Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlknur Yüksel-Kaptanoğlu - Hacettepe Üniversitesi ...

Assoc. Prof. İlknur Yüksel-Kaptanoğlu
Lecturer
Education
BA (1993), Department of Statistics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences,
Middle East Technical University
MA (1997), Gender and Women’s Studies,
Middle East Technical University
PhD (2008), Technical Demography,
Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies
PhD thesis: Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Cultural Factors Affecting
Early Age Mortality in Turkey (Advisor: Prof. Dr. İsmet Koç)
Other Education
Post-doctoral visitor researcher, Gender Violence and Health Unit, London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Sept 2009-Jan 2010, London.
Summer course, University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research,
“Introduction to Focus Groups as Qualitative Research” and “Qualitative Data
Analysis with and without computers”, July 2006, Michigan, USA.
Certificate, Nvivo8: Software Program for Qualitative Analysis, Anı Yayıncılık,
2007, Ankara.
Certificate, Promoting Gender Equality , Policy Expert Training within the
framework of the Twinning Project, Prime Ministry Directorate General on the
Status of Women (Turkey), Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
(Netherland), Ankara, Turkey, 2007
Certificate: Social Science for Health and Survey Techniques: Qualitative
Survey, June 2002, Ankara.
Certificate:, Hannover University, International Women’s University, Project
Area: Work, July-October 2000, Hannover, Germany.

Certificate: Training the Trainers on Gender, Women’s Employment Project,
DGSPW, May 1999, Ankara.
Certificate: Contribution of Women to the Development of Urban Informal
Sector, The International Institute, May-June 1998, Histadrud, Israel.
Awards and scholarships
Research scholarship, DAAD, research scholarship for the Marriage Migration
from Turkey to Germany – A Qualitative Longitudinal and Dyadic Perspective,
May-July 2011, Germany.
Best Poster Award, European Population Conference 2008, Barcelona, “No
safe place for women: Detecting women murders and suicides in Turkey with a
specific emphasis on domestic violence” Barcelona, Spain, July 2008 (with
Alanur Çavlin Bozbeyoğlu)
Publications
Yüksel-Kaptanoğlu, İlknur, Mehmet Ali Eryurt and İsmet Koç,
(2012),“Marriage Cycle of Women: Dissolution of Marriage and Remarriage,
Kadın/Woman 2000, 13(1): 63-96.
Yüksel-Kaptanoğlu, İlknur, Ahmet Sinan Türkyılmaz and Lori Heise, (2012),
“What put women at risk of violence from their husbands? Findings from a
large, nationally representative survey in Turkey”, Journal of Interpersonal
Violence, 27(14):2743-2769.
Erfani, Amir and İlknur Yüksel-Kaptanoğlu, (2012), “The Use of Withdrawal
among birth limiters using contraception in Iran and Turkey”, Studies in Family
Planning, 43(1):21-32.
Ergöçmen, Banu, İlknur Yüksel-Kaptanoğlu and Henrica A.F.M. Jansen,
(2012), “Intimate Partner Violence and the Relations between Help-Seeking
Behavior of and the Severity and Frequency of Physical Violence against Women
in Turkey”, Violence Against Women (forthcoming).
Kardam Filiz, İlknur Yüksel, (2011), “Men’s Thoughts/Experiences/ Perceptions
on Violence against Women”, Kadın/Woman 2000, 10(1): 55-78.
Yüksel, İlknur and İsmet Koç, (2010), “Is the Infant Mortality Rate Still a Puzzle
in Turkey?”, Turkish Pediatric Journal, 53(2): 87-97.
Ergöçmen, Banu and İlknur Yüksel,(2010), “Problems of the burial registers in
Turkey: A qualitative study on maternal mortality”, The Turkish Journal of
Population Studies, 28-29: 29-46.
Kardam, Filiz and İlknur Yüksel, (2004), “How Women Experience and Cope
with Poverty: Capabilities and Functionings, The Turkish Journal of Population
Studies, 26:45-72.

Chapters in Books
Türkyılmaz, Ahmet Sinan, Banu Akadlı Ergöçmen, İlknur Yüksel, Yadigar
Coşkun, and Tuğba Adalı, (2009),“Methodology”, in Domestic Violence against
Women in Turkey, Ankara, Elma Teknik Basım:27-35,ISBN978-975-19-4498-6
Jansen, A.F.M. Henrica, İlknur Yüksel and Pelin Çağatay, (2009), “Prevalence
of Domestic Violence against Women”, in Domestic Violence against Women in
Turkey, Ankara, Elma Teknik Basım: 45-65,ISBN 978-975-19-4498-6:45-65
Kardam, Filiz and İlknur Yüksel, (2009), “Perceptions of Violence against
Women: Qualitative Research Results”, in Domestic Violence against Women in
Turkey, Ankara, Elma Teknik Basım: 103-167, ISBN 978-975-19-4498-6
Üner, Sunday, İlknur Yüksel, İsmet Koç, Banu Akadlı Ergöçmen and Ahmet
Sinan Türkyılmaz, (2009), “Overview of the Results”, in Domestic Violence
against Women in Turkey, Ankara, Elma Teknik Basım: 187-196,ISBN 978-
975-19-4498-6.
Yüksel, İlknur, Dilek Yıldız, Mehmet Ali Eryurt, Mine İrez, (2010), “Male
Contraceptive Use in Turkey”, in Türkiye Nüfus ve Sağlık Araştırması 2008 İleri
Analiz Çalışması, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Nüfus Etütleri Enstitüsü, Sağlık
Bakanlığı Ana Çocuk Sağlığı ve Aile Planlaması Genel Müdürlüğü, Başbakanlık
Devlet Planlama Teşkilatı Müsteşarlığı ve TÜBİTAK, Ankara.
Interest Areas
Qualitative Research
Violence against women
Contraceptive use
Poverty
Infant mortality
Membership
Member, Foundation of Women’s Solidarity (Kadın Dayanışma Vakfı), 2000.
Member, International Association for Feminist Economists, IAFFE, 2002.
Member, Population Association of Turkey, 2004.
Member, International Union for Scientific Study of Population, (IUSSP), 2005.
Member, European Association for Population Studies (EAPS), 2006.
Communication
E-mail : ilknury@hacettepe.edu.tr
Tel : +90 312 305 11 15/128