researcher at the Istanbul French Institute of Anatolian Studies

Agah Baris Can Aksakal

Glass sculptor

Barış Can Aksakal

Glass artist

Gizem Aksu

Dancer and choreographer

Feraye Aysel Alver

Sculptor and Ph.D. candidate at Hacettepe University

Refik Anadol

Audio/visual artist and designer

Doğan Arslanoğlu

Photographer

Tahir Aydoğdu

Kanun player

Lerna Babikyan

Dancer, performer, choreographer and dance pedagogue

Pelin Başar

Ney player

Sena Başöz

Artist, tutor at Boğaziçi University, and Ph.D. candidate at Istanbul Technical University

Corinne Beardsley

Sculptor

Roberley Bell

Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology

Dr. Beata Biedronska-Slota

Curator at the Textile Department of the National Museum in Krakow, Poland

Mansur Bildik

Musician and bağlama/saz artist

Léa Bouchoucha

Journalist and graduate student at New York University

Heidi Brandow

Painter

Robin Cameron

Ceramic artist

Zeynep Çelik

Professor of Architecture in the College of Architecture and Design at New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tolgahan Çoğulu

Associate Professor at Istanbul Technical University and musician

Marco Cops

Multimedia artist, curator and consultant for public art

Dr. Ekin Çoraklı

Assistant Professor at the Music Education Department of Abant Izzet Baysal University and musician

Naz Cuguoğlu

Zeynep Dadak

Filmmaker, film critic, and doctoral candidate at the Cinema Studies Department of New York University

Özgür Demirci

Visual artist

Halil Demirdelen

Archaeologist and curator at the Anatolian Civilization Museum in Ankara

Judith Dennis

Film director

Dr. Utku Dervent

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Fine Art of Istanbul Aydin University

Nefin Dinç

Filmmaker and director

Dicle Dogan

Dance artist

Ali Dolanbay

Contemporary and performing artist

Nurduran Duman

Poet and writer

Övül Durmuşoğlu

Independent curator and critic

Anna K Edzgveradze

Contemporary artist

Tesla Manaf Effendi

Jazz composer, guitarist, and music producer

Gül Kaplan Ekemen

Dancer

Anıl Eraslan

Cellist, composer, improviser, and photographer

Nazlıhan Eda Erçin

Creative drama and performance teacher

Dr. Begümşen Ergenekon

Anthropologist and lecturer at the Middle East Technical University

Grant Garmezy

Glass artist

Manasi Ghanekar

Dancer

Cemil Batur Gökçeer

Independent photographer

Gonca Gümüşayak

MA student in Modern Dance at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University

Hallgerdur Hallgrimsdottir

Photographer, journalists and educator

Özlem Uzun Hazneci

Artist

Hale Hendekcigil

Glass artist

Deniz İkiz

Ph.D. Candidate in the Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment at the Oxford Brookes University

Dr. Selin İpek

Art historian at the Topkapi Palace Museum

Dr. İlkay Kanık

Food writer and lecturer at Marmara University

Caner Karavit

Professor at Mimar Sinan University

Berna Kurt Kemaloğlu

Folk dancer performer and a Ph. D. candidate in Traditional Culture, Performing Arts, and Social Sciences at Yildiz Technical University

İdil Kemer

Dance artist and movement / improvisation teacher

Uraz Kıvaner

Jazz musician

Mehmet Kömürcü

Glassblowing master at The Glass Furnace Foundation

İpek Kotan

Ceramist

İdris Ersan Küçük

Dancer

Tuba Kurtuluş

Curator at the Topkapi Palace Museum

Mehveş Lelic

Photographer

Gracia Octaveni Lumbantobing

Film and video artist

Dr. Drake Mabry

Painter and musician

Brenna MacCrimmon

Musician and artist

Kathleen Madden

Curator

Margaret Mahan

Paper artist and co-director of Peace Paper

Lucy K. Mensah

Ph.D. candidate in English at Vanderbilt University

Ferit Odman

Jazz musician

Pınar Öğrenci

Installation artist and writer

Bjargey Olafsdottir

Photographer

James Oles

Professor at Wellesley College

Dr. Mehmet Öcal Özbilgin

Professor at Ege University State Turkish Music Conservatory

Ahmet Özdeniz

Glassblowing master at The Glass Furnace Foundation

Gülfidan Özmen

Glass artist

Ceylan Öztürk

Sculptor and visual artist

Şirin Pancaroğlu

Harpist

Ece Pazarbaşı

Artistic researcher and independent curator

Zeyno Pekünlü

Painter and contemporary artist

Mehmet Polat

Oud player and composer

Leyla Postalcıoğlu

Dancer and choreographer

Esra Sağlık

Assistant Professor at Muğla Sıtkı Kocman University and multimedia artist

Victor Sams

Ngoni & percussion player

Sümer Sayın

Contemporary artist

Meghan Nuttall Sayres

Writer

Ufuk Şenel

Dancer

Seval Şener

Painter and academician

Elvan Serin

Visual artist

Tayfun Serttaş

Installation artist

Carol Shymanski

Contemporary artist

Ümit Şimşek

Musician, bağlama artist and educator

Ayşe Gül Süter

Artist

Jerome Symons

Sculptor

Tan Taşpolatoğlu

Painter

Selin Vatansever Tezcan

Film producer

James Thurman

Glass artist and designer

Josh Tonsfeldt

Contemporary artist

Hakan Ulus

Composer

Füreya Ünal

Pianist as well as a member of faculty at California State University Fullerton and Santa Ana College

Deniz Üster

Installation and video artist

Elif Temuçin Uyanıksoy

Playwright and co-founder of Theatre BeReZe

Bora Uymaz

Singer and composer of traditional Turkish music

Dr. Enno Voorhorst

Professor at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and classical guitar virtuoso

Meichen Waxer

MAA student at Emily Carr University of Art and Design and interdisciplinary artist

Zafer Yumlu

Horn musician and tutor

EDUCATION

FELOWSHIPS

TCF FELLOWSHIP IN TURKISH CULTURE AND ART

Isil Acehan

Kursad Urungu Akpinar

Dr. İlgim Veryeri Alaca

Selda Alp

Burcak Ozlidil Altin

İlknur Altın

Rüstem Ertuğ Altınay

Angela Lyn Andersen

Sibel Arça

Emine Çiğdem Asrav

Zeynep Atbaş

Deniz Balkan

Qurania Besi

Grigor Atanasov Boykov

Suna Cagaptay

Ebubekir Ceylan

Pınar Ceylan

Dr. Canan Cimilli

Kate Clow

Hasan Colak

Gözde Yazıcı Çörüt

Merih Danali

Nick Danforth

Vuslat Demirkoparan

Mesut Dinler

Mine Ovacik Dortbas

Vefa Erginbas

Semi Ertan

Nevra Erturk

Hüseyin Eryurt

Dr. Suraiya Faroqhi

Ozgen Felek

Michael John Ferguson

Serkan Gedük

Zeynep Yurekli Gorkay

Hazal Gumus

Maximilian Hartmuth

Zeynep Helvaci

M. Hadi Hosainy

Helen Clare Human

Velika Ivkovska

Maureen Barbara Jackson

Kiraz Perinçek Karavit

Nino Kavtaria

Elif Keser Kayaalp

Orcun Kepez

Mariya Mihaylova Kiprovska

Assoc Prof. Dr. Evren Kutlay

Dimitrios Loupis

Susanne Masters

Dr. İkbal Elif Mahir Metinsoy

Elizabeth Nolte

Mary Lou O'Neil

Nuray Ocakli

Kayhan Orbay

Ayse Oren

Dr. Muzaffer Özgüleş

Adrienn Papp

Stefan Peychev

Amanda Hope Phillips

Meredith Moss Quinn

Burcu Karahan Richardson

Felipe Rojas

Dr. Emrah Şahin

Dr. Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol

Dr. Birgül Açıkyıldız-Şengül

Zeynep Seviner

Nir Shafir

Dr. Muhammed Emin Soydaş

Dr. Lilyana Stankova

Aude Aylin de Tapia

Elif Bayraktar Tellan

Zehra Tonbul

Ömür Tufan

Neyran Fatma Turan

Ekin Emine Tusalp

Alpaslan Ucar