WORK EXPERIENCE
MANAGER, GEVREKLI TOURISM, 2013-PRESENT
GL YKSEL
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
hi@gulyuksel.com
+90 (532) 219 56 94
ABOUT
I am an avid supporter of Human Rights
with experience in management, public
relations, organization, research,
translation, developing projects & writing
proposals, writing reports & needs
analyses, advocacy, crisis management,
Turkish / International laws & regulations
on human & refugee rights, teaching /
training, public speaking, human rights
activism, working with vulnerable groups,
working in groups and in multicultural
settings. I take pleasure in challenge and
discovery. I am inspired by art, science
and human solidarity.
SKILLS
LANGUAGE
English (Fluent)
French (Fluent)
Turkish (Native)
COMPUTER
MS Office, Photoshop, Windows, OSX
MISCELLANEOUS
First Aid, Psychological Support
AWARDS
FRENCH GOVERNMENT AWARD
Awarded as the best student in French
at the University of Witwatersrand10.
Attending board meetings; representing the company at meetings with bankers, legal
consultants, architects, and potential / actual international & local business partners;
responding to client concerns in person and online; translating and preparing contracts
and other official documents; managing staff meetings; interviewing job applicants.
DEPUTY CANDIDATE FROM ISTANBUL, CHP, 2015
I was nominated by votes of almost 12K members of Republican Peoples Party (CHP)
-social-liberal & social-democratic (centre-left) main-opposition political party in Turkey-
as one of their deputy candidates in Istanbuls second selection area.
VOLUNTEER, FREELANCE RESEARCHER / TRANSLATOR
Gundem Cocuk Association
Research on the living conditions of Syrian refugees in the rural area of Adanalioglu,
Mersin. Turkey, 2016
Green Party of Switzerland
Research on the affects of current political circumstances in Turkey for Syrian & Yezidi
refugees and the Kurdish population. Turkey, 2016.
Ozgur Gundem Newspaper
Interview with Judge Essa Moosa, head of the International Peace Delegation, about
the delegations visit to Turkey, 2016.
Swiss Radio Television
Research on secularism in Turkey with Aline Jacottet & Catherine Cattin. Turkey, 2014.
Forced Migration Studies Programme (FMSP)
Research on Xenophobic attacks in South Africa. 2010.
Centre for the Study of Violence & Reconciliation (CSVR)
Research for the preparation of a Human Rights Monitoring Handbook for Southern
Africa. South Africa, 2007.
BLOGGER, GUL YUKSEL CHP FACEBOOK PAGE, 2015-
More than 15K people follows and engage with my Facebook page, which I personally
manage for sharing my articles on Turkish political agenda. http://fb.com/gulyukselchp
MACRO-ECONOMICS TUTOR, BARD COLLEGE, 2007
Offering private and group lessons to students of introductory macro-economics.
EDUCATION
MSc, Middle East Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies
(SOAS), University of London, United Kingdom
Graduated in 2013 with a merit and wrote the dissertation with the title: Gezi Uprising:
police governance in Turkey and subversion of power by subalterns.
BA with Honours, Political Studies, University of Witwatersrand
Completed Political Studies and French double majors in 2011 with a merit and wrote
the dissertation with the title: A Study of Power: Crossreading Althusser and Foucault.
BA in Political Studies, Bard College, United States
Transferred credits from Bard College to University of Witwatersrand in South Africa
after participation to their International Human Rights Exchange Programme in 2007.
High School Diploma, Robert College, Turkey
Robert College is the top ranking English medium high-school in Turkey. Completed
Science Track International Baccalaureate and Turkish High School Diploma in 2005.