CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name and Surname : BETÜL YARAR

Nationality : Turkey

Family Status : Single Mother of a Son, BD-13.03.2006

Languages : Turkish (Moher Languge), English (Academic-Advance), German

(Low)

EDUCATION

Degree Department/Programme University Year

Undergraduate Sociology Middle East Technical University 1991

M.A. Sociology Essex University 1994

Ph.D. Sociology Lancaster University 2000

M.A. Thesis: A Theoretical Analysis of the Relationship Between the Concepts of

Ideology, Culture and Popular Culture, supervised by Prof. Catherine Hall.

Ph.D. Thesis: Politics and Popular Culture: A Case Study on the Relationship Between

the Rise of the New Right, Football and Arabesk in the 1980s in Turkey , supervised by

Prof. Bob Jessop.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY - WORK EXPERIENCE

Academic

Title University Year

Philipp

Schwartz Fellow

Bremen University, Faculty of Education,

Intercultural Education Branch

02.02.2016-

Professorship Jounralism, Faculty of Communication, Gazi University 2012-2016

Assoc. Prof. Public Relations, Faculty of Communication, Gazi University

2006-2012

Visiting

Scholar Ankara University Faculty of Political Science, Women

Studies Graduate Programme 2009-2013

Visiting

Scholar Middle East Technical, Sociology, Social Anthropology

Graduate Programme 2010-2011

Assoc. Prof. Sociology, Faculty of Art and Science, University of Abant 2006

İzzet Baysal

Visiting

Scholar Sociology, Faculty of Art and Science, Marmara University 2003-2005

Asst. Prof. Sociology, Faculty of Art and Science, University of Abant

İzzet Baysal 2001-2006

Research

Assistant Sociology, Faculty of Art and Science, University of Abant

İzzet Baysal 2000-2001

Research

Assistant Sociology, Faculty of Art and Science, University of Abant

İzzet Baysal 1993-2000

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, Women’s Movement, Feminist Theory, Body-Bio

Politics, Neoliberalism, History of Modernisation in Turkey, Sociology of Turkey,

Qualitative Research Methods, Visual Analysis.

ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS

2016, 2 Feburary- 31 January 2018 Philipp Scwardz Research Scholarship by

Humbold Foundation, Bremen University, Faculty of Education, Intercultral Education

Branch, Research Topic: Bio-Body Politics of Neliberal Regime in Turkey and Counter

Strategies of Women’s Movements in Turkey.

2016, September-October, Research Scholarship provided by The French Embassy

Ankara, Reseaching at the University of Paris 8, CRESSPA, France. Research Topic:

Women’s Movement and New Communication Technologies in Turkey.

2016, November, December, 2017 January, Research Scholarship provided by the

EHESS, Paris, France. Research Topic: Neoliberal Regime and Women’s Movement in

Turkey.

September 1993-September 1999, Scholarship Provided by the Scientific and

Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) for Studying Aborad for MA and

Ph.D. Degree.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

2011-2013 Principal Investigator-Project Conducter, Title of the Research Project:

“Yeni Toplumsal Hareketler, Medya ve Yeni İletişim Teknolojileri” [New

Social Movement, Media and New Communication Technologies], Turkey-

Slovenia International Partnership Project, TUBITAK, Ankara.

NATIONAL PROJECTS

2006-2009 Principal Investigator-Project Conducter, Title of the Research Project:

“Türkiye’de Modernleşme Süreci İçinde ve Spor Alanında Toplumsal

Cinsiyete Dayanan Yeni Beden Ekonomisinin ve Kadının Toplumsal

Kimliğinin Kuruluşu ve Dönüşümü” [Constitution and Transformation of

Women’s Social Identity and New Gendered Body Economy in the Field of

Sport and in the Process of Modernisation in Turkey], TUBITAK, Ankara

2004- 2007 Researcher, Project Title: Depremlerden 5 Yıl Sonra Düzce İlinde Değişen

Toplumsal, Ekonomik ve Kişisel Yaşam, Akademik Araştırma Projesi

[Changing Social, Eonomic and Private Lives in Düzce 5 Years After the

Earthquakes], Marmara University, Department of Sociology, granted by

Istanbul Marmara BAP ve TÜBİTAK.

1991-1992 Researcher, Project Title: Türkiye’nin Güneydoğu Bölgesinde Göç ve Sosyal

Mobilizasyon [Migration and Social Mobilisation in Southeastern Turkey],

Research Project by Middle East Technical University, Department of

Sociology. Ankara.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Yarar, Betül (ed.), Soylu Yalan, Hakikatsiz Siyaset (Novel Lie, Untruthful Politics),

Pheonix Press: Ankara (Forthcoming)

Yarar, Betül (ed.) (2015), Şiddetin Cinsiyetli Yüzleri [Gendered Faces of Violence].

İstanbul: Bilgi University Press. (in Turkish)

Yarar, Betül (2009), Politics of/and Popular Culture: Football and Arabesk in the Times

of the New Right in Turkey, VDM Verlag Publication Dr. Müller K.

Özkazanç, Alev and Betül Yarar (eds.) (2005). Hegemonya, Post-Fordizm ve

Kürselleşme Ekseninde Kapitalist Devlet [Capitalist State in Respect to Hegemony, Post-

Fordism and Globalisation: a Bob Jessop Anthology]. İstanbul: İletişim. (in Turkish)

ARTICLES IN PEER REVIEWED INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

Yarar, Betül (2008), “'Cilized Women' and 'Light sports': Modernisation, Women and

Sport in the Early Republican Period of Turkey, KADIN/WOMAN 2000 1(2): 1-35.

Yarar, Betül (2008) “Politics of/and Popular Music: An Analysis of the History of Arabesk

Music from the 1960s to the 1990s in Turkey”, Cultural Studies, 22 (1): 35-79.

Yarar, Betül (2005) “Hegemonic Struggle, the State and Football: The New Right and

the New Economy of Football in Turkey”, European Journal of Cultural Studies 8(2): 197-

217.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDITED VOLUMES (INTERNATIONAL)

Yarar, Betül (2017) “On the Relationship Between Women’s Movement(s) and the

Authoritarian Neoliberal Regime in Turkey”, Research Project Report “Comparing

Women’s Movements in Different Cities in Turkey” by Bremen University, conducted by

Prof. Dr. Yasemin Karakaşoğlu.

Projektinformation (deutsch) http://www.fb12.uni-bremen.de/de/interkulturelle-

bildung/forschung/frauenbewegungen-im-innertuerkischen-vergleich.html

Forschungsergebnisse (deutsch) http://www.fb12.uni-bremen.de/de/interkulturelle-

bildung/forschung/frauenbewegungen-im-innertuerkischen-

vergleich/forschungsergebnisse.html

Yarar, Betül (2017) “Arabesk: Looking at History of Popular Meanings and Feelings in

Turkey”, chp. 15. In Made in Turkey Studies in Popular Music, Edited by Ali C. Gedik,

London, New York: Routledge.

Özgüler, Cevahir, and Betül Yarar (2016), “Neoliberal Body Politics: Feminist Resistance

and the Abortion Law in Turkey”, in Bodies in Resistance: Gender and Sexual Politics in

the Age of Neoliberalism ed. by Wendy Harcourt, Silke Heumann and Marjan Radjavi,

Palgrave Press.

Yarar, Betül (2009) "Disasters and A Gender Sensitive Analysis of the Role of NGOs:

Experience of the Earthquake in Düzce", Gender and Disaster: Global Voices, Samir

Dasgupta (ed.). Frontpage publication.

SELECT ARTICLES IN PEER REVIEWED NATIONAL JOURNALS

Yarar, Betül “Şiddet üzerine tartışmalar ve HDP'yi savunmak”, Birikim, (Vol. 319 -

November) http://www.birikimdergisi.com/kisi/6259/betul-yarar#.WdiY81u0OM8

Yarar, Betül (2015) “Küresel yoksulluk içinde kadın yoksulluğu, küresel kadın hareketi

içinde yoksulluk odaklı STK’lar” [Women's poverty within global poverty, poverty

centered NGO's in global women's movement], Fe Dergi 7 (1): 32-49.

Yarar, Betül; and Bahar Şimşek (2014), “Yeni Siyaset, Yeni Muhalefet, Yeni

Örgütlenme Biçimleri”, Toplum ve Kuram. http://toplumvekuram.com/yeni-siyaset-yeni-

muhalefet-yeni-orgutlenme-bicimleri-bahar-simsek-betul-yarar/

Yarar, Betül (2014) "Osmanlı’dan Türkiye Cumhuriyetine Geçiş Sürecinde ve Erken

Cumhuriyet Döneminde Modern Sporun Kuruluşu" [Constitution of Modern Sports in the

Periods of Transition From the Ottoman to Turkish Republic and of the Early Republic],

Hacettepe Üniversitesi Türkiye Araştırmaları Enstitüsü, N. 21, Autum.

Cantek, Şenol Funda; and Betül Yarar (2009), “Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemi Dergi ve

Gazetelerinde Spor ve Kadın (1928-1960)” [Sports and Women in Journals and Presses

of the Early Republican Period], İletişim: Kuram ve Araştırma Dergisi (Communication:

Theory and Research Journal, Gazi University) (29): 190-201.

Yarar, Betül, “Bir Moral Düzenleme Biçimi Olarak Medeni Kanunun Aile Hukukunun

Arkeolojisi” [Civil Code and Family Law As a Form of Moral Regulation), Öneri Journal,

Marmara University, İstanbul, (2007).

Aydın, Saadet; and Betül Yarar (2007), “Kentleşme ve Konut Politikaları Açısından Neo-

liberalizmin Eleştirel Bir değerlendirilmesi ve Sosyal Adalet Fikrinin Yeniden İnşaası” [A

Critical Appraisal of Neoliberalism with Respect to Urban and Housing Policies and The

Reconstruction of the Idea of Social Justice], Sosyoloji Araştırmaları Dergisi (Journal of

Sociological Research) 10 (1): 28-57.

Yarar, Betül (2006) “Depremlerden Sonra Ortaya Çıkan Konut Sorunu ve Bu Sorunla

Baş Etmenin Yeni Yöntemleri” [Housing Problem Emerged After the Earthquakes and New

Ways of Dealing With This Problem], ToplumBilim, Deprem Özel Sayısı, 2006.

Yarar, Betül (2006) “Depremlerden Sonra Düzce İlinde Sivil Toplumsal Hayatın ve Sivil

Toplum Kuruluşlarının Dönüşümü” [Transformation of Civil Society and NGO’s After the

Earthquake in Düzce], ToplumBilim, Deprem Özel Sayısı, 2006.

Kümbetoğlu, Belkıs; İnci User and Betül Yarar, “Afet Sonrası Konut Edindirme

Çözümleri: Bir Örnek Olgu Olarak Düzce Kalıcı Konutları” [Housing Accusition Aid After

the Earthquake: A Case Study on “Permenant Houses”], ToplumBilim, Deprem Özel

Sayısı, 2006.

Yarar, Betül (2004) “Değişen Arabesk Kültürü ve Yeni Toplumsal Anlam(lar)ı” [Changing

Arabesk Culture and Its New Social Meanings], Folklor ve Edebiyat, 38(2): 137-155.

Yarar, Betül (2001) “Türkiye’de Yeni Kültürel Eğilimler” [New Cultural Trends in

Turkey], Mürekkep (16): 29-48.

Yarar, Betül (1999) “Popüler Kültür ve Siyaset: Türkiye’de 1980’lerde Yeni Sağ ve

Futbol” [Popular Culture and Politics: New Right and Football in the 1980s in Turkey],

Mürekkep, (13): 40-63.

Yarar, Betül (1998) “1980’ler Türkiye’sinde Yeni Sağın Yükselişi”, Mürekkep (13): 40-

63.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDITED VOLUMES (NATIONAL)

Yarar, Betül (2015), “’Yakın İlişki İçinde Şiddet’i Feminist Bakışla Yeniden Düşünmek”

[Re-thinking Violence in Intimate Relations from a Feminist Perspective], Şiddetin

Cinsiyetli Yüzleri [Gendered Faces of Violence] ed. by Betül Yarar, Istanbul: Bilgi

Üniversitesi Yayınları, pp. 13-51.

Yarar, Betül (2012), “İletişimde Yapısalcılık: Dil ve ideoloji”, [Structuralism in

Communication: Language and Ideology], İletişim Kuramları, Çiler Dursun (ed.),

Atatürk Üniversitesi Açık Öğretim Fakültesi Yayınları.

Yarar, Betül; Petra Holzer Özgüven, and Funda Cantek (2009). “Türkiye Modernleşme

Tarihine Sporcu Kadınların Gözünden Bakmak Cumhuriyet Tarihi Boyunca Kadınların Spor

Yoluyla Kimliklerini Kurma Serüvenleri” [Looking at History of Modernisation in Turkey

from the Perspective of Sporting Women], KaraElmas 2009 Medya ve Kültür, Nurçay

Türkoğlu, Sevilen Toprak Ağaoğlu (eds.), Istanbul: Urban Yayınları, pp. 479-495.

Yarar, Betül and Alev Özkazanç (2005), “Foreword”, in Capitalist State in Respect

to Hegemony, Post-Fordism and Globalisation: a Bob Jessop Anthology, Betül Yarar ve

Alev Özkazanç (eds.), Istanbul: İletişim.

Yarar, Betül (2005) “Türkiye’de Ataerkil Kültür ile Spor Arasındaki İlişkiler: 1920’ler ve

1930’larda Kadın ve Spor” [Relations Between Patriarchal Culture and Sport in Turkey:

Women and Sport in the 1920s and 1930s], Türkiye Kültürler, Gönül Pultar ve Tahire

Erman (eds), Istanbul: Tetragon Yayınları.

ACADEMIC TRANSLATIONS INTO TURKISH

Jessop, Bob, “Bob Jessop Giriş” [Bobo Jessop: Introduction] (translated by Betül Yarar),

Capitalist State in Respect to Hegemony, Post-Fordism and Globalisation: a Bob Jessop

Anthology, Betül Yarar ve Alev Özkazanç (ed.), Istanbul: İletişim.

Jessop, Bob, “Poulantzas’ın Özgünlüğü, Mirası ve Güncelliği” [On the Originality, Legacy,

and Actuality of Nicos Poulantzas (translated by Betül Yarar], Bob Jessop: Hegemonya,

Post-Fordizm ve Küreselleşme Ekseninde Kaptalist Devlet, Betül Yarar ve Alev Özkazanç

(der.), Istanbul: İletişim.

Jessop, Bob (2005) “Tathcerizm’e Veda mı?: Neo-Liberalizm vs ‘Yeni Zamanlar’”

(translated by Betül Yarar), Bob Jessop: Hegemonya, Post-Fordizm ve Küreselleşme

Ekseninde Kapitalist Devlet, Betül Yarar ve Alev Özkazanç (der.), Istanbul: İletişim.

INVITED TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS

INVITED TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

Yarar, Betül, “Body-bio Politics of AKP’s Neoliberalism and Countre Feminist Strategies”,

presented at the University of Rouen, France, October 9, 2017.

http://lettresmodernes.univ-rouen.fr/9-octobre-conference-de-betul-yarar-sociologue-

specialiste-mouvements-feministes-turquie/

Yarar, Betül “New Gender Regime of AKP in Turkey”, presented at the panel called

“Gender Equality under Attack. Women's Struggle against the Emergency State in

Turkey” by the Göttingen Centre for Gender Studies and the Network for Global Migration

Studies. Göttingen University, June 22, 2017.

Yarar, Betül, “Transformations of Gender Regimes in Turkey”, paper presented at the

conference called “Current Transformations of Gender Regimes and the Struggle of

Gender Scholars in Turkey”, 21.06.2017, OldenBurg University

Yarar, Betül (Keynote Speaker) “Türkiye’de Neoliberal Rejim ve Kadın Hareketleri”,

Building Bridges Workshop – “Türkiye’de ve Almanya’da Kadın ve Cinsiyet Politikaları için

Ağ Oluşturma Atölyesi”, 30 September-2 November 2016, by Bremen University, Faculty

of Education, Intercultural Education Branch.

Yarar, Betül (as a Guest Speaker and respondent), “on Women in Gezi Park Resistance”

the ‘Bodies in Resistance Seminar’ on the 7 October 2013 and to participate in the ‘Civic

Innovation Research Initiative (CIRI) Forum on ‘Theories and Practice in Civic Innovation:

Building bridges among politics, markets and gender/sexuality’, 8-10 October 2013, the

Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University in The Hague.

Yarar, Betül, Nagehan Tokdoğan Kartal, Ayşe Mirza, Çağrı Kaderoğlu Bulut, “New Media

and the Women’s Movement in Turkey” 24-26 June 2013; England-Leicester, “Console-

ing Passions: 21th International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media and

Feminism”.

Yarar, Betül, Nagehan Tokdoğan Kartal, Ayşe Mirza, Çağrı Kaderoğlu Bulut “Women’s

movement and new communication technologies in Turkey”, 3rd European Conference on

Politics and Gender, April-2013, Barcelona-Spain.

Yarar, Betül, Introduction Speech, International Feminist Forum, KAOSGL, Ankara, 10-

11 March 2012.

Yarar, Betül, Women’s Movement in the Middle East and in Turkey (Ortadoğu’da ve

Türkiye’de Kadın Hareketleri: Deneyimler, Kazanımlar, Sorunlar, Süreçler) International

Workshop-Participant, organized and held by Marmara Üniversity, Centre for Research

and Application on Women’s Labour Power and Employment and Department of

Sociology, 7-9 March 2008.

Yarar, Betül, “Modernleşme Süreci İçinde Kadın Sporcuların Öz Yaşam Öyküleri: Beden

ve İktidar İlişkisi Temelinde Şekillenen Benlikler ve Bedenler”, International

Multidisciplinary Women’s Congress, October 13-16, (İzmir) 2009.

Yarar, Betül, “Deprem ve Sivil Toplum” (panelist), Gender and Disaster Worksop,

Kocaeli Universityİzmit (2008).

Yarar, Betül, “Modernisation, women and sport in the 1950s and the 1960s in Turkey:

the Construction of female identities in the field of sport”, Gender and Generations:

Women and Life Cycles, 5-7 September 2008, 17th Annual Conference of the Women’s

History Network, University of Glasgow.

Yarar, Betül, “Changing Patterns of Hegemony and New Strategies of Defining the

Parameters of the Field of Cultural Studies”, International Conference: Cultural Studies

Now, 19-22 Temmuz 2007, London: UK.

Yarar, Betül, Petra Holzer, Gülay Kayacan, “Women and Sport in the History of

Modernisation in Turkey”, International Conference: Cultural Studies Now, 19-22

Temmuz 2007, London: UK.

Yarar, Betül, “A Critical Understanding of New Trends in Civil Society and Social

Relations: An Analysis of Civil Associations in Their Figth Against the Impacts of the 1999

Earthquake in Turkey”, Crossroads, İstanbul, 2006

Yarar, Betül, “Türkiye’de Ataerkil Kültür ile Spor Arasındaki İlişkilere Tarihsel Bir Bakış”,

Türk(iye) Kültürleri, Uluslararası Kültür Araştırmaları Sempozyumu, Türkiye Kültür

Araştırmaları Grubu ve Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Van, (2003).

Yarar, Betül, “What is New in the Struggle for Hegemony? - Politics and Popular Culture

in the 1980s in Turkey”, Fourth International Congress, Crossroads in Cultural Studies

Finland, (July, 2002).

Yarar, Betül, “Politicization of Football and Footballization of Politics: A Case Study on

Football in Turkey in the 1980s”, Culture, Place and Space in Contemporary Europe,

Second European Urban and Regional Studies Conference, Durham/ UK, 17-20

September, (1998).

SELECT CONTRIBUTIONS AS PANEL DISCUSSANT AND SESSION ORGANISER

(INTERNATIONAL)

Yarar, Betül (Discussant), International Conference on “Politics and Society in

Contemporary Turkey: State, Constitution and Media” Panel Section on Media and Politics

in Turkey, 4-5 May, 2017 Humbolt University. Berlin.

Yarar, Betül (Moderator), Bodly Intervention into Recent Feminist Debates, 5th

International Feminist Forum, 12-13 March 2016, Ankara.

Yarar, Betül and Petra Holzer (Session Organizer), “Socio Political Insides of Natural

Disasters”, Crossroads, İstanbul, 2006.

Yarar, Betül and Saadet Aydın, “Changing Housing Policy of the State and Its Impacts

on Public Health and Enviorment”, International Forum For Social Sciences and Health:

Health Challenges of the Third Millenium World Kongress, 21-26 August 2005, İstanbul,

Turkey.

Kumbetoglu, Belkıs, Inci User and Betul Yarar, “Sociological and Anthorpological

Analysis of Housing Conditions of the Earthquake Victimc: A Case Study on ‘Kalici

Konutlar’ in Duzce, 7th European Association Congress: Rethinking Inequality,

Torun,Poland, 9-12 September 2005,

http://www.eerc.gr/english/d&scrn/torun.htm"scrn/torun.htm

Yarar, Betül “Civil Struggle for the “Housing Right” After the Earthquake: A Case study

on the “DepDer” in Düzce”, 7th European Association Congress: Rethinking Inequality,

Torun, Poland, 9-12 September 2005, http://www.eerc.gr/english/d&scrn/torun.htm

SELECT TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL EVENTS

Yarar, Betül (2015) “Çift Kimlikli Siyaset: Kürt Kadın Hareketi” (Double Identity Politics:

Kurdish Women’s Movement), 14. Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi (14th National

Congress of Social Sciences), Middle East Technical University, 23-25 November, 2015.

Yarar, Betül, Nagehan Tokdoğan Kartal, Ayşe Mirza, Çağrı Kaderoğlu Bulut, “Yeni

İletişim Teknolojileri Demokratikleştirir mi? Demokratik Örgütler Yeni İletişim

Teknolojilerine Daha mı Açıktır? Türkiye’deki Kadın Hareketi Bağlamında Bir Örnek

Çalışma” (Do New Communication Technologies Demorcatise? Are Democratic

Organisations more Open to New Technologies?: A Case Study on Turkish Women’s

Movement), Yeni Medya Çalışmaları I. Ulusal Kongre (New Media Studies I. National

Congress), Kocaeli University Faculty of Communication, 7-8 May 2013

Yarar, Betül “Modernleşme/Spor Tarihi İçinde Kadın Sporcuları Anlamak: Medyanın Dili”

(Understanding Sports Women in Modernisation/Sport History: the Laguage of Media),

Marmara Üniversitesi Ulusal Medya’da Kadın Sempozyumu, Mart, 2009.

Yarar, Betül “Depremlerden Sonra STK’lara Ne Oldu?: Düzce İlinde Bir Örnek Çalışma”,

(What Happened to NGOs After the Earthquake: A Case Study in Düzce) 10. Ulusal

Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi (10th National Congress of Social Sciences), Ortadoğu Teknik

Üniversitesi, 28-30 Kasım, 2007.

Yarar, Betül ve Saadet Aydın, “Türkiye’de Neo-liberalizmin Kentleşme ve Konut

Politikalarına Etkileri ve Sosyal Adalet İlkesine Dayanan Alternatif Yaklaşımlar” (Impacts

of Neoliberalism on Urbanisation and Housing Policies, and Alternative Approaches based

on the Principle of Social Justice in Turkey), Sosyoloji Kongresi (Sociology Congress),

Malatya, 2006.

Yarar, Betül “Depremlerden Sonra Düzce İlinde Sivil Toplum Kuruluşları: Sivil-Siyasal

Kültür ve Ne Yapmalı?” (NGOs After the Earthquakes in Düzce: Civil-Political Culture and

What Should be done?), 9. Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi (9th National Congress of

Social Sciences), METU, 7-9 Aralık, 2005.

Yarar, Betül, “Cumhuriyet’in İlk Yıllarında Kadın ve Spor” (Women and Sport in the First

Years of the Republic), Farklı Disiplinlerden Kadın Bakış Açısıyla Türkiye’de Kadın ve Spor

Adlı Panel, Başkent University, Ankara, (2004).

Yarar, Betül, “Popüler Kültür Olarak Yeni-Sağ” (Popular Culture and the New Right),

Colloquiums organised by the Department of Anthropology, Yeditepe Universitesi,

(2004).

Yarar, Betül “Uygarlığın Mutsuzları: Arabesk Kültür ve Değişen Anlam(lar)ı “

(Melancholics of Civilization: Arabesk and Its Changing Meaning(s)), 8. Ulusal Sosyal

Bilimler Kongresi (8th National Congress of Social Sciences) METU, Ankara, (2004).

Yarar, Betül “Popüler Kültür ve Politika: Türkiye’de Futbol ve Yeni Sağ” (Popular Culture

and Politics: Footbal and the New Right in Turkey), Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi

(National Congress of Social Sciences), METU, Ankara, (2000).

Yarar, Betül and Ayça Kurdoğlu, “Medeni Kanun Politikası” (Politics of Civil Code), Ulusal

Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi, ODTU, Ankara, (2001).

SELECT MEDIA APPEARANCES

SELECT OPINON ARTICLES PUBLISHED AT NATIONAL ONLINE PORTALS

Yarar, Betül. “Sormak Lazım, Neden Hiçbir HDP Yetkilisi Yoktu?” (One should ask why

there has not been any HDP Staff there), 25 July, 2015. http://bianet.org/biamag/insan-

haklari/166272-sormak-lazim-neden-hicbir-hdp-yetkilisi-yoktu

Yarar, Betül. Zor ve İkna Arasındaki Denge: 2015 Seçimleri (The balance between force

and consent: 2015 Election), 26 Kasım, 2014. Bianet.

http://bianet.org/bianet/siyaset/160246-zor-ve-ikna-arasindaki-denge-2015-secimleri

Yarar, Betül. Yeni Tarzı Siyaset: HDP, Syriza, Dei Linke, vb... (New Form of Politics: HDi

Syriza, Die Linke, etc...), 15.01.2015,Alternatif Siyaset.

http://alternatifsiyaset.net/2015/01/15/betul-yarar-yeni-tarzi-siyaset-hdp-syriza-die-

linke-vb/

Yarar, Betül. Yeni Siyaset, Yeni Muhalefet, Yeni Örgütlenme Biçimleri, (New Forms of

Politics, Opposition and Organization) Bahar Şimşek &Betül Yarar, Zan

http://zanenstitu.org/yeni-siyaset-yeni-muhalefet-yeni-orgutlenme-bicimleri-bahar-

simsek-betul-yarar/

Yarar, Betül. “Erdoğan: Ya Benimsin Ya da Kara Toprağın” (Erdoğan: You should belong

either to me or to the black soil) 27.03.2015 Özgür Gündem. http://www.ozgur-

gundem.com/haber/129381/erdogan-ya-benimsin-ya-da-kara-topragin

Yarar, Betül. “Hedef Türkiye Partisi Olmaksa Çözüm Toplumcu Popülist Siyasette” (If the

Target is to be Party on The Scale of Whole Turkey, The Soluton is in the Social, Populist

Politics), 04 May 2014, Özgür Gündem. http://www.ozgur-

gundem.com/haber/106335/hedef-turkiye-partisi-olmaksa-cozum-toplumcu-populist-

siyasette

Yarar, Betül. 2 February, 2015 “Yunanistan da siyaseti ve syrıza yı değerlendirdi” (Review

of Politics and Syriza in Greec) http://www.ozgurlukcusol.com/betul-yarar-yunanistanda-

syriza-yi-degerlendirdi/

Yarar, Betül. 04 Mart 2017, “Türkiye sessiz değil” (Turkey is not Scilence) BIANET

https://bianet.org/biamag/siyaset/184192-turkiye-sessiz-degil

SELECT TV PROGRAMMES

Deutsche Welle Berlin Hattı, 21.08.2017, Kadılar Siyasette Neden Daha Az Yer Alıyor?

(Why Women are PArticipating into Politics Less?) http://www.dw.com/tr/berlin-

hatt%C4%B1-kad%C4%B1nlar-siyasette-neden-daha-az-yer-al%C4%B1yor/av-

40178800

IMTC TV, ANAYASA ATÖLYESİ, 2013, http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz20fo

ARTI TV Artı Akademi, 10 May 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9JNVYihb7c

SELECT NEWS COVERING BETÜL YARAR

Martin Ulrich 03.07.2017, Weser Kurier, “Akademiker wehren sich gegen die Regierung

Erdogan” https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/stadtteile/stadtteile-bremen-

nordost_artikel,-akademiker-wehren-sich-gegen-die-regierung-erdogan-

_arid,1620447.html

Interview with Çetin Gürer and Betül Yarar 12.07.2017 Ein Jahr nach dem

Putschversuch: Exil im Norden

http://www.ndr.de/ndrkultur/sendungen/freitagsforum/Ein-Jahr-nach-dem-

Putschversuch-Exil-im-Norden,freitagsforum508.html

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT IN THE LAST TEN YEARS

2006-2016, Course Title: “Visual Culture”, Department of Public Relations, Gazi

University Faculty of Communication.

2006-2016, Course Title: “Social Structure of Turkey”, Department of Public

Relations, Gazi University Faculty of Communication.

2010-2013 Course Title: “Sociology of Communication”, Department of Public

Relations, Gazi University Faculty of Communication.

2010-2013 Course Title: “Research Methods I”, Department of Public Relations, Gazi

University Faculty of Communication.

2010-2013 Course Title: “Research Methods II”, Department of Public Relations,

Gazi University Faculty of Communication.

GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT IN THE LAST TEN YEARS

2006-2016 Course Title: “Popular Culture”, MA-level, Department of Public Relations,

Gazi University Faculty of Communication.

2006-2016 Course Title: “Visual Culture and Qualitative Analysis”, MA-level,

Department of Public Relations, Gazi University Faculty of Communication.

2010-2011 Course Titel: “Cultural Communication” , PhD-level, Radio and TV

Programme

2010-2012 Course Title: “Political Communication”, PhD-level, Department of Public

Relations, Gazi University Faculty of Communication.

2010 Course Title: “Body and Bodly Practices with Respect to the Agency

and Power Problematics”, PhD-level, Radio, TV and Cinema Ankara

University Faculties of Communication and Political Sciences

2010 Course Title: “Modernisation, Nationalism and Gender”, MA-level,

Radio, TV and Cinema Ankara University Faculties of Communication and

Political Sciences

2010-2012 Course Title: “Gender and Body Politics”, Ankara University Faculty of

Political Science, Women Studies MA Programm.

2011-2014 Course Title: “Gender and Violence”, Ankara University Faculty of

Political Science, Women Studies MA Programm.

2011-2013 Course Title: “Queer Studies”, Ankara University Faculty of Political

Science, Women Studies MA Programm. This is a special course which

was conducted and organised with the support of KAOS GL Association.

2010-2011 Course Title: “Visual Anthropology”, Graduate Course (MA) Department

of Sociology, Social Anthropology Graduate Programme

COURSES/SEMINARS GIVEN AT THE UNIVERSTIES ABROAD

2017 Betül Yarar (Philipp-Schwartz Fellow, Bremen University) Seminar,

« Youth, Gender, Turkey: Diverse Identities, problems and struggles »

Journée d’étude « Jeunes filles d’aujourd’hui : du gynécée à la bande »,

Organisée par le CÉRÉdI, le vendredi 6 octobre 2017, dans le cadre du

projet « La force des femmes, hier et aujourd’hui » porté par Ariane Ferry

et Sandra Provini. University of Rouen, France (6 October).

http://lettresmodernes.univ-rouen.fr/9-octobre-conference-de-betul-yarar-

sociologue-specialiste-mouvements-feministes-turquie/

2017 Betül Yarar: the conference proposed on "Gendered Neoliberal and

Authoritarian Body-Bio Politics of the Government and Countre Resistance

Strategies in Turkey", Monday, the 9th, 2pm, dans le cadre du projet « La

force des femmes, hier et aujourd’hui » porté par Ariane Ferry et Sandra

Provini. Rouen University, France.

2016 Gender and Armed Conflict

This Seminar Course on Gender and Armed Conflict

proposed by the UMR-CNRS 8238 LEGACY

(Laboratory of gender studies and sexuality) and department

Gender Studies / Center for Women's Studies and sexuality, University

Paris 8 Vincennes.

The seminar is led by Carol Mann Research Associate at LEGS, Women in

War director with Betül Yarar, formerly of the University of Ankara,

invited by Paris 8 and Valérie Pouzol, Mistress of lectures in history at

Paris, researcher at LEGS.

2016 October 28, 16-18h Paris 8 Seminar on Gender and Armed

Conflicts' Reflections gendered on the Turkish and Kurdish issues' with

Engin Sustam, University of Geneva and “the Anti-war activism and

women's movements in Turkey” Betül Yarar, visiting scholar of Paris 8.

Location: CNRS (LEGS) Room A

27 rue Paul Bert, 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine

Metro / tram Porte de Choisy or Porte d'Ivry

Bus 125 or bus stop JULES FERRY stop 183 Verdun-Châteaudun

2016 Seminar on “Women’s Movement and New Communication

Technology in Turkey” at The University of Science Po Lille, Lille,

France. (10 July)

2016 Conference on "Rising Authoritarianism and Academic Search for

Freedom of Speech in Turkey" at The University of Science Po Lille,

Lille, France (20 July). http://www.sciencespo-lille.com/summer-

school/additional-programs/conferences.

2010 Bloc Lectures Given on “Sport, Sport Sociology, Sport History In

Turkey”, Slovenya Maribor University Electrical Engineering and Computer

Sciences, Centre of Media Communication, “Life Long Learning Programme

Erasmus”. (28 May- 4 June)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

ADMINISTRATION

Chair, Department at Sociology, Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi. 2004- 2007.

Vice Chair, Department of Public Relations, Faculty of Communication, Gazi University,

2008-2009.

ORGANIZATION

A panel organised by Betül Yarar “Transformation of Academia in Turkey and Its

Impacts on German Higher Education”, Bremen University, 6 December 2017.

A Workshop organized by Betül Yarar, Elçin Öz, Hidayet Şefkat Tuksal, Sevna Sabuncu,

Eçin Cavlan “Kadın Hareketi Politikalarının Değerlendirilmesi I: Kürtaj Yasağına Karşı

Yürütülen Kampanyaların Değerlendirilmesi”, with the support of KASAUM, Ankara

Uiversity, 9 December 2012.

A Workshop Organised by Yıldız Ecevit (METU), Belkıs Kümbetoğlu (Marmara University),

Serpil Sancar (Ankara University) and Betül Yarar (Gazi University), “Kadın

Çalışmalarında Feminist Eleştiri”, METU Ankara - 5-6 June 2010.

http://www.ucansupurge.org/yazdir?C1DC34F778C867D4C024E7FD1837A81A;

https://m.bianet.org/bianet/kadin/122670-feminist-akademisyenler-ankara-da-bulustu

REFEREEING

2007, panelist in the Board for Project Selection in TUBİTAK,

https://www.tubitak.gov.tr/tubitak_content_files/ARDEB/2007-panelist.pdf

WORKS WITH/IN NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

WORKS in APPLIED SOCIAL PROJECTS

2005 Worked as a Supervisor and Trainer at the Project called If History were

Recreated, Social Project, the British Council, İstanbul-Ankara.

SEMINARS in APPLIED TRAINING PROJECTS AND/OR EDUCATION PROGRAMMES

ORGANISED BY VARIOUS NGOs

2016 Seminar on “Dünyada ve Türkiye’de Kadın Hareketi Tarihi” (History of

Women’s Movement in the World and in Turkey), SODEV Training

Programme, Nevşehir (March). http://www.sosyaldemokratdergi.org/sodev-

gesos-kapadokya-kis-genclik-kampi-gerceklesti/

2012 Seminar on “Toplumsal Cinsiyet” (On Gender), Combined Transport

Employees Union Training Workshop, Ankara (1-3 March).

2011-2012 “Kadına yönelik şiddet ve toplumsal cinsiyet” (Violence Against Women and

Gender), Ankara Bar Association Symposium on Importance of Cooperation

Among Institutions in Violence Prevention, Ankara) (17 March 2011-8 March

2012)

2008 “Fotoğrafın toplumsal anlamı ve kullanımı” (Social Meaning of Photograph),

Media Seminars Under the Light of Science, Bursa Journalist Association (12

April – 7 June).

SPEECHES AT WORKHOPS, PANELS AND CONFERENCES ORGANIZED BY NGOs

2012 Betül Yarar, Opening Speech at the International Feminist Forum held by

KAOS GL Association (10 March) . http://kaosgl.org/sayfa.php?id=10743

2013 Betül Yarar, Moderator at the Forum, “Ayrımcılıklara Karşı Futbol Forumu”,

Ankara Üniversitesi, Cebeci Kampüsü, Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, Küçük

Amfi (Speakers Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ Piara Powar, FARE Yönetim Kurulu

Başkanı, İngiltere Lou Englefiled, Football v Homophobia, İngiltere Zeljko

Blace, qSPORT, Hırvatistan) (14 March)

http://www.kaosgl.com/sayfa.php?id=13758

2016 Signature day for the boook “Different Faces of Violence”, Bilgi University

Press, Betül Yarar; together with Şiddete Karşı Dünyanın Kadınları Art

Exhibition Called World Women Against the Violence /Diana Avgusta

Stauer organised by Galery Fırça Art and Soroptimus Women, (6

November) http://comd331.weebly.com/kardelen-304pek.html

http://www.fircasanatevi.com/tr/sergi-3135.html

OTHER WORKS FOR NGOs

2016 Panel on “Toplumsal Travmaların Arka Planı –Siyaset ve Yalan” (Politics and

Lie), Alternative Idea Institute (Alternatif Düşünce Kuruluşu -ADK) Betül

Yarar ve Konural Irem organisators, Panel Organised and Moderated by

Betül Yarar (31 January)

http://www.dengekurdistan.nu/details.aspx?an=14139

2014 KAOS GL Associaton, Supervisor Board, http://www.kaos-

q.com/hakkimizda.php?id=23

2014 Uçan Süpürge (Flying Broom): Betül Yarar (vountary work as a Supervisor

for the 17th Film Festival) organised by Uçan Süpürge (Flying Broom), A

Civil NGO focusing on Feminist Networking, Gender and Film Festivals.

Festival Organising Comittee

https://sadibey.com/dosyalar/Festivaller/2014_Ucan_Supurge_Festivali_20.

pdf

SELECT REFERENCES TO YARAR’S WORKS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL

PUBLICATIONS

(Refered Article) Yarar, B. “Politics of/and Popular Music,” Cultural Studies,

Taylor and Francis, 2008.

-A. Erol “Music, Power and Symbolic Violence Music, power and symbolic violence: The

Turkish state’s music policies during the early republican period”, European Journal of

Cultural Studies, 2012.

-Erdentug, Aygen, The 'Christmas Tree' and 'Santa Claus' on New Year's Eve in Turkey.

Anthropology of the Middle East, Volume 4, Number 2, Winter 2009 , pp. 14-33(20),

-Yiu Fai Chow, HOPE AGAINST HOPES: Diana Zhu and the Transnational Politics of

Chinese Popular Music, Cultural Studies Volume 25, Issue 6, 2011

-Ali C. Gedik, Reflections on Popular Music Studies in Turkey

http://dx.doi.org/10.5429/2079-3871(2011)v2i1-2.6en, IASPM@Journal7

Politics of Rebuliding Secular Hegemony and the Subject in the Post-1997 Turkey, A

Ph.D. Dissertation by HAKKI TAŞ, Department of Political Science İhsan Doğramacı

Bilkent University Ankara September 2011.

- Üzeyir Ok ve Barış Erdal, “Religious and Demographic Indicators of Music Preference

in a Turkish Sample”, Musicae Scientiae March 2015 19: 23-43,first published

on November 12, 2014

-Leonidas Karakatsanis, 2014, Turkish-Greek Relations: Rapprochement, Civil Society

and the Politics of Freindship, Routledge: New York.

-Chung-Chiun Liu, Xuekun Xing, “A Geopolitical Analysis of Popular Songs in the CCTV

Spring Festival Gala, 1983–2013”, Geopolitics, Volume 20, Issue 3, 2015

-Chung-Chiun Liu, Xuekun Xing, “Performing Guangzhou and Guangzhou Ren: analysing

popular music in Guangzhou”, Social & Cultural Geography Volume 15, Issue 7, 2014

-Ayhan Erol, “Controlling National Identity and Reshaping Public Taste: The Turkish

State’s Music Policies in the 1920s and 1930s”, Musicology Today, 2010.

-Contemporary Turkish Cinema As Cultural Imprint Zahile Çetin, Faculty of Hummanities

Department of Media Studies, Master Programme Master Thesis. 5905761

zalihecetin@gmail.com +31681930739 Robert Baeldestraat 25A 3061TG Rotterdam

-Hakkı Taş, “Melodies of resistance: Islamist music in secular Turkey”, Social

Compass September 2014 vol. 61 no. 3 368-383

-Barış Erdal, “A Study on the factors affecting Arabesk music preference as it was

perceived and felt emotions by participants” (Hissedilen ve algılanan duygular

bağlamında Arabesk müzik beğenisini etkileyen faktörler üzerine bir araştırma),

International Journal of Human Science. Vol 12, No 1 (2015).

-Güven, U. Z. ve Ergur, A. (2014). Dünyada ve Türkiye’de müzik sosyolojisinin yeri ve

gelişimi, Sosyoloji Dergisi, 3. Dizi, 29. Sayı, 2014/2, s.1-19.

(Refered Article) Yarar, B. “Popüler Kültür ve Siyaset: Türkiye'de 1980'lerde

Yeni Sağ ve Futbol”, Mürekkep.(13), ss, 1999

-E. Gökalp, “Medya ve spor ya da spor/futbol medyası”, Toplum ve Bilim Dergisi, 2005

-A. Talimciler, “Bir meşrulaştırma aracı olarak Türkiye'de futbol”, Toplum ve Bilim, 2005

-E. Dağtaş, Türkiye’de Magazine Basını ve Habercilik Anlayışı: Magazin Eklerinin Sektör

ve Metin Analizi. ankara.edu.tr alanından - 2005 - acikarsiv.ankara.edu.tr

(Refered Aticle) Yarar, B. “”, European Journal of Cultural Studies, 2005 -

ecs.sagepub.com Hegemonic struggle, the state and popular culture The case of

football in Turkey

-“'We are the rebellious voice of the terraces, we are Çarşı': constructing a football

supporter group through sound” M Kytö - Soccer & Society, 2011 - Taylor & Francis.

-“Accounting Calculations in Hegemonic Struggle and HYPERLINK

"http://www.organizzazione.unina.it/cms7/proceedings/proceedings_stream_33/Matilal_

and_Jayasinghe.pdf"Popular HYPERLINK

"http://www.organizzazione.unina.it/cms7/proceedings/proceedings_stream_33/Matilal_

and_Jayasinghe.pdf" Culture: The Case of Premiership Football in the UK”, K Jayasinghe…

- organizzazione.unina.it

(Refered Article) Türkiye’de 1890’lerde Yeni Sağın Yükselişi (The Rise of the

New Right in the 1980s in Turkey)

-Birol Yeşilada and Barry Rubin, (2011), Islamization of Turkey Under the AKP Rule,

Routledge: Oxon.

(Refered Article) “'Cilized Women' and 'Light sports': Modernisation, Women

and Sport in the Early Republican Period of Turkey, KADIN/WOMAN 2000,

December 2005, VI/2, pp. 1-35, ISSN 1302-9916 (printing date 2008).

- Alon Raab, (2015) “Soccer In the Middle East: An Introduction”, in Soccer in the Middle

East Alon Raab and Issam Khalidi (ed), London and New York: Routledge Taylor and

Francis Group.

(Refered Article) Yarar, B., Cantek, F. & Özgüven, P. H. (2009). Türkiye’de

modernleşme süreci içinde ve spor alanında toplumsal cinsiyete dayalı yeni

beden ekonomisi ve kadının toplumsal kimliğinin kuruluşu ve dönüşümü. Finak

Report for Tübitak Projesi: Project No. 106K026, Ankara:

-İrem Kavasoğlu, Merve Rençbereli, İbrahim Fatih Yenel, “Dancing manly men: Gender

analaysis of experiements of male dancers” (Dans eden “erkek adamlar”: Erkek

dansçıların deneyimlerine toplumsal cinsiyet analizi), Journal of Human Sciences Vol 14,

No 2 (2017)

(Refered Article) Betül Yarar, Gendered Faces of Violence, İstanbul: Bilgi

University Press.

- “Erkekler (de) ağlar!”: Toplumsal cinsiyet rolleri bağlamında erkeklik inşası ve şiddet

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