As a researcher-activist, Necmettin has a strong interest in political ecology, social ecology, democratic autonomy, conflict, colonialism/decolonization and decoloniality due to his longstanding human rights, political and environmental activism and academic works. Specifically, he has focused on economic and social rights (the right to food, land and water); small-scale/family farming, rural development and peasants, land-grabbing, land tenure and commons; the food systems, food security, food sovereignty, agroecology and drought.
Necmettin´s PhD research project focuses on democratic autonomy as an alternative model and strategy to the conventional nation-state or capitalist enterprises’ experiences concerning to deal with climate crisis, socio-ecological vulnerabilities and socio-economic inequalities to develop ecological agriculture and to transform communities into just and equal socio-economic systems in convergence of climate crisis/drought and conflict.
Education and Training
10/2022 – Current
- PhD at the Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg
01/2022-07/2022
- German Language Course (B1.2 – B2)
10/2019-09/2021
- Master of Arts in Human Rights at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Final Grade: 1,56
- Thesis: A Legal Assessment of the Politics of Land Grabbing. Implications on Peasant´s Right to Food and Right to Land, and Development
- Economic, social and cultural rights: Right to Food and Water
- Freedom of Religion or Belief: Yazidis Genoice and other Religious Minorities´ Rights in Iraq
- Social Movements and Human Rights: Transnational Agrarian Movements and La Vida Campesina
- International Criminal Law
- Non-Discrimination: Systematic Discrimination against Women in Turkey
10/2018-07/2019
- Pedagogical Qualification at Dicle University
- Final grade: 87,86 (Turkey grade system) = 3,3 (GPA)
- Relevance of mother tongue in childhood education
- Project: Inclusion of drug-addicted high school students
09/2007-06/2013
- Bachelor of Arts at Bogazici University Istanbul
- Field(s) of study: Philosophy
- Final grade: 2,58 (GPA)
09/2005-07/2007
- Bachelor of Science (without graduation) at Dicle University
- Field(s) of study: Civil Engineering
Work Experience
09/2016-06/2019
- Pedagogue and English Language Teacher at Ingiliz Kültür Koleji in Diyarbakir (Turkey)
- Teaching high-school students in English
- Pedagogue in the psychological consultancy service
01/2014-08/2016
- Education Officer and Consultant at Southeast Anatolia Municipalities Union (GAAB) in Diyarbakir (Turkey)
- Name of unit or department: Local Government Academy
- Co-manager of the anti-poverty program for internally discplaced persons in Diyarbakir
- Consultant for the local government on social, economic and environmental policies
- Lecturer on alternative economic models in rural areas, ecological and pro-poor urbanization models
- Conducting the research project on “Seasonal agricultural workers and landless villagers: forced displacement and social inequality”
Volunteering
05/2020 – Current
- Consultant at New Life Association in Diyarbakir (Turkey)
- Consultant in human rights and environmental policies
- Link: https://yeniyasam.org.tr/
Language Skills
- Mother tongue(s): Kurdish
- Other language(s): Turkish (native), English (Excellent), German (B2)
Recommendations
- Name: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heiner Bielefeldt
- Supervisor of Master Thesis
- Name: Prof. Dr. Martina Neuburger
- Supervisor of PhD Project
