I am a PhD Candidate in Sociology at Koç University, Istanbul, and a Diversity Expert at the university’s Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility (DIA) Office. My doctoral research examines the complex interplay between ethnicity, religion, and national identity among the Greek Orthodox (Rum) and Arabic-speaking Orthodox minorities in Turkey and Greece. I explore how ethnicity operates as a contested and relational category, shaped by history, institutions, and everyday interactions within broader state and societal frameworks. A key part of my research focuses on the migration of minority communities from Turkey to Athens, analyzing how experiences of displacement, adaptation, and memory reshape notions of belonging and identity across borders. My work is grounded in theories of boundary-making, symbolic repertoires, and symbolic violence. Alongside my PhD, my current writing focuses on how youth from minority communities (Greek, Armenian, Jewish) in Turkey understand and negotiate their position within shifting political and cultural contexts, particularly in relation to migration, belonging, and exclusion. I am also engaged in the field of education, providing linguistic support to students in minority Greek schools in Turkey. This dual engagement with research and teaching deepens my understanding of how identity, ethnicity, and religion intersect in institutional and everyday life.