DERYA FIRAT

DERYA FIRAT serves as a Professor in the Department of Sociology within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, where she maintains active academic engagement.

Her educational trajectory features rigorous international training:

• Licence in Sociology (Department of General Sociology and Methodology) from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (1991-1995)
• Degree in Political Sciences from Université Paris Dauphine (1997-1999)
• Degree in Sociology from École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (1998-1999)
• Doctorate in Sociology from École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (1998-2005)
• Post-Doctorate in Political Science from University Paris X Nanterre (2017-2020)

Her research synthesizes sociological theory with political science frameworks, emphasizing methodological rigor in analyzing social structures. This interdisciplinary approach manifests in her focus on political sociology and applied sociological methodologies, reflecting her dual expertise cultivated through French academic institutions.

Fluency in French is demonstrated by exceptional KPDS examination results (93 in Fall 2004; 100.00 in Spring 2011), facilitating engagement with Francophone academic traditions and primary sources in political sociology.