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Yahya KADIOĞLU

Head of Department, Department of Geography
Prof. Dr., Department of Human and Economic Geography
Education: Ph.D. 2003, Atatürk University
Research Areas: Rural Settlements; Seasonal Settlements; Rural Development; Agricultural Climatology.
Selected Studies: “An Example of Temporary Settlements that Have Lost Their Functional Characteristics in Turkey:
 Tavas Vineyard Houses” (2010); “Industrial Natural Stones Acquiring an Important Economic Function in Denizli: 
Marble and Travertine” (2010); “Land use and majorissues of planning in city of Trabzon” (2011); “A Temporary 
Settlement Type Resulting From Horticulture in Germencik: Fig Damları” (2013); ''Natural Environment Factors 
Effecting on the Railway Route between Alaşehir-Eşme Train Stations (2014); “An Example of Natural Disasters in 
the Eastern Black Sea Coastal Zone: Beşikdüzü Flood and Landslides of September 21, 2016” (2017) are some of
his published articles.
Office: Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences A 205
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Phone: +90 (362) 313 0055 | 1508
Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 12.00-13.00  (Zoom 
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Süleyman ELMACI

Prof. Dr., Department of Turkish Geography
Education: Ph.D. 2004, Atatürk University
Research Areas: Settlement Geography; Tourism Geography, Agricultural Geography.
Selected Studies: "A Natural Monument: Akçalı Travertines (Van-Başkale)"(2006); "Factors 
Affecting the Development of Giresun City" (2008); "Greenhouse Cultivation (Potential and 
Evaluation) in Amasya in Terms of Agricultural Geography" (2016); "Erbaa Animal Market in terms of Sustainable 
Rural Development" (2017); "A Modern Approach to Classification of Settlements in the Middle Ages by Ibn Khaldun" 
(2017); "Geographical Evaluation of the Establishment of Nuclear Power Plants in Turkey" (2018) are some of his 
published articles.
Office: Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences 
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Phone: +90 (362) 313 0055 | 1509
Office Hours: Monday 13.00-14.00
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İnci DEMİRAĞ TURAN

Dr. Faculty Member, Department of Physical Geography 

Education: Ph.D. 2016, Ondokuz Mayıs University

Research Areas: Physical geography; Geographic Information Systems; Soil Geography; Erosion; Land Use; Land Appraisal.

Selected Studies: Erosion Risk Estimation in Ankara Güvenç Basin with Multi-Criteria Assessment (2017); Spatial assessment and mapping of soil quality index for desertification in the semi-arid terrestrial ecosystem using MCDM in interval type-2 fuzzy environment, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (2019); Determination of CORINE Land Cover/Land Use Classes Using Satellite Images with Different Spatial Resolutions. Turkish Journal of Agricultural Research (2020); Landslide susceptibility mapping for the Black Sea Region with spatial fuzzy multi-criteria decision analysis under semi-humid and humid terrestrial ecosystems. Theoretical and Applied Climatology (2020) are some of her published articles.

Office: Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences

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Phone: +90 (362) 313 0055 | 1543

Office Hours: Tuesday 11.00-12.00 (Zoom)

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Mücahit YILDIRIM

Dr. Faculty Member, Department of Regional Geography

Education: Ph.D. 2018, Atatürk University

Research Areas: Cultural Geography; Cultural Heritage.

Selected Studies: “A City After Snails Yakakent” (2020) and “The Place Where Blue and Green Meet YAKAKENT” (2018) wrote his books, “Conceptual and Applied Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences” (2020) and “Education Everywhere Selections” (2019) he has authored chapters in his books. “An Example of Urban Common Use Areas: Samsun Nation’s Garden” (2020), “Covid-19 in the Context of the Relationship between Cultural Practices and the Epidemic” (2020), “Cultural Heritage Carried from the Balkans to Anatolia (Children’s Games): The Example of Tekkeköy” (2020) are some of his last published articles.

Office: Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences A221-1

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Phone: +90 (362) 313 0055 | 1521

Office Hours: Monday 11.00-12.00 (Zoom)

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Derya AĞBABA

Dr. Faculty Member, Department of Turkish Geography

Education: Ph.D. 2020, Ankara University

Research Areas: Place; Place; Identity; Culture; Multiculturalism.

Selected Studies: “Spatial Distribution of Health Facilities in Eskişehir in Terms of Inner City Land Use” (2013) graduate and “Space, Identity and Belonging Dynamics in Multicultural Societies: The Case of Niğde” (2020) she wrote her doctoral theses. “Numerical Modeling of the Effects of Volcanic Shapes on Land Use and Settlement Areas in the Central Anatolia Region (between Nevşehir, Niğde, Aksaray, Ereğli and Konya)” (2018), “Investigation and Spatial Analysis of Waste Vegetable Oil Potential in Niğde City” (2020) she worked as an assistant researcher in projects. “Migration, Identity and Culture: The Case of the Exchanges in Bor” (2019) and “Examination of Place Attachment in terms of Socio-Spatial Differences: The Case of Niğde” (2020) are some of her published articles. 

Office: Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences A206

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Phone: +90 (362) 313 0055 |

Office Hours: Friday 12.00-13.00 (Zoom)

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İlter Kutlu HATİPOĞLU

Dr. Faculty Member, Department of Physical Geography 

Education: Ph.D 2017, Ondokuz Mayıs University

Research Areas: Geographic Information Systems, Geomorphology, Hydrography

Selected Works: D. degree with the thesis titled “Applied geomorphology of the middle and lower reaches of the Melet River, Ordu”.  “Temporal and Spatial Change of Land Use in the Middle and Lower Stream of Melet River (Ordu) (2002 – 2015)”, Mavi Atlas, 8(1): 154 – 168; Geomorphology of the Coastal Region between Turnasuyu and Melet River, Ordu (2012); An internal migration event: Tokatlılar in Samsun (2017) are some of his published works.

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Aynur AYDIN

Research Assistant, Human and Economic Geography Department

Education: Postgraduate, Ondokuz Mayıs University (continues)

Research Areas: Settlement Geography; Rural Development; Seasonal Settlements; Ecotourism.

Selected Studies: Two Village Settlements in the Urbanization Process in Atakum: Balaç and Beypınar (2016); An Example of Ecotourism Areas in Samsun Province: Nebiyan Mountain (2018); Problems Caused by Urban Land Use in Atakum and Solution Suggestions (2018) are some of her published works.

Office: Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences A 204

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Phone: +90 (362) 313 0055 |

Office Hours: Every weekday / 08:30-17:00 (Zoom)

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Belçim ÖZTÜRK

Research Assistant, Department of Turkish Geography

Education: Ph.D, Ankara University ( continues)

Research Areas: Political Geography; Behavioural Geography

Selected Studies : Öztürk, B. Özgen, N., (2022). “An Evaluation on the Concepts of Place and Fear”.  In N. Özgen (Ed.), Place and Sense (329-371. pp.). Nobel Publications: Istanbul.

Office: Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences A 416

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Tel: +90 (362) 313 0055/1594

Office Hours: Every weekday/ 08.00-17.00

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