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Sevcan Yildiz serves as an Associate Professor at Akdeniz University's Social Sciences Vocational School, Department of Travel-Tourism and Recreation Services, a position she has held since 2015 after progressing from Assistant Professor (2011-2015) and Lecturer roles. Her academic career spans over 15 years at Akdeniz University, including appointments at Manavgat Vocational School and the Institute of Social Sciences.
Her educational foundation includes a Doctorate (2007-2011) and Postgraduate degree (2004-2007) in Tourism Business and Hotel Management from Akdeniz University's Institute of Social Sciences, and an Undergraduate degree (1999-2004) in Travel Business and Tourist Guide Teaching from Gazi University's Faculty of Trade and Tourism Education. Her doctoral research examined visitor management at Alanya Castle within cultural heritage frameworks.
Dr. Yildiz's research integrates tourism management with cultural heritage studies, focusing on Byzantine artifacts across Turkish regions including Cappadocia, the Black Sea coast, and Mediterranean sites. She investigates organizational behavior in tourism enterprises (nomophobia, cyberloafing, toxicity), historical tourism contexts, and emerging forms like toy tourism and dark tourism. Her work bridges historical analysis with contemporary tourism economics and consumer behavior.
Her publication trends reveal dual research streams: behavioral studies in tourism workplaces and cultural heritage analysis of Byzantine sites. Recent works examine digital distractions in tourism enterprises while continuing deep explorations of historical monuments' tourism potential, demonstrating consistent interdisciplinary methodology across quantitative and qualitative approaches.
She has supervised one master's student on nomophobia's impact on cyberloafing and participated in research projects, though specific grant details remain unspecified. No scientific awards are documented in available records.
While formal lab affiliations aren't detailed, her extensive co-authorship with researchers like Özmenekşe Y.O. and Coşgun S. indicates active collaboration within cultural heritage and tourism research networks, particularly through Akdeniz University's research platforms.
