GÜLENER KIRNALI

Kadir Has Üniversitesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi Fatih, , 34083, Türkiye Tel: 0-212-5336532/1648

E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Education

2015 - – Institute of Social Sciences PhD Candidate in Political Science

2012 – 2013 Institut d’Etudes Politiques d’Aix-en-Provence Master’s Degree on Religion, Culture and Society (Master Recherche – Beneficiary of the Eiffel Scholarship by The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Master’s thesis, under the direction of Thierry Zarcone, based on a field research including semi-directive interviews held in İstanbul, entitled as “Les musulmans anticapitalistes: Comment être musulman et anticapitaliste en même temps?” (“The anti-capitalist muslims: How to be muslim and anti-capitalist at the same time?”) has been defended and accepted in November 2013.

2007 – 2012 Boğaziçi University Bachelor of Arts, Major: Political Science and International Relations

2002 – 2007 Galatasaray High School

Experience

August 2016 – January 2018 Medyascope.Tv News Editor Producer and presenter of a weekly program named as “Toplum &Siyaset” (Society & Politics), featuring social science scholars on relevant topics For Toplum&Siyaset see also http://medyascope.tv/etiket/toplum-ve- siyaset/

2017 - 2018 NR Translation Freelance Translator

Translation of legal, technical and web/social media texts from / to English/French/Turkish

Translation of corporate, marketing, webpage/social media texts of certain French companies from/to French - Turkish

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2016 - 2017 Saylon Consultancy Freelance Translator

Translation of legal, technical and web/social media texts from / to English/French/Turkish

Translation of corporate, marketing, webpage/social media texts of certain French companies from/to French - Turkish

2015 Mercedes Benz Formation assistant and French-Turkish simultaneous interpreter in the “Algeria Project” August 2015 – December 2016 Urban Translation Services Translator

Translation of legal, technical and web/social media texts from / to English/French/Turkish

Translation of corporate, marketing, webpage/social media texts of certain French companies from/to French - Turkish

July 2011 - Ekogazete (Web Journal on Environment News – ekogazete.wordpress.com) Editor

June – July 2011 Municipality of Tepebaşı, Eskişehir Assistant coordinator of the 5th International Terracotta Symposium - Coordinated the financial organization, sponsorship and logistics - Assisted the coordination between the department, field team and artists

2010 – 2012 Supercamp Turkey – Quantum Learning (Adaptation and implementation of the USA based quantum learning summer camp) Team Leader - Assisted facilitators in the coordination of adapting Supercamp U.S.A. and Quantum Learning in Supercamp Turkey in terms of language and content

2010-2011 Autumn Boğaziçi University Teaching Assistant of “Diplomatic History” (POLS 217) by Professor Kemal Kirişçi

Publications |

 "Anti-Capitalist Muslims: How to Be Muslim and Anti-Capitalist at the Same Time?" published in IPSA 2016 24th World Congress of Political Science This article aims to respond to a question regarding the “Antikapitalist Müslümanlar” (Anti-Capitalist Muslims), a movement of young Turkish Islamists that has gained public visibility, first through the May 1 protests in 2012 and then with the of 2013, namely as a new social movement raised upon both religious and political dimensions, what may Anti-Capitalist Muslims put forth in terms of understanding the world of inequality? On the basis of fieldwork and interviews held with members of the movement and certain participatory observations in İstanbul,

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Turkey in 2013, this article seeks to analyze the “Antikapitalist Müslümanlar” movement in three dimensions: its structure, ideology and mode of action.

 Dieu et César en Amérique (David E. Campbell et Robert D. Putnam) published on World Religion Watch (www.world-religion-watch.org), on October 16, 2012 Coauthor: Guillaume Silhol, PhD Researcher at Aix Université Translation into French of the article by David E. Campbell and Robert D. Putnam, "God and Caesar in America, Why Mixing Religion and Politics is Bad for Both", published in March-April 2012 in "Foreign Affairs", concerning the turnover in the political implications of denominational affiliations in the U.S., in terms of political parties, generations and public rhetorics.  Book Review: Religion, Civil Society and Peace in Northern Ireland, John D. Brewer, Gareth I. Higgins and Francis Teeney published on World Religion Watch (www.world-religion-watch.org), on October 5, 2012 Coauthor: Guillaume Silhol, PhD Researcher at Aix Marseille Université Critical review of the book by John D. Brewer, Gareth I. Higgins and Francis Teeney, which focuses on the place of religious institutions in the various aspects of the resolution of the armed conflict since 1968 in Northern Ireland.

Membership

Galatasaray Alumni Union 2010 Member

Computer Skills Microsoft Office 2010; Word, Excel, WordPress, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook; SPSS

Certificates

2017 Central European University The Relationship Between Power, Media Freedom and Advocacy Represented Turkish independent media along with Banu Güven, Erdal Güven and Zeynep Ekmekci

2014 Institut d’Etudes Politiques Certificat d’Etudes Supérieures et de Projet Professionnel

2008 İstanbul Bilgi University European Union Certificate Program

Languages

- Turkish: Native - English: Proficient - French: Proficient - Italian: Intermediate - Ottoman: Intermediate

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