Esin TÜMER KURNAZ, Ph.D (Part Time)

Esin Tümer Kurnaz completed her undergraduate education in the Department of Architecture at Middle East Technical University (METU), her master’s degree at Hacettepe University in the field of High-Rise Building Design, and her PhD at Gazi University on energy efficiency and smart building design. She subsequently completed a second PhD in the Doctoral Program in Islamic Civilization, Thought, History and Literature at Üsküdar University’s Institute for Sufi Studies. With her dissertation entitled “Stories in Religious, Moral and Sufi Masnavis in 16th-Century Turkish Literature: Identification, Analysis and Research into Their Origins,” Kurnaz specialized in Sufism and Classical Turkish Literature. Kurnaz is a Class A Occupational Health and Safety Specialist and conducts interdisciplinary studies that bring together the fields of architecture, Sufism, and literature. Her main areas of research and interest include architecture, energy efficiency, smart building design, occupational health and safety, Sufism, Classical Turkish literature, and masnavis.