Fields of Study

• Social Psychiatry
• Cultural Psychiatry
• Spiritual Trauma
• Somatization
• Social Anthropology

Career Summary

• 2006 - 2007 Visiting Scholar McGill University, Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry Montreal / CANADA
• Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Laurence J. Kirmayer (supported by a research grant from The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK))
• 2013 - 2016 Attending adult psychiatrist and clinical supervisor Department of Psychiatry, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital Istanbul / TURKEY
• 2016 - Associate Professor and Director of the Residency Program Department of Psychiatry, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences Istanbul / TURKEY
• 2007 - 2009 Adult Psychiatrist Mus State Hospital, Department of Psychiatry Muş / TURKEY (compulsory health service)
• 2009 - 2011 Adult Psychiatrist Bolu İzzet Baysal Mental Health Hospital Bolu / TURKEY
• 2011 - 2013 Adult Psychiatrist Tokat State Hospital, Department of Psychiatry Tokat / TURKEY
• 1999 - 2000 Family Practitioner Yuksel Ciner Public Health Center Gaziantep / TURKEY
• 2000 - 2001 Emergency Physician Emek Public Health Center Gaziantep / TURKEY
• 2013 - 2014 Consultant Psychiatrist TOHAV (Foundation for Society and Legal Studies) (An NGO offering psychosocial support to refugees and asylum seekers) Psychosocial support program to refugees and asylum seekers (working as a volunteer)

Memberships

• Turkish Medical Association
• The Psychiatric Association of Turkey
• Turkish Geriatric Psychiatry Association
• Turkish Sleep Research Society
• The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
• Turkish Social Psychiatry Association