Pınar Selek
Turkish sociologist and writer · Turkey · On the map · Academics · Born 1971 · age 55
Pınar Selek is a Turkish sociologist, feminist, and author. She is known for her work on the rights of vulnerable communities in Turkey, including women, the poor, street children, sexual minorities, and Kurdish communities, and for the ensuing political persecution.
Pınar Selek is read about 43 times a day, in 20 languages.
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She is the author of several books published in Turkish, German, and French, and is one of the founding editors of Amargi, a Turkish feminist journal. She currently resides in France where she obtained academic exile in Strasbourg then Nice under the French PAUSE program. She later obtained a permanent assistant professor position in sociology at Université Côte d'Azur, with the Migrations and Society Research Unit. She became a French citizen in 2017.
