Prof. Dr. Neslihan TÜRKÜN DOSTOĞLU

She was born in 1955 in Bursa. She went to elementary school in Bursa, attended to middle and high school at Robert College, and graduated from Middle East Technical University Architecture Department in 1978. After receiving her master’s degree in the same department, she went to the USA with a PhD scholarship, and she completed her doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania in 1986. Dostoğlu worked as a research assistant at M.E.T.U. and the University of Pennsylvania, and served as an assistant professor at Anadolu University between 1988-1990. After working as a freelance architect in Bursa in 1990-1994 period, she continued her academic career by joining Uludağ University Architecture Department of Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, with the opening of this department in 1994. Dostoğlu achieved associate professor title in 1997, and professor title in 2003, and served as Head of Department of Architecture in Uludağ University for nine years. In addition she has been Bursa Culture and Natural Heritage Protection Board member and president (1998-2008).

Dostoğlu, who started working at the Department of Architecture in Istanbul Culture University in 2010, has published many papers and statements at home and abroad, has two published books titled Bursa in Ottoman Period and Cultural Heritage Inventory of Bursa: Monumental Works, and has edited some published books including The Story of the Bazaar: Historical Neighbourhoods of Bursa I, Historical Neighbourhoods of Bursa II, and Women and Architecture in Republic Era. Dostoğlu conducted various research projects and architectural projects during 2008-2009 period, and undertook responsibility as Education Coordinator for “Project for Qualified Intermediate Staff Training in Restoration Field” completed by using grant funds from European Union. Dostoğlu has prizes she won from architectural project competitions, and she was also awarded the Friendship Medal by decision of the Darmstadt District Council in 2010, for her contribution to the strengthening of relations between Bursa and Darmstadt.

 


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