I am currently working at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University. My current research focuses on two aspects in planning, mobilities and socio-economic transformation. Within these research fields, I am focusing on the processes and actions that lead to changes in the built environment. Through this I aim to demonstrate how changes in socio-economic conditions affect housing and job location choices thus changing mobility patterns leading to spatial realities that challenge existing planning practices. Within this framework I seek to demonstrate how institutions respond to such changes, particularly the processes they adopt for responding to these changes and the creation of new policy frameworks.
I am also continuing my studies on Istanbul from multiple perspectives. I am involved in studies that look at the changing role of the city within the international arena, as well as digging deep into its roots, by looking at comprehensive policies and large scale projects and how they affect planning processes. In my research I am using a theoretical base that encompasses economics, sociology and planning. My aim is to find ways of bringing together methodologies from these different fields within spatial analysis to create new perspectives in understanding and interpreting spatial phenomena.