Sırrı AKBABA, Ph.D

He was born in 1963 in Kars and completed his education at primary and high school level in the same province. He graduated from Psychological Counseling and Guidance (BA) of Educational Science Department of Gazi University in 1985. He completed his MA degree with the thesis of “Parental Attitudes’ Effect on Such Personality Characteristics” at the Social Science Institute of Gazi University in 1988. With the dissertation of “Effects of Group Counseling over Altruism as a Social Psychological Concept”, he received PhD at the Social Science Institute of Atatürk University in 1994. After undergraduate graduation, he firstly served for Tokat Counseling and Guidance Center and then became the research assistant of the Educational Science Department of Atatürk University. He became Assistant Professor in 1994, Associate Professor in 1999 and Professor in 2005 at Atatürk University. Between 2009 and 2014, he continued his studies at Uludağ University. After his retirement in 2014, he is following studies at the Psychology Department of Uskudar University.

In addition to the academic career, several times as a consultant and supervisor he became the part of European Union or academia based social projects such as “Parents School”, “Any Children should not be Stay more as Foundling”. As a Department Chair, he also managed the administrative affairs of academia. He is also writer of several books, editorial staff of such books, member of editorial and reviewer and referee council of academic journals. Sırrı Akbaba is a member of Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Association. He is married and has two children.