Turgay Ünalan

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Personal Information

Name :

Turgay Ünalan

Sex :

Male

Date of Birth :

2 August 1962

Place of Birth :

Ankara, Turkey

Current Position :

Statistics Specialist, UNICEF , New York, USA

Address :

UNICEF Three United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA

Tel :

+ 1 - 917 – 265 4526

Fax :

+ 1 - 212 - 735 4411

E-Mail :

tunalan@hacettepe.edu.tr

Marital Status :

Married, 2 children

Citizenship :

Turkish Republic

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Education History

 B.Sc. in Psychology, 1984, Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Ankara/Turkey, Cum.GPA: 3.02, Honour

 M.A. in Economic and Social Demography, 1986, Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, Ankara/Turkey, Cum.GPA: 3.75 High Honour

Dissertation: Some Social and Economic Characteristics of the Family Types in Turkey with Special Reference to the Blacksea and the Mediterranean Regions

 Ph.D. in Economic and Social Demography, 1993, Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, Ankara/Turkey, Cum.GPA: 3.80 High Honour

Dissertation: Fertility Preferences and Reproductive Behaviour in Turkey

Other Relevant Education :

 Certificate Course on 'Sociological and Anthropological Dimensions of Fertility', Hacettepe University School of Public Health, Ankara, March 23-April 10, 1987

 Research Student, London School of Economics, University of London, London, April 1989 - October 1991

 'Advances in Family Health Communication' Workshop, Johns Hopkins University, Center for Communication Programs, Baltimore, June 5-30, 1995.

 ‘8th International Summer School in Demography and Geodemography’, Department of Demography and Geodemography, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, August 31 - September 20, 1997

 ‘1999 Data Processing Procedures Workshop’, USAID and Macro International Inc., Calverton, Maryland, April 26 – June 4, 1999

 Graduate Course “Reproductive Health Policy”, Demography Program, The Graduate School, The Australian National University, July 19 – September 3, 1999

 Graduate Course “Urbanisation and Internal Migration”, The Australian National University, Demography Program, July 19 – September 3, 1999

 55th Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques, Courses: “Analysis of Survey Data II and III, Computer Analysis of Survey Data II and III”, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, U.S.A., June 3 – July 26, 2002

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Work History

 Research Assistant, Hacettepe University, Institute of Population Studies, Economic and Social Demography, May 1985 - October 1993

 Assistant Professor, Hacettepe University, Institute of Population Studies, Economic and Social Demography, October 1993 - October 1996

 Associate Professor, Social Demography, (High Education Council), October 1996

 Associate Professor at Hacettepe University, Institute of Population Studies, Economic and Social Demography, December 2000 - 2008

Managerial Duties :

 Deputy Director, Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, October 1995 – April 2001, November 2001 – October 2002

 Member of Executing Committee, Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, October 1995 - 2005

Memberships :

 Middle East Technical University Alumni, 1985- (continuing)

 International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), 1995- (continuing)

 European Association of Population Studies (EAPS), 1995- (continuing)

 Association for Solidarity With Asylum-Seekers and Migrants (ASAM), 1996- (continuing)

 Nüfusbilim Derneši, (Founding Member), 2004- (continuing) and President, 2005- (continuing)

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Awards/Grants/Fellowships

 High Education Council (Turkey) Fellowship, Research Student, London School of Economics, University of London, April 1989-October 1991

 Project Development Award, Induced Abortion and its Determinants in Turkey: Regional Differences, (with Ahmet Żēduygu), Middle East Research Awards Program in Population and Development (1995)

 Grant to participate 8th International Summer School in Demography and Geodemography, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, August 31-September 20, 1997

 Meawards Project Award, Adolescent Reproductive Behaviour in Turkey, with Żsmet Koē, Middle East Research Awards Program in Population and Development, 1999

 Frank Andrews Fellowship, Support to participate 2002 Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, U.S.A., June 3 – July 26

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