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İBRAHİM KARA
Founder
ALİ ŞAHİN
General Manager
İREM SOYSAL
Publishing Director
GİZEM KAYAN TEKAÜT
Editor
ARZU YILDIRIM
Publications Coordinator
DENİZ KAYA
Publications Coordinator
BAHAR ALBAYRAK
Publications Coordinator
GAMZE BİLGEN
Publications Coordinator
IRMAK BERBEROĞLU
Publications Coordinator
ALARA ERGIN
Publications Coordinator
SİNEM FEHİME KOZ
Web Coordinator
ELİF YILDIZ ÇELİK
Finance Coordinator
EMRE KARA
Finance Coordinator
İBRAHİM KARA
Founderİbrahim Kara is the founder of the company. He is a business school graduate and started his career as a reporter for various newspapers and magazines. He has been actively working as an STM publisher since 1996.
Mr. Kara took part in publication processes of more than 60 scholarly journals throughout his career and significantly contributed to these journals in terms of increasing their impact as well as recognition by international indexes. He still continues this work with his team under AVES.
ALİ ŞAHİN
General ManagerMr. Şahin studied materials science at the University of Northampton and joined AVES in 2011. Since he joined the company he has actively contributed to the editorial and technical publication processes of all AVES journals. As the director of operations of the company, Mr. Şahin oversees the publication processes of the company’s publications, manages AVES’s relationships with its clients, international organizations and institutions and is in charge of the business development activities of the company.
İREM SOYSAL
Publishing DirectorMs. Soysal holds a degree in Printing and Publishing Technologies from Plato College of Higher Education. She was a member of the editorial office of a monthly periodical magazine before joining AVES. She worked as Publications Coordinator for about four years and coordinated the operational processes of the journals she was responsible for. She continues her career as Publications Director.
GİZEM KAYAN TEKAÜT
EditorGizem Kayan Tekaüt holds a degree in Philosophy from Boğaziçi University and she is currently working on MA degree in Media and Cultural Studies at Middle East Technical University. She started her career as a freelance translator and worked as a translation editor prior to joining AVES. She currently manages editorial development processes of AVES journals.
ARZU YILDIRIM
Publications CoordinatorMs. Yıldırım holds a degree in Linguistics from Faculty of Letters of İstanbul University. She worked as an assistant advertising and marketing coordinator for a company and an editor and content manager for several websites prior to joining AVES. She is now working as a Publications Coordinator in AVES, monitoring the preparation for publication processes of the journals she is responsible for.
DENİZ KAYA
Publications CoordinatorMs.Kaya holds a degree in American Culture and Literature from Faculty of Letters of Hacettepe University. She worked as an assistant director, art assistant for a film production company and instructor for a university and an exhibition guide for İstanbul Biennial. She is now working as a Publications Coordinator at AVES.
BAHAR ALBAYRAK
Publications CoordinatorBahar Albayrak holds a BA degree in Sociology from İstanbul Şehir University and an MA degree in International Relations: Turkey, Europe and the Middle East from Boğaziçi University. She started her career as an editor and worked as a freelance translator prior to joining AVES.
GAMZE BİLGEN
Publications CoordinatorGamze Bilgen holds a BA degree both in psychology and philosophy from Yeditepe University. As a psychologist, she voluntarily worked in a nursing home and various scientific labs prior to AVES. She is now working as a Publications Coordinator at AVES.
IRMAK BERBEROĞLU
Publications CoordinatorIrmak Berberoğlu holds a BA degree in Sociology from Middle East Technical University. She worked as a production assistant at Audio-Visual Systems Research and Production Center at METU and digital content editor for a company before joining AVES. She is now working as a Publications Coordinator at AVES.
Alara Ergin
Publications CoordinatorAlara Ergin holds a degree in Translation and Interpreting Studies from Istanbul University. She worked as an assistant editor and editor in two different publishing houses, and meanwhile worked as a freelance book translator prior to joining AVES as a Publications Coordinator.
SİNEM FEHİME KOZ
Web CoordinatorMs. Koz holds a degree in Philosophy from Ege University. As the Project Coordinator of the company, Ms. Koz manages, web pages, and indexing processes of journals.
ELİF YILDIZ ÇELİK
Finance CoordinatorElif Yıldız Çelik holds a degree in International Relations from Karadeniz Tecnical University and she is currently working on her MA degree in Labor Economics. She started her career in other companies as a financial and administrative affairs officer. She currently manages finance and administration in AVES.
EMRE KARA
Finance CoordinatorEmre Kara holds a degree in Economics from Karadeniz Technical University. After joining AVES, he took part in the journals' editorial and technical publication processes. He currently manages finance and administration sides.