LEMAN MERAL MERAL ÜNAL

"Smart and sustainable strategies for inclusive heritage tourism in a digital era" led by Dr. Evinç Doğan (Bogazici University)

• Conduct case studies of old industrial complexes in Ruhrgebiet (Germany) as the pilot study within the scope of this research; Examine how digitalization and adaptive reuse merge into smart circular tourism models applied to industrial heritage sites; Assess cultural and heritage values, respect the identity of the places, and promoted social innovation; also accounted for economic sustainability, inclusiveness, social cohesion, and long-term integration; Realize networking action and training activities to disseminate the methods and materials produced, ensuring their accessibility to and utilization by a vast number of heritage stakeholders.

• Conduct comprehensive research to identify voter segments within the Turkish population
• Determine suitable methodologies for engaging with identified voter segments; Performed election research activities in designated field areas tailored to predefined voter segments; Collect, analyze, and interpreted data from field research activities; Prepare detailed reports summarizing findings in both Turkish and English; Collaborate with team members to ensure accuracy and relevance of research outcomes; Communicate effectively with stakeholders to convey research insights and recommendations.

• Review and grade examination papers for a course focusing on late 19th to early 20th-century Ottoman and Turkish history
• Provide feedback and assign grades according to established criteria
• Offer guidance to the course instructor regarding question formulation based on examination results
• Collaborate closely with the instructor to ensure alignment between examination content and course objectives
• Maintain confidentiality and integrity throughout the grading process.

• Obtained historical data from libraries, archives, and artifacts, determining authenticity and significance
• Preserved artifacts and significant documents in the museum
• Provided information about exhibits and artifacts on display, gave tours, and answered visitor questions
• Scanned historical documents and inventories received from Türkiye İş Bankası, categorized them, and ensured their proper preservation.

"Shifting Paradigms of Wealth: Mapping the Emergence of Luxury Consumption in Turkey in Contrast to the United States" led by Dr. Emre Balıkçı (Boise State University, United States)

• Researched Hanımeli, one of Turkey's first women's and fashion magazines, which debuted in 1948, and scanned the periodical publication SES, which began weekly circulation in 1956, covering news from the art, cinema, fashion, and music worlds.
• Conducted research on additional sources such as other prominent magazines of the period, newspapers, advertising panels, trade catalogs, and personal diaries related to luxury consumption trends
• Analyzed visual materials (such as images, advertisements, and fashion shoots) from magazines and other sources to investigate the impact of luxury consumption on visual culture.

"Mapping Out Community Supported Fisheries: Political Ecology and Political Economy of Small-Scale Fishing Cooperatives and Direct Sale Initiatives in Turkey" led by Dr. Irmak Ertör (Bogazici University)

• Uncovered existing direct sale experiences and initiatives of small-scale fishers in Istanbul and Muğla regions, Turkey
• Investigated the gender dimension and fisherwomen’s role in existing and potential Community Supported Fisheries (CSF) networks
• Mapped CSF initiatives and direct sale points of small-scale fisher people
• Explored municipal and fisheries policies and potential synergies and collaboration between broader food justice networks and CSF.

• Prepared gender and sustainability-based policy proposals and reported on policy implementation and impacts
• Gathered data and used research to assess public opinion on gender-based issues
• Liaised with stakeholders to determine needs and goals of policies.

• Produce well-researched content for publication online and in print
• Develop related content for multiple platforms, such as SES Association website, SES weekly digital bulletin, digital media platform and social media
• Conduct in-depth research on gender-related topics in order to develop original content
• Manage and produce news to present information with accuracy, flow, and within time frame
• Proofread content for errors and inconsistencies both in English and Turkish.

• Worked on the upkeep of the site of an open-air museum and memorial in the eastern side of the German border
• Contemplated and discussed memorialization as a form of symbolic reparation and conducted workshops on this subject.

• Prepared documents for general follow-up
• Provided information about operational processes to disabled people.

• Prepared documents for general follow-up
• Provided information about operational processes to disabled people.

• Facilitated and lectured for seventeen bi-weekly sections of English
• Planned workshops and presented supplementary educational information to children
• Used current pedagogical techniques to engage with elementary students.

• Facilitated and lectured for seventeen bi-weekly sections of English
• Planned workshops and presented supplementary educational information to children
• Used current pedagogical techniques to engage with elementary students.

• Analyzed events of international affairs and wrote news stories for online articles and published newspapers
• Conducted interviews and collected background information on foreign events
• Prepared reports and reviewed copy for errors in content, grammar, punctuation, and accuracy.

• Worked as part of a team conducting various research and monitoring projects in the field
• Assisted with data entry and quality control.

• Worked as part of a team conducting various research and monitoring projects in the field
• Assisted with data entry and quality control.