Fırat Genç
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Istanbul Bilgi University
Fırat Genç is assistant professor at the Department of Sociology in Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. He holds a PhD in history of Modern Turkey from Boğaziçi University. He worked as a post-graduate researcher at the Department of Sociology in Boğaziçi University, Turkey. He is co-author of two books published in Turkish, Indivisible Unity of the Nation: Nationalisms that Shatter in the Process of Democratization (TESEV, 2007) and Turkey of Cities: Prospects, Limits and Conflicts (İletişim, 2021). His research focuses on urban studies, spatial politics, social movements, Kurdish issue, nationalism, and international migration. He is currently the editor-in-chief of saha, the periodical magazine published by the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly (hCa), and member of the editorial board of İPA Istanbul, a quarterly magazine published by the Istanbul Planning Agency of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
Speaker’s Events
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Panel | Cities Transforming by Experience: Reimagining Cities | 04 Oct 2023 16:00 | 17:00 |