“I am an Architect, a constructor of Worlds, a sensualist who worships the flesh, the melody, a silhouette against the darkening sky… ” Lebeus Woods
I am an architect interested in the ways in which people’s ways of lives are translated into spatial dimensions or architectural language. I was born in Famagusta on 1979. I am currently an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) of the Architecture programme. I have a Master and PHD in Architecture ( in the field of Environmental Psychology) from EMU, Department of Architecture. My specific areas of expertise are environmental psychology, place attachment, sense of place, meaning in architecture, ecocity and eco-architecture, and urban peace-building. I have given lectures related to the interplay between human beings and environment, as well as architecture and urban design studios for more than 10 years. I have publications in environmental meaning and place attachment studies both at national and international levels. Between 2010-2011, I got scholarship from the European Commission and completed 1 year research about ‘Intercultural dialogue and active learning in design studio’ at Academy of Art Design and Architecture in Prague/ Czech Republic. I have involved in many civil society projects based on ‘human rights’ which were funded by European Union. Between 2008-2010 I worked as project coordinator of one of those projects that took place in London & Brighton & Manchester /UK, Brussels / Belgium and Malta / Malta. Currently, I am working as one of the core members of internationally known bicommunical project called ‘The Famagusta Ecocity Project’. Besides my academic works, I have many awarded and published short stories in Turkish. I am a board member of the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism INTBAU Cyprus Chapter and Housing Education, Research & Advisory Center of Faculty of Architecture EMU. I am also one of the associate editors of Journal of Cyprus Studies.
My Specialization
Environmental Psychology
The science deals with the psychological processes of the interaction between people and their environment.
Place Attachment
Studying the special bond between people and particular places.
Sense of Place
Studying about people’s emotions, memories, and experiences with places.
Meaning in Architecture
How does a space (or building) carry meanings in human settlements? If one considers architecture as transformation of social, ideological, scientific, philosophical or religious values into concrete physical forms, then it becomes possible to see the physical forms as means of visual communication for people and architecture as vehicle to communicate meanings in human societies.
Ecocity and Eco-architecture
Studying implementations of environmentally friendly and sustainable architecture and cities.
Urban Peacebuilding
Studying how to use architecture and urban design as a tool for peace-building efforts for communities in conflict and divided environments.
Interest(s)
Science-fiction Cyber-Punk Design
Graphic design
Fine Arts
Scuba Diving
Egyptian Mythology and Architecture
Human-Rights Activism
CV
Education
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, 1year research certificate, Czech Republic, 2011
Eastern Mediterranean University, PHD, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2009
Eastern Mediterranean University, M.Arch., Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2002
Eastern Mediterranean University, B.Arch., Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2000
Professional positions held
Associate Editor: Journal of Cyprus Studies, Eastern Mediterranean University Center for Cyprus Studies, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2019- Present
Assistant Professor Doctor: Department of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2011- Present
Board Member: Housing Education, Research & Advisory Center of Faculty of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2012- Present
Vice Chair: Department of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2013-2016
Programme Leader of Master of Science in Architecture: Department of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2012-2013
Visiting Scholar: Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Czech Republic, 2010- 2011
Board Member: The Urban Research & Development Center (URDC) of Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2013-2017
Vice Director: The Urban Research & Development Center (URDC) of Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2011 – 2013
Part-time Instructor: Department of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2007-2010
Freelance Architect, 2005-2008
Research Assistant: Department of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2001-2007
Courses taught and other services provided to students
Courses
FARC 113 Introduction to Design
ARCH114 Human and Socio Cultural Factors in Design
ARCH 355 Process of Urban Design
ARCH 391 Architectural Design Studio III
ARCH 491 Architectural Design Studio V
ARCH 327 Superheroes of Architecture (Elective course)
ARCH 501 Interdisciplinary Workshop I (Post-graduate course)
UDES 501 Urban Design Studio I (Post-graduate course)
UDES 502 Urban Design Studio II (Post-graduate course)
Master Thesis Supervision(s)
Supervisor of Jason Winn, “Deriving a Narrative Infrastructure from Community Stories in Famagusta Walled City”, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, January 2019
Co-supervisor of Kamiar Yazdani, “Problems of Technology and Its Consequent Meaning in Architecture: Practical Implications on Derivative List of Meditations”, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, September 2016
Supervisor of Nasim Salamat, “Measuring Sense of Interior Space through Symbolic Elements of Thematic Hotels in Bafra”, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Interior Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, January 2016
Supervisor of Nermin Gündoğdu, “A Study on User Responses to Their Residential Interiors”, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Interior Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, December 2014
Supervisor of Shadab Salmani, “Attachment of Foreign Students to the City of Famagusta”,Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, June 2014
Supervisor of Canan Pembe Sarı, “An Insight to People’s Aesthetic Responses to Their Returned Environment”, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, August 2012
PhD Qualification Exam(s)
Examining Committee member of Ameen Mokhles Youns, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, May 2019
Examining Committee member of Kamyar Lotfi, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, December 2017
Examining Committee member of Tunç Karkutoğlu, Cyprus International University, Department of Architecture, Nicosia, North Cyprus, November 2017
Examining Committee member of Fashuyi Stephen Olugbenga, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, June 2015
Examining Committee member of Burcu Esentepe, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, June 2015
Examining Committee member of Safiye Özaltıner, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, May 2014
Examining Committee member of Narin Faravar, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, May 2013
Examining Committee member of Bedia Tekbıyık, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, May 2012
Examining Committee member of Saeedeh Karbalaei Zeinali, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, May 2012
Exam member of Bree Akesson, McGill University, School of Social Work, Québec, Canada, August 2011
PhD Defense Jury(s)
Examining Committee member of Bree Akesson, “Contradictions in Place: Everyday Geographies of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Occupation”, McGill University, School of Social Work, Québec, Canada, March 2014
Master Defense Jury(s)
Examining Committee member of Niusha Bahmani, “Understanding Territorial Behavior as a Key to Design of Formal Care Spaces for Children”, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Interior Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, June 2013
Examining Committee member of Pedram Razavi Ebrahimi, “Notes on Qualities of Space: Dwelling Spatial Organization”, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, June 2013
Examining Committee member of Armita Malekshahi, “Investigation on Restaurant Layout Design”, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, February 2013
Examining Committee member of Ghazaleh Toutounchi Ghadim, “Space and Structure Relationship in Blob, Liquid Architecture and Formlessness”, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, September 2012
Examining Committee member of Cemal Osmanlılar, “Reflectance of Change within Space and the State of Human Sensation through Adaptive Re-Use of Old Spaces”, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Interior Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, September 2012
Examining Committee member of Shrazad Torabi, “Mobility and Dynamism in Neighbourhood”, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, July 2012
Publications
Book(s)
Boğaç, C. (2010). Architecture for Meaning: Expression of Social Values through Urban Housing in Gazimağusa, North Cyprus, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, ISBN-10: 3838395549 / ISBN-13: 978-3838395548
Scientific Journal Article(s)
Boğaç, C. (2009). Place attachment in a Foreign Settlement. Journal of Environmental Psychology 29. 2. pp. 267–278
National Scientific Journal Article(s)
Boğaç, C. (2017). Kent Ölçeğinde Barış Düzeni Kurabilme Pratiği: Mağusa Ekoşehir Projesi(Peace Building at the City Scale: The Famagusta Ecocity Project). Mimarca, March 2017, ISSN: 1306-3138, Issue: 83, pp. 35- 43
Boğaç, C. (2012). Nefes Alıp Veren Bir Kent Manifestosu (Manifesto of a Breathing City). İdeal Kent Dergisi, Issue: 5 January 2012, ISSN 1307-9905, pp. 220-225
Symposium Proceeding(s)
Akbil, A., Boğaç, C., Uluçay, B. (2014). ‘Mimarlığın Özü: Ortak Zemin Arayışı’ (The Essence Of Architecture: The Search for Common Ground), III. Mimarlık ve Eğitim Kurultayı: “Mimarlık ve Meslek Alanında Bütünleşme ve Dayanışma”, Kıbrıs Türk Mimarlar Odası, Nicosia, North Cyprus, 31 January 2014, pp.52-56
Boğaç, C. (2012). ‘Sosyal Değerlerin Kentsel Konut Mimarisi Üzerinden Dışavurumu: Gazimağusa Yeniboğaziçi Köyü Örneği’(The Expression of Social Values through Urban Housing: The Case of Yeniboğaziçi Village in Famagusta), Konut Kurultayı III: “Kıbrıs’ta Konut: Planlama, Tasarım ve Uygulama”, 09-10 March 2012, Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi Mimarlık Fakültesi & Kıbrıs Türk Mimarlar Odası, Nicosia, North Cyprus
Boğaç, C. (2008). ‘Architecture for Meaning: Expression of Social Values In Urban Architecture In Northern Cyprus’, “Doctoral Studies on Housing” Joint Symposium organized by HERA-C and HREC, 20-22 May 2008, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, pp.124-128
Boğaç, C. and Güley, K. (2007). ‘Museum of Time: A study of Gazimağusa’, Proceedings of Social Science History Association, 32nd Annual SSHA Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, pp. 93-103, 15-18 November
Boğaç, C. (2005). ‘Should Architecture Mean Anything? Explorations into Approaches to Study Environmental Meaning in Architecture’,Proceedings of Research Institute for the Built and Human Environment (BuHu),5th International Postgraduate Research Conference In The Built And Human Environment, 11-15 April 2005, The University of Salford, UK, pp.312-320
Editing(s)
Uraz, U. U., Özmen, B., Pulhan, H., Boğaç, C. (2014). Doctoral Studies On Housing, Joint Symposium by HERA-C & HREC, Symposium Proceeding Book. Faculty of Architecture, EMU Press, Famagusta, North Cyprus
Dağlı, U., Olgaç Türker, Ö., Faslı, M., Güley, K., Boğaç, C., Uluçay, P. (2007). Medi-triology 2, International Gazimağusa Symposium, Faculty of Architecture, EMU Press, Famagusta, North Cyprus
Newspaper Article(s)
Boğaç, C. (2018). Zamansız çocuk- evsiz beden (Timeless Child- homeless body). Gaile Magazine (Yenidüzen Newspaper), 02 December 2018, p.23
Boğaç, C. (2017). Lefkoşa’da Bir Kent Heterotopyası (A City Heterotopia in Nicosia). Detay Newspaper, 13 July 2017, p.14
Boğaç, C. (2016). Yalanın Pornografisi (Pornography of Lie).Gaile Magazine (Yenidüzen Newspaper), Issue 365, 10 April 2016, pp.12-13
Boğaç, C. (2015). Kadınlar Arasında: Şer (Between Women: Evil).Gaile Magazine (Yenidüzen Newspaper), Issue 346, 29 November 2015, pp.2-3
Boğaç, C. (2014). Bilimkurgu ve Geleceğin Düşünüp Hissedebilen Evleri (Science Fiction and the Smart Houses of Future). Detay Newspaper, 21 December 2014, p.17
Boğaç, C. (2010). Vikingler’in Kuzeydeki Masal Kenti: Bergen (The Vikings’ North Fairytale City: Bergen).MekanPerest Newspaper, 01 August 2010, Issue 12, p.12
Boğaç, C., Önal Hoşkara, Ş., Özmen Mayer, B. & Rıza, M. (2010). Dosya V: 21. Yüzyılda Kentlerin Yeni-Değişen Yüzü ( File V: New-Changing Face of Cities in the 21st Century). MekanPerest Newspaper,20 June 2010, Issue 9, pp. 7-10
Boğaç, C. (2010). İnsan Tanrıların Kırallığı: Sefalete İnat Mükemmelliğin Sonsuzluğa Taşıdığı Şehir Kahire (The Kingdom of Human Gods: City of Cairo that Perfection Carries to Eternity Against Poverty). MekanPerest Newspaper, 06 June 2010, Issue 8, p.12
Boğaç, C. (2010). Anarko-Sosyalist Manifesto: Mülksüzler (Anarcho-Socialist Manifesto: Dispossessed).MekanPerest Newspaper, 23 May 2010, Issue 7, p.13
Boğaç, C. (2010). Şövalyeler Diyarına Yolculuk: Kartpostal Anıları Malta (Journey to the Kingdom of the Knights: Postcard Memories from Malta). MekanPerest Newspaper, 21 March 2010, Issue 4, p.12
Short- Story(s) in Turkish
Boğaç, C. (2016). Sayıklamalar (Murmurs). Gaile Magazine, Issue:393, 13 November 2016, pp.10-11
Boğaç, C. (2011). Yedi Asır (Seven Centuries). Gaile Magazine, Issue:141, 11 December 2011, pp.10-11
Boğaç, C. (2011). Bir Aşk: Bin Ölüm (One Love: Thousand Deaths). Gaile Magazine, Issue:139, 20 November 2011, pp.8-9
Boğaç, C. (2006). Bittiğimiz Yerden Zamanı Getirebilmek İçin Sana (To Bring Time from Where We End).Çirkef Magazine, Issue:7, December 2006, pp.26-27
Boğaç, C. (2003). Kan Yaşamdan Öcünü Aldı (Blood Got Its Revenge from Life).International Turkish Language and Translation Magazine, TURNALAR, Issue:9, 2003, pp.50-52
Boğaç, C. (2001). Göç ve Tün (Gidemem) (Migration and Night (I cannot leave). International Turkish Language and Translation Magazine, TURNALAR, Issue: 4, 2001; pp.47-48
Boğaç, C. (1997). Melekler Mutsuz Mudur? (Are Angels Sad?).International Turkish Language and Translation Magazine, TURNALAR, Issue:1, 1997, pp. 74-75
Other professional activities
Keynote Speech(s)
“Divided Cities in Conflict- Urban Peacebuilding”, Organised by: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Jerusalem, & Israel-Palestine Creative Regional Initiatives (IPCRI), Home for Cooperation, Nicosia, Cyprus, 14 October 2018
“The Famagusta Ecocity Project: The Story and the Principles” (together with Christina Elia and Fiona Mullen), The “Journey” International Summer School, Organized by: Cyprus University of Technology and Climate-KIC, Limassol, Cyprus, 05 July 2017
“Attachment to the Frozen Crises”, Joint Master Seminar S3: “Crisis Architecture – 2 / Relation Nature – City: Permanent crisis situation”, Organized by: Hepia, part of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland, 01 – 05 December 2014
“The Famagusta Ecocity Project: Turning a Fragmented City and Ghost Town into a Vibrant and Unified Model of Ecology and Peace”, 13th Annual Canova International Architect Encounter, Organized by: Canova Association, Domodossola, Italy, 26 – 30 June 2014
“The Fracture and Destruction of the Memory of a City and a New Hope: Famagusta Ecocity Project”, Reviving Famagusta, From Ghost Town to Eco-city? Conference, London School of Economics, Organized by: Hellenic Observatory European Institute and LSE Cotemporary Turkish Studies, Shaw Library, London, UK, Friday 21 February 2014
Post-Graduate Response (together with Ali Tanrıkul & Yara Saifi) for “Community, Collaboration & Communication in the Design Studio” paper by Noam Austerlitz & Avigail Sachs, International Architectural Education panel, Design Studios Teaching Practices, Organized by: Open House International Journal, Famagusta/ North Cyprus, 2006
“Architecture and Utopia: Brutal City”, Student Meeting 8.5, Arkitopya, Organized by: Faculty of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2004
Organization Committee Work(s)
Committee Member: Eastern Mediterranean University International Design Week (EMU INT-DW), Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2018
Assistant Coordinator: “Risky Travels” Sculpture Exhibition, Paphos 2017 European Capital of Culture, Cyprus, 2017
Committee Member: MOBBİG (Turkish Republic and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Architecture Schools Department Chairs Communication Group) 43, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2016
Committee Member: Housing Education, Research & Advisory Center (HERA-C), Housing Talks I, “A room of one’s own”, Invited speakers Hüseyin Özinal & Neşe Yaşın, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2014
Committee Member: International Conference: “Meaning of Architecture for Communities in Transformation” INTBAU Cyprus, Nicosia, North Cyprus, 2013
Committee Member: Housing Congress III: Housing in Cyprus: Planning, Design and Implementation in North Cyrus, Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Architecture & Cyprus Chamber of Turkish Architects, Nicosia, North Cyprus, 2012
Local Committee Member: AicE-Bs 2011 Famagusta, cE-Bs© Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia & Co- Host: EMU Urban Research & Development Centre, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2011
Team Leader: Border-Land New Social Housing International Workshop at Master Level, Team Leader of PhD Helping Cruise, HERA-C Eastern Mediterranean University Famagusta/ North Cyprus & Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, 2009
Committee Member: Medi-triology 2, International Gazimağusa Symposium, Faculty of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2007
Committee Member: International Summer School, Faculty of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2005
Committee Member: MOBBİG (Turkish Republic and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Architecture Schools Department Chairs Communication Group) 16, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2003
Coordinator (with Netice Yıldız): Exhibition “A section from Turkish Cypriot Artists Baki Boğaç, Feridun Işıman, İnci Kansu, Güner Pir, Emel Samioğlu”, For the occasion of MOBBİG 16, Faculty of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2003
Institutional Representation(s)
Representing EMU Department of Architecture: MOBBİG (Turkish Republic and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Architecture Schools Department Chairs Communication Group) 39 ‘Çokluk’, İstanbul Bilgi University , İstanbul, Turkey, November 2014
Representing Yeniboğaziçi Municipality: Cittaslow International Assembly, Vaals, Alphen-Chaam, Midden-Delfland, Netherlands, 18-22 June 2014
Representing Yeniboğaziçi Municipality: Cittaslow International Assembly, Seherihisar/ Turkey, 06-09 June 2013
Workshop(s)
Workshop Executor (with Yonca Hürol, Kağan Günçe, Afet Coşkun and Nevter Zafer Cömer): “A Story of a House in the Walls”, 7th International Design Week, Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Architecture, Famagusta/ North Cyprus, 2017
Representative of The Famagusta Ecocity Project: “A Famagusta Workshop”, Organized by EMU Department of Architecture for İstanbul Technical University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, The project 3, Regional Analysis and Development Scenarios, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2014
Workshop Executor (with Asu Tozan): “Design by Nature: Biomimetics”, 2. International Design Week, Eastern Mediterranean University Faculty of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2014
Workshop Executor (with Üstün Alsaç and Yonca Hürol): International Gazimağusa Symposium, Medi-Trilogy, Faculty of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2004
Workshop Participant: LabPlace İstanbul, Workshop executors: Pelin Tan, Zühre Sözeri, 1st Istanbul Architecture Festival organized by Arkitera Architecture Center, İstanbul, Turkey, 2004
Poster Presentation(s)
Poster Presentation (with Üstün Alsaç and Pınar Alsaç): “Famagusta Utopias”, UIA World Congress of Architecture, İstanbul, Turkey, 2005
Competition(s)
Participant (with Şebnem Önal Hoşkara, Esra Can Akbil, Mohsen S. Far, Amir Rashidi & Koorosh Ghotb- Group Entopia): Urban Intervention: The Howard S. Wright Design Ideas Competition for Public Space: INVOID FORUM Project, AIA Seattle, Next 50 Seattle Center 2012, Seattle Centre, Seattle, USA, 2012
Participant (with Yara Saifi, Deniz Sarı, Hacer Başarır & Barçın Boğaç): III. Sand Sculpture Festival, Departments of: Interior Architecture, Industrial Design, and Visual Arts & Visual Communication Design together with Activity Center, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2009
Participant (with Ahmet M. Saymanlıer & Ali Tanrıkul): Construction of Structures Using Wood, Bergen International Wood Festival, Bergen, Norway, 2006
Membership and activities in professional associations
Society for International Development, SID-Lefkoşa Chapter, North Cyprus, 2011
Chamber of Cyprus Turkish Architects, North Cyprus, 2002
Professional honors & awards
Research Grant(s)
Fulbright grant for teaching: “2019-20 Fulbright Visiting Scholars Program”, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, U.S. Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus, 2019
Type C (BAP-C) Scientific Research Project (9.840 TL), together with Jason Winn: “Deriving a Narrative Infrastructure from Community Stories in Famagusta Walled City”, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2018
1 year scholarship (15.000 Euro): “The Turkish Cypriot community Programme for the Academic Year 2010/11”, European Commission,Prague, Czech Republic, 2010-2011
Project Grant(s)
Bringing the Turkish Cypriot Community Closer to the European Union: Promotion of Youth Exchanges and Other People to People Contacts Grant (Reference: EuropeAid/126444/C/ACT/CY) (48,975 Euro), together with Münise Alibeyoğlu, Hakan Ağıt, Naz Ağıt and Gürkan Uluçhan, The European Commission, 2009
Design Award(s)
Tax’ Entitled Emblem and Slogan Competition, Mansion Prize: TRNC Ministry of Finance, Nicosia, North Cyprus, 2008
Art Award(s)
‘Defne Magazine’ Story Writing Competition, 3rd Prize: “Yedi Asır” (Seven Centuries), TRNC Ministry of Culture and Education, Nicosia, North Cyprus, 2010
Short- Story Writing Competition, 1st Price: “Bir Aşk Bin Ölüm” (One Love: Thousand Deaths), Cyprus Writers Association and Cyprus Turkish Artists and Writers Association, Nicosia, North and South Cyprus, 2008
International Turkish Language and Translation Symposium, ‘Promising Writer’ Prize: “Melekler Mutsuz Mudur? (Are Angels Sad?), Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 1997
Poem Writing Competition, ‘Promotion’ Prize: “Nereden?” (From where?), Cyprus Art Association, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 1996
Story Writing Competition, 1st Prize: “Ve Öldürdüm” (And I Killed), RESO, Deniz Bank, Nicosia, North Cyprus, 1996
Poem Writing Competition, 1st Prize: “Kan Lekesi” (Blood Stain), TRNC Ministry of Culture and Education, Nicosia, North Cyprus, 1995
Theater Festival, Original Music 1st Prize (as a composer): “Parkta Bir Sonbahar Günüydü” (An Day at Park in Autumn at), TRNC Ministry of Culture and Education, Theater Festival, Nicosia, North Cyprus, 1994
Poem Writing Competition, Mansion and the Youngest Poet Prize: “Bulut’tan” (From the Cloud), Cyprus Art Association, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 1994
Community service
Project Consultant: CittaSlow Network Participation Process, Geçitkale Municipality & EMU Faculty of Architecture, Geçitkale, North Cyprus, 2016- Present
Team member: The Famagusta Ecocity Project, Uniting through sustainability, Non-Profit Project, Cyprus, 2014- Present
Project Consultant: CittaSlow Network Participation Process, Yeniboğaziçi Municipality & EMU Department of Architecture, Yeniboğaziçi, North Cyprus, 2012-2015
Sustainable Development Stakeholder Panel, Construction Working Group Member: Interpeace & Cyprus 2015 Initiative in partnership with the United Nations, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2010-2011
Assistant Project Coordinator & Graphic Designer: MekanPerest – Architecture, Environment and Construction Newspaper, Social responsibility project of Faculty of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University (Distributor: Havadis Newspaper), Famagusta, North Cyprus, 2010-2011
Project Coordinator: Advocating for Human Rights and Equality for Turkish Cypriot Community, The European Commission Funded Non-Profit Project, Nicosia, North Cyprus, London, UK, Brussels, Belgium, Manchester, UK, Malta, Malta, 2009-2011
