I am a PhD student in the Cultural Anthropology (CITE) Program at Rutgers Anthropology. I received a BA in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from Mardin Artuklu University, Turkey, and an MA in African Studies from the Center for the African Studies Basel (CASB), University of Basel, Switzerland.
In my current PhD project, focusing on the world-making practices in the border cities, I am particularly interested in the border crossings of migrants, particularly African migrants, on the Turkish-Iranian border. I explore how digital infrastructures, such as Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, YouTube, etc., empower mobility performances of migrants intending to pass the Turkish-Iranian Border.