Hello!

I am Melih and I am PhD student in Kadir Has University Psychological Science Program. Ever since I was a child, I have been interested in understanding the social world and different cultures, lifestyles, and perspectives. I became intensely interested in history, human geography, and later psychology and sociology as I grew older. In high school, I decided to pursue a psychology education to become a therapist. I intended to work with a diverse group of people to help them overcome their adversaries. However, as I made it through years of my psychology education, I found myself enjoying learning and researching more than the idea of doing therapy; therefore, I shifted my focus to understanding intergroup relations and the overall social world. To have a wide perspective, I took several Sociology courses and later started my second B.A. education in Anthropology. I believe psychology is not strongly linked to other social sciences, which creates difficulties in explaining the social world holistically. By attaining a diverse and thorough education in various fields, I aim to be a part of the solution and bring together ideas, perspectives, and research methodologies.

Currently, my research interests include Political Psychology (Issue Ownership Theory, Left & Right-Wing Authoritarianism), Psychological Anthropology (Cultural differences and similarities in thinking), and Historical Psychology.

Apart from my academic interests, I enjoy playing RPG games, amateur political forecasting (mainly for USA congressional races), and traveling across the country (hopefully the world in the future) to see different places and experience history.