THE CORPUS OF TURKISH YOUTH LANGUAGE (CoTY) (Tur.Genclik Dili Derlemi)
Completed PhD Dissertation (September, 2022), Language Studies/English Language Teaching Program at METU, Ankara/Turkiye. Supervisor: Dr Hale Işık-Güler. CLICK FOR THE DETAILS
Researcher, DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF ‘CORONAPHOBIA’ IN TURKISH MEDIA, 2020-2022.
GRANT: Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK) 1002 – Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program (220K278). PI: Emel Kökpınar-Kaya (Hacettepe University), Researchers: Yeliz Demir van Scheppingen, Emre Yağlı, Oktay Çınar, Esranur Efeoglu-Ozcan. Description: This study aims to provide an analysis of the coronavirus discourse in Turkish media and the discursive construction of ‘coronaphobia’ within the framework of the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA).
Researcher, CALL-CENTER INTERACTION, 2018-2021.
PI: Hale Işık-Güler (METU), Researchers: Esranur Efeoglu-Ozcan & Merve Bozbıyık. Description: CA-informed investigation of operator-client interaction within the institutional discourse of a particular call-center in Turkiye.
Academic Advisor & Project Coordinator, TURKISH STUDENT CORPUS OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE (TSVP) (Tur.Turkce Soz Varlıgı Projesi), 2018-2022.
Project Lead: The Ministry of National Education/Turkiye, Scientific Advisor & Academic Coordinator for the province of Ankara: Hale Işık-Güler & Esranur Efeoglu-Ozcan. Description: Building a nationa-wide written and spoken corpus for student language covering Grades 2-12th (from primary school to high school) in Turkiye.
Researcher, WOMEN’S COFFEE TALK, 2018-2019.
GRANT: Middle East Technical University Research Fund (GAP-503-2018-3053). PI: Betil Eröz (METU), Researchers: Esranur Efeoglu-Ozcan (Gazi University & METU) & Banu Çiçek Başaran Uysal (Eskişehir Osmangazi University). Description: Investigation of women’s co-constructed narratives during the sociocultural ritual of coffee-cup readings in Turkiye.
Data collector, transcriber, annotator, THE SPOKEN TURKISH CORPUS, 2008-2011.
The project was supported by TUBITAK & METU Research Fund, led by Dr. Sukriye Ruhi & Dr. Hale Işık-Güler, and a group of researchers at METU. It is the first spoken corpus of contemporary Turkish language, with 50 hours of voice recordings and 350,000 running words. More info@ https://std.metu.edu.tr/en/hakkinda/