Istanbul Studies Research and Application Center was established in 2009 at Kadir Has University under the direction of Prof. Dr. Murat Güvenç and coordinated by Funda Dönmez Ferhanoğlu, with the aim of creating a transdisciplinary common ground, academic and intellectual space for scientific research focusing on the city of Istanbul. Until 2024, various research projects have been carried out at the Center and many post-doctoral researchers have been supported as well as research partner Murat Tülek. We would like to thank everyone who has contributed so far, and we aim to maintain the reputation of the Center in accordance with its founding purpose and vision and to keep it alive with new studies.
The Istanbul Studies Research and Application Centre is open to all academic research, institutional partnerships and scientific activities that aim to understand the practical and perceived aspects of the global city, as well as all forms of production that are thought, designed, lived, represented and depicted. While focusing its research activities on Istanbul, the Centre aims to examine the current and historical, socio-spatial, political, economic transformations of the global city, its hybrid formation and position within migration trends, its cultural diversity, everyday life, food culture, nature, ecology, literature, art, architecture with a transdisciplinary and intersectional (gender, race, ethnicity, class, religion, disability, physical appearance, etc.) perspective.
In order to fulfil these objectives, the Istanbul Studies Research and Application Centre is responsible for conducting research projects supported by national and international funds; sharing various stages and final results of research projects; organizing panels, seminars and workshops related to scientific research and providing positions for visiting researchers through funds.
Assoc. Prof. Ezgi Tuncer
Director