Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali Eryurt (Last updated: 05 June 2013)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali Eryurt
(Last updated: 05 June 2013)
EDUCATION
• Bachelor’s Degree (1999), Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Arts
and Science, Sociology Department, Ankara, Turkey
• Minor Program (1997), Biology, Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Arts and
Science, Biology Department, Ankara, Turkey
• Master’s Degree (2003), Hacettepe University, Institute of Population Studies,
Department of Economic and Social Demography, Ankara, Turkey.
M.A. Thesis: Fertility Inhibiting Strategies of Socio-economic and Cultural Groups in
Turkey (Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Attila Hancıoğlu)
• Ph.D. (2010), Hacettepe University, Institute of Population Studies, Department of
Technical Demography, Ankara, Turkey.
Ph.D. Thesis: Internal Migration and Fertility in Turkey: An Event History Analysis
(Supervisor: Prof. Dr. İsmet Koç)
OTHER EDUCATION
• Certificate, Demographic Aspects of Population Ageing and its Implications for Socio-
Economic Development, Policies and Plans, The International Institute on Ageing (INIA),
United Nations – Malta, October 2007.
• Certificate, Graduate Summer School on New Advances in Statistics Participation
Certificate, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, August 2007.
• Certificate, Applied Event History Analysis, International Max Planck Research School
for Demography, Rostock, Germany, October 2006 – March 2007.
• Certificate, Research Tools and Presentation Skills, International Max Planck Research
School for Demography, Rostock, Germany, October 2006 - Ferbruary 2007.
• Certificate: Qualitative Research Techniques, Sağlık için Sosyal Bilimler Dernegi,
Ankara, Turkey, June 2002.
• Certificate: Computer Programming (Pascal-Visual Basic-Delphi), Ministry of National
Education, Ankara, Turkey, 2001.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
• Winter Fellow: Laboratory on Contemporary European Fertility and Family Dynamics,
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock (Germany), October 2006-
March 2007.

PUBLICATIONS
• Published Articles
Journal papers in SCI/SSCI/AHCI
1) Eryurt, M.A., Koç, İ. (2013) “Child poverty and regional disparities in Turkey”, The
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 55(2): 140-151.
2) Eryurt, M.A., Beşe-Canpolat, Ş., Koç, İ. (2013 forthcoming) “Türkiye’de Nüfus ve
Nüfus Politikaları: Öngörüler ve Öneriler”, Amme İdaresi Dergisi.
Other papers in refereed journal
1) Eryurt, M.A., Koç, İ. (2012) “Internal Migration and Fertility in Turkey: Kaplan-Meier
Survival Analysis“, International Journal of Population Research, Vol. 2012, Article ID
329050, 11 pages, doi: 10.1155/2012/329050.
2) Yüksel-Kaptanoğlu, İ., Eryurt, M.A., Koç, İ. (2012) “Marriage Cycle of Women:
Dissolution of Marriage and Remarriage”, Kadın/Woman 2000-Journal for Women’s
Studies, Vol. 13(1), 93-127.
3) Eryurt, M.A., Akadlı-Ergöçmen, B. (2012) “Impact of Parent’s Education on
Fertility”, Nüfusbilim Dergisi-The Turkish Journal of Population Studies, Vol. 30-31, 13-
27.
4) Koç, İ., Eryurt, M.A. (2011) “Trends in Timing and Extent of Under-five Mortality in
Turkey: 1978-2008”, Turkish Pediatric Journal, Vol. 54(1), 39-44.
5) Koç, İ., Eryurt, M.A. (2010) “Birth Registration Status of Children Under Five Years
in Turkey: 1993-2008”, Turkish Pediatric Journal, Vol. 53(2), 114-121.
6) Eryurt, M.A., Koç, İ. (2010) “Construction of Life Tables for Turkey Using the
Orphanhood Method”, Nüfusbilim Dergisi-The Turkish Journal of Population Studies, Vol.
28-29, 47-60.
7) Tezcan, S., Eryurt, M.A. (2010) “Internal Migration and Child Health in Turkey”,
Nüfusbilim Dergisi-The Turkish Journal of Population Studies, Vol. 28-29, 15-28.
8) Eryurt, M.A., Koç, İ. (2009) “Poverty and Child Mortality: The Effect of Household
Wealth Status on Child Mortality”, Turkish Pediatric Journal, Vol. 52(3), 113-121.
9) Eryurt, M.A., (2008) “The Proximate Determinants of Fertility in Turkey: Looking at
the Recent Period”, Nüfusbilim Dergisi-The Turkish Journal of Population Studies, Vol.
27, 67-84.
• Books and Book Chapters
1) Koç¸ İ., Eryurt, M.A., Adalı, T., Çağatay, P. (2010). Demographic Transition in
Turkey: Fertility, Family Planning, Mother-Child Health and Changes in Under Five
Mortality (In Turkish) . Ankara. ISBN 978-975-491-285-2
2) Koç, İ., Eryurt, M.A., (2010) "Demographic Transition in Turkey: Past, Present and
Future", book chapter in Sociology Articles 3 (In Turkish). Ankara. ISBN:978-975-491-
302-6.
3) Eryurt, M.A., Adalı, T., Şahin, E., (2010) "Chapter 1. Demographic Transition in
Turkey: Sub-population Variations”, book chapter in Fertility, Reproductive Health and
Ageing in Turkey (In Turkish). Ankara. ISBN:978-975-491-290-6.
4) Yüksel, İ., Yıldız, D., Eryurt, M.A., İrez, M., (2010) "Chapter 2. Male Contraceptive
Methods in Turkey: Determinants of Withdrawal and Condom", book chapter in Fertility,
Reproductive Health and Ageing in Turkey (In Turkish). Ankara. ISBN:978-975-491-
290-6.
5) Koç, İ., Türkyılmaz, A.S., Eryurt, M.A. (2009) “Chapter 3. Characteristics of the
Household Population and the Respondents”, book chapter in Domestic Violence Against
Women in Turkey. Ankara, KSGM Press. ISBN978-975-19-4498-6.

• International Conference Proceedings and Presentations
• Papers
• Posters
1) Kirdar, M., Eryurt, M.A., Koç, İ. (2012) “Could Infant Mortality Analysis with Timeinvariant
Effects Could be Misleading? Evidence from Urban Turkey”, European
Population Conference, EAPS (Stockholm-Sweden).
2) Abbasoğlu-Özgören, A., Eryurt, M.A., Koç, İ. (2012) “Determinants of Internal
Migration in Turkey”, European Population Conference, EAPS (Stockholm-Sweden).
3) Eryurt, M.A. (2012) “Internal Migration and Fertility in Turkey”, Demographic
Transition in the Middle East and North Africa: Disciplines in Dialogue (An International
Conference co-organised by the British Institute in Amman, University of Jordan, French
Institute for the Near East, University of Bern) (Amman-Ürdün).
4) Eryurt, M.A., Koç, İ. (2010) “Internal Migration and Transition to Second Child: The
Case of Turkey”, European Population Conference, EAPS (Vienna-Austria).
5) Ergöçmen, B.A., Eryurt, M.A. (2010) “Whose Education is More Influential on
Fertility Behaviour: Mother’s or Father’s?”, European Population Conference, EAPS
(Vienna-Austria).
6) Koç, İ., Eryurt, M.A. (2010) “Demographic Integration through Intermarriage of
Turks and Kurds in Turkey”, European Population Conference, EAPS (Vienna-Austria).
7) Koç, İ., Eryurt, M.A. (2008) “The Timing of Women's Life Course Events in Turkey:
Cradle to the Grave”, European Population Conference, EAPS (Barcelona-Spain).
8) Eryurt, M.A. (2005) “Internal Migration, Poverty and Millenium Development Goals
in Turkey”, Sixth Annual Population Researcher Conference, Linkages Between
Population and Millennium Development Goals: The Asian Perspective, PAA (Islamabad-
Pakistan).
• 1) Tezcan, S., Eryurt M.A. (2008) “Internal Migration and Child Health in Turkey”,
European Population Conference, EAPS (Barcelona-Spain).
• 2) Eryurt, M.A. (2006) “Modernization and Fertility Inhibiting Strategies of Socioeconomic
and Cultural Groups in Turkey”, European Population Conference, EAPS
(London-England).
• 3) Eryurt, M.A., Özdemir, E. (2005) “The Impact of Internal Migration on Fertility
Change in Turkey”, XV. Intenational World Population Conference, IUSSP (Tours-
France).
• National conference proceedings and presentations (Papers)
1) Eryurt, M.A., Ergöçmen, B.A. (2009) “Eğitim ve Doğurganlık: Annelerin Eğitimi mi
Babaların Eğitimi mi Daha Önemli?”, 11. Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi, Türk Sosyal
Bilimler Derneği, Ankara.
2) Eryurt, M.A., Koç, İ. (2007) “Yoksulluk ve Çocuk Ölümlülüğü: Hanehalkı Refah
Düzeyinin Çocuk Ölümlülüğü Üzerindeki Etkisi”, 10. Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi, Türk
Sosyal Bilimler Derneği, Ankara.
• Guest Speaker
1) Ergöçmen, B.A., Eryurt, M.A. (Novermber 2011) National Mother and Child
Health Congress: Demographic Transition and Changes in Fertility, Antalya.
2) HUKSAM, Migration and Women Symposium (March 2010): Internal Migration
and Fertility in Turkey
3) Population Association of Turkey (Nüfusbilim Derneği), I. Congress on
Turkish Demography (October 2010): Demographic Transition in Turkey

• Published Researh Reports
1) Eryurt, M.A., Türkyılmaz, A.S., Koç, İ. (2009) Household Population and Housing
Characteristics, 2008 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey Main Report: Chapter 2,
Ankara-Turkey.
2) Ergöçmen, B.A., Eryurt, M.A., Adalı, T. (2009) Other Proximate Determinants, 2008
Turkey Demographic and Health Survey Main Report: Chapter 7, Ankara-Turkey.
3) Eryurt, M.A., Türkyılmaz, A.S., Çağatay, P. (2009) Fertility Preferences, 2008
Turkey Demographic and Health Survey Main Report: Chapter 8, Ankara-Turkey.
4) Koç, İ, Yüksel, İ., Eryurt, M.A. (2009) Infant and Child Mortality, 2008 Turkey
Demographic and Health Survey Main Report: Chapter 9, Ankara-Turkey.
5) Ünalan, T., Yavuz, S., Civelek, Y., Eryurt, M.A. (2005) Fertility Preferences, 2003
Turkey Demographic and Health Survey Further Analysis Report, Ankara-Turkey.
6) Ergöçmen, B.A., Eryurt, M.A. (2004) Other Proximate Determinants, 2003 Turkey
Demographic and Health Survey Main Report: Chapter 6, Ankara-Turkey.
SURVEY EXPERIENCE
1) Supervisor, 1998 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey, Hacettepe University
Institute of Population Studies, Macro International Inc/USAID, and UNFPA, 1998-1999.
2) Researcher, 2003 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey, Qualitative Study,
Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, 2002.
3) Researcher, Trainer, Field Coordinator, 2003 Turkey Demographic and Health
Survey, Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, Ministry of Health, State
Planning Organization and European Union, 2002-2004.
4) Researcher, Trainer, Field Coordinator, Data Entry Coordinator, Turkey
Migration and Internally Displaced Persons Survey, State Planning Organization, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Interior and Hacettepe University Institute of Population
Studies, 2004-2006.
5) Researcher, Trainer, Field Coordinator, Data Entry Coordinator, Turkey,
National Maternal Mortality Study, European Union, Ministry of Health, Hacettepe
University Institute of Population Studies, 2004-2006.
6) Researcher, Turkey, National Maternal Mortality Study Qualitative Survey, European
Union, Ministry of Health, Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, 2004-
2006.
7) Researcher, Questionnaire Preparation, Trainer, Field Coordinator, Turkey
National Research on Domestic Violence in Turkey, Hacettepe University Institute of
Population Studies, The General Directorate of Woman Status, European Union, 2007-
2008.
8) Researcher, Questionnaire Preparation and Design, Listing Field
Coordinator, Trainer, Field Coordinator, 2008 Turkey Demographic and Health
Survey, Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, Ministry of Health and
State Planning Organization, 2007-2011.
9) Researcher, Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Öğretmen İstihdam Projeksiyonları, Stratejileri ve
Sistemlerinin Geliştirilmesi Projesi-Okul Çağı Nüfuslarının Projeksiyonu (2012-2023),
2012.
10) Researcher, Skewed Sex Ratio at Birth in Azerbaijan, UNFPA-Azerbaijan, (2012-).
11) Researcher, The Causal Relationship between Consanguineous Marriages and Infant
Mortality in Turkey (TÜBİTAK 1001 Project No:111K335), 2012.

12) Researcher, 2013 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey, HUIPS, Ministry of
Development, 2012-2014.
COURSES
• B.A. Courses
AKT 306 Demography (2004)
BES 108 Demographic Structure and Health (2006 and 2007)
• M.A. Courses
TKD 502 Demographic Models and Advanced Demographic Analysis (2010, 2011, 2012)
ESD 671 Internal Migration and Urbanization (2011)
TKD 600 Special Subjects in Technical Demography (2011, 2012)
• PhD Courses
TKD 713 Computer Applications in Demography (2005)
ESD 772 Demographic Analysis of Migration (2008, 2010, 2012)
TKD 752 Analysis of Mortality (2011, 2012)
TKD 803 Evaluation and Correction of Demographic Data (2011)
ACADEMIC INTERESTS
• Fertility
• Internal migration and urbanization
• Mortality, life tables, child mortality
• Population projections
• Survival analysis
• Field surveys
• Data entry, data quality, data analysis
MEMBERSHIPS
• International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Member.
• European Association of Population Studies (EAPS), Member.
• Turkish Population Association, Member.
CONTACT
• E-mail: maeryurt@hacettepe.edu.tr
• Tel: +90 312 3051115