Board
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Halil İbrahim Düzenli
Director
He graduated from Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Architecture in 2000. He received his master title with the thesis entitled “Analysis of Form, Function, Structure and Meaning in Turgut Cansever Projects in the Context of Architectural Autonomy and Civilization Self-Comprehension Concepts” (original title: “Mimari Otonomi ve Medeniyet Ben-idraki Kavramları Bağlamında Turgut Cansever Projelerinde Biçim, İşlev, Yapı ve Anlam Analizleri”) (2005) and his doctoral degree with the thesis entitled “Architect Mehmed Ağa and His World: An Essay on the Interpretation of 16th and 17th Century Ottoman Mindset Patterns and Architecture through Risâle-i Mi‘mâriyye” (original title: “Mimar Mehmed Ağa ve Dünyası: Risâle-i Mi‘mâriyye Üzerinden 16. ve 17. Yüzyıl Osmanlı Zihniyet Kalıplarını ve Mimarlığını Anlamlandırma Denemesi”) (2009) at the same university. He worked at Karadeniz Teknik University (2001-2009), Mardin Artuklu University (2009-2015), Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University (2015-2018) and Istanbul Şehir University (2018-2020). He has been a faculty member at Samsun University, Faculty of Architecture and Design since July 2020.
His research areas are: Architectural historiography, Architecture in Islamic Context, 16-17. Century Ottoman Architecture, 20-21. Century Architectural Theories and Practices, Turgut Cansever, Horizontal City, Urban History of Trabzon, Mardin and Istanbul.
Aside the books İdrak ve İnşa: Turgut Cansever Mimarlığının İki Düzlemi (Klasik 2009; 2019), Trabzon Kent Mirası: Yer-Yapı-Hafıza (with Ö.İ.Tuluk, Klasik 2010) and Cumhuriyet Döneminde Ümraniye: Şehirleşme, Toplum, Ekonomi ve Yönetim II (with Y.Uğur, S.Aslaner, A.Arlı, E.Yücesoy, Ümraniye Municipality 2019), he has contributed the following books as editor: Bir Mimari Deneyim: Trabzon ve Sarayevo’da Mahalle / Jedan Graditelski Pokusaj: Mahale u Trabzonu i Sarajevu (Nüans 2007), Trabzon Kent İçi Kültür Varlıkları Envanteri (with H. Özen et al., Trabzon Governorate 2010), Antik Çağdan XXI. Yüzyıla Büyük İstanbul Tarihi – Mimari – Volume 8 (İSAM and İBB Kültür AŞ. 2015), Ufki Şehir: Turgut Cansever’in İzinde (Klasik and Esenler Şehir Düşünce Merkezi 2016). He has contributed as editor for the special issues “Türk Mimarlık Tarihi” in the Journal of Turkish Studies Literature (TALİD) (The Foundation for Sciences and Arts, 2009) and “Turgut Cansever” in the Journal of City & Society (with A. Arlı, Marmara Municipalities Union 2019).
Asst. Prof. Dr. Tülay Zıvalı
Vice Director
She graduated from Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Built Environment, Department of Architecture in 2010. She completed her master’s degree at the same university within the Department of Urbanism with the thesis entitled “Bridging the Bulevar: Transforming the Former Frontline in Mostar, by Using the Existing Network of Public Space in the City“. Between 2013 and 2015, she worked as a lecturer at the International University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Architecture. She has started her doctorate program at Istanbul Technical University, Department of City and Regional Planning in 2016 and completed her research in 2022 with the thesis entitled “Cultural Encounters of Ethnic Identities: An Ethnographic Study Of Belonging in the Urban Landscape Of Sarajevo“. She worked as a research assistant at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts, Department of Architecture between 2017-2022. Since March 2023 she is a faculty member at Samsun University, Faculty of Architecture and Design.
Her research areas are: urban sociology, social research methods in urban studies, socio-spatial models in public space, divided and multicultural cities and societies, post-war rehabilitation, migration studies.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Abdullah Asım Divleli
Committee Member
He was born in Istanbul in 1982. He graduated from Selçuk University, Department of Architecture in 2005. He wrote his master’s thesis titled “Facades Analysis of Traditional Turkish House: The Sample of Istanbul-Zeyrek Haydar Neighborhood” at the same university. He completed his doctoral study titled ” Historiography and Architecture in the Construction of Arab Nation Identity: The Case of Egypt ” at Mardin Artuklu University. Since his graduation in 2005, he has done architectural projects and applications in Turkey and abroad. He worked at Mardin Artuklu University between 2010-2022. He worked as a researcher at the University of Jordan in 2015-2017 and at the International Islamic University of Malaysia in 2017-2018. His academic interests are refugee and space, nationalism and architecture, and modern Arab architecture of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Emin Selçuk Taşar
Committee Member
He graduated from Mardin Artuklu University, Department of Architecture in 2011. He obtained his Master of Architecture from the same university in 2015 with his thesis titled “What Are We Actually Talking: A Discourse Analysis on Mosque Debates in Turkey (2009-2013)”; He also received his doctorate in 2020 with his thesis “Writing, Classification and Characterization: City and Architecture in Evliya Çelebi’s Travel Book”. He worked at Siirt University (2013) and Mardin Artuklu University (2013-2021). He has been a faculty member at Samsun University since March 2021.
Some of his academic works include: Mosque Agenda, Media and Architecture in Turkey (2009-2013): On Şakirin, Mimar Sinan, Çamlıca and Sancaklar Mosques (with Halil İbrahim Düzenli, Milel ve Nihal 2/2020), Turgut Cansever and the Nazarî-Amelî Relationship in His Architecture(Türkiye Belediyeler Birliği İller Belediyeler Dergisi, 2019), Ottoman Architectural History Between Sacred and Imaginary: A Method Essay in Ottoman Architectural Historiography (Milel ve Nihal 2/2017), The Space Politics of the Concept of Need The Example of Çamlıca Mosque (Sosyoloji Divanı 2016), Milel ve Nihal Journal of Faith, Culture and Mythology Studies “Sacred and Architecture” (with Enes Ateş, Milel ve Nihal 2/2017) which he edited the special issue for.
Res. Asst. Mehmet Salih Özalp
Committee Member
1997 yılında Van’da doğdu. 2020 yılında Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesi Mimarlık Bölümü’nden mezun oldu. Aynı üniversitede birinci sınıf stüdyosunda atölye yürütücüsü olarak yer aldı (2020-2021). Yer aldığı “Bosna’dan Anadolu’ya Dostluk Köprüsü” proje kapsamında deneme yazdı. Mimari tasarımda bilişim alanında “Tiflis, Gldani Mikro Bölgeleri Bağlamında Kentsel Verilerin Etmen-Tabanlı Parametrik Tasarım Modellemesi” çalışmayla MSTAS’ta bildiri yayınladı. OKTAA Atölye ile katıldığı yarışmalardan “Muğla, İztuzu Manifesto”, “Konya, Vaha” ve “İstanbul, Sinan Yolu” projelerinden çeşitli dereceler aldı. Almanya’da bulunan “Architecture Energie Plus” ofisinde proje tasarımlarında olarak çalıştı. İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Mimari Tasarımda Bilişim alanında Yüksek Lisans eğitimini sürdürmektedir. 2022 yılında Samsun Üniversitesi Mimarlık ve Tasarım Fakültesi’nde araştırma görevlisi olarak çalışmaya başlamıştır.
Res. Asst. Mustafa Furkan Gündüz
Committee Member
He was born in Ankara, 1995. He graduated from Konya Selcuk University, Department of Architecture in 2018. He completed his master’s degree in Gazi University, Department of Architecture in 2022 with his thesis study titled “Investigation of the Use of Photovoltaic Panels in High-rise Buildings in the Context of Facade”. In the same year , he started his doctorade education at Gazi University Architecture Program. He took part in design, architectural project and construction site coordination tasks in projects completed incorporation of Samsun University Design, Architecture and Urban Studies Application and Research Center. He has been working as a Research Assistant at Samsun University, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Department of Architecture since February 2020. Field of his study; Construction and material, Use of Renewable Energy Systems in Architecture, Elements of construction.
ADVISORY BOARD
Prof. Dr. Hatice AYATAÇ, Istanbul Technical University Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Prof. Dr. Hatice Hümanur BAĞLI, Marmara University Department of Industrial Design
Prof. Dr. Abdullah Uğur TANYELİ, İstinye University Department of Architecture
Prof. Dr. Burhanettin TATAR, Ondokuzmayıs University Faculty of Theology
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alim ARLI, Marmara University Institute of Middle East and Islamic Countries Studies
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zafer CÖMERT, Samsun University Department of Software Engineering
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Uğur KARADENİZ, Samsun University Faculty of Turkish Language and Literature
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Çağhan KESKİN, İstanbul University Department of Architecture
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adem SORUÇ, Samsun University Department of Translation and Interpreting
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yunus UĞUR, Marmara University Department of History
Dr. M. Cemil ARSLAN, Marmara Municipalities Union
Dr. Ali SARIALİOĞLU, Samsun Surveying and Monuments Directorate
Fatma ALADAĞ, Leipzig University Department of History
Mustafa KARAOSMANOĞLU, Architect Writer