- Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
2022 Mustafa Parlar Foundation METU Distinguished Teaching Award
2021 Mustafa Parlar Scientific Research Excellence Award
2021 Young Scientist Achievement Award
2020-2021 Academic Performance Award
- Science Academy, Turkey (Bilim Akademisi) Young Scientist of the Year (BAGEP) Award, 2019
- EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Reintegration Fellowship, 2016-2018
Project Name: “The Role of Urbanization in Female Empowerment: The Turkish Case in Comparative Perspective” (Principal Investigator & Principal Researcher)
Project Duration: 24 months; Total Grant Awarded: € 157,846.
- Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award, 2013
Title: “Building Democracy to Last: The Turkish Experience in Comparative Perspective” (co-authored with Meral Ugur-Cinar)
- The Ohio State University, 2010-2015
- Distinguished University Fellowship, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Fellowship, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship (AGGRS), Department of Political Science–Ray Travel Grant.
- New York University, 2007-2009
- Fulbright Fellowship, ranked 1st among the applicants in the field of Economics in Turkey.
- Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2002-2006
- High Honor Roll (All semesters attended); Teaching Assistant Fellowship.
- Ranked 1st in Aydın Adnan Menderes Anatolian High School and attained 99.5% percentile score at University Entrance Exam in Turkey, 2001.
Photos: Science Academy Award Ceremony, 2019, Ankara, Turkey; Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award Ceremony, 2013, Istanbul, Turkey.
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