Bogazici University
Education Faculty
Department of Educational Sciences
Prof. Macid Ayhan MELEKOĞLU, PhD
About me
Hi, welcome to my webpage. Let me briefly introduce myself. I was born in Silifke county of Mersin province, Turkey in 1979. After I completed my primary education in Seka Primary School in Taşucu town of Silifke, I finished middle and high school as a boarding student in Ankara Anatolian High School in Ankara, Turkey.
My education
I started Primary Education Teacher program in the School of Education at Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey in 1997. I graduated in 2001 and started to work as a primary school teacher in Büyük Sarıkaya village in Bahşili county of Kırıkkale province, Turkey. In 2003, I got a scholarship from the Ministry of National Education of Turkey (MEB) to start my graduate education in the field of special education in the United States of America (USA). After I got my Ph.D. in special education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA in 2009, I started to work in Muğla University, Turkey.
My employment history
In 2011, I left Muğla University and started to work in the Department of Special Education in the School of Education at Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Turkey. Between 2015 and 2018, I worked as the coordinator member of the Students with Disabilities Comission of Higher Education Council of Turkey. Besides, I worked as the associate director of Eskişehir Osmangazi University Institute for Graduate Studies in Educational Sciences between 2017 and 2018. Additionally, I worked as the Department Chair of Special Education Department between 2012 and 2018, and between 2020 and 2024. Also, I worked as the director of Eskişehir Osmangazi University Research Center for Special Education Services between 2012 and 2019. As of February 2024, I am working as an academician in the Department of Educational Sciences at Bogazici University. I am currently serving as the Chair of the Department of Social Policy at Boğaziçi University, Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, Director of the Assistive Technology and Education Laboratory for Individuals with Visual Disabilities (GETEM), Advisor for Students with Disabilities, Chair of the Individuals with Disabilities Commission, and Chair of the Department of Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Education.