Team

Our dedicated project team, comprising experts from diverse academic backgrounds such as architecture, tourism, city and regional planning, and coastal engineering, collaboratively investigates the vulnerability of Turkey’s coastal cultural heritage sites to the rising sea levels and the consequential impacts of climate change. With a shared commitment to preserving and protecting our invaluable coastal heritage, our multifaceted approach leverages a wealth of knowledge and expertise to assess the challenges posed by sea level rise.

Assist. Prof. Gülizar Özyurt Tarakcıoğlu
Middle East Technical University, Dep. of Civil Engineering
gulizar@metu.edu.tr
Research Assist. A. Çağatay Uysal
Middle East Technical University
cauysal@metu.edu.tr
Project Assist. Akdeniz İnce
Middle East Technical University, Dep. of Civil Engineering
akdeniz.ince@metu.edu.tr
Project Assist. İremnaz Kösem
Middle East Technical University, Dep. of Civil Engineering
e216226@metu.edu.tr
Prof. Dr. Ayşen Ergin
Middle East Technical University, Dep. of Civil Engineering
ergin@metu.edu.tr
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Cevdet Yalçıner
Middle East Technical University, Dep. of Civil Engineering
yalciner@metu.edu.tr
Prof. Dr. M. Lütfi Süzen
Middle East Technical University, Dep. of Geological Engineering
suzen@metu.edu.tr
Prof. Dr. Deniz Burcu Erciyas
Middle East Technical University, Dep. of City and Regional Planning
berciyas@metu.edu.tr
Assoc. Prof. Uğur Çalışkan
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Faculty of Tourism
ugurcaliskan@mu.edu.tr
Assoc. Prof. Güzden Varinlioğlu
İzmir University of Economics, Faculty of Architecture
guzden.varinlioglu@ieu.edu.tr