Welcome!

I’m a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Emory University. I am currently on the job market.

My research examines how states and non-state actors build public support, weaken their opponents, and adapt to citizens’ attitudes and behavior across armed conflict, foreign policy, and electoral politics.

To study these questions, I combine observational data, survey experiments, original data collection, and computational text analysis, including the use of large language models. My research spans the Middle East, North America, and Latin America and contributes to debates in international relations and comparative politics concerning political violence, foreign policy, public opinion, and democratic governance.

My research has been supported by the Prudentis Fund and the Professional Development Support Research Fund at Emory University, Humane Studies Fellowship from the Institute for Humane Studies, and the Besample Dissertation Grant.

I hold an MA and a BA in International Relations from Bilkent University (Turkey).