I am a Ph.D. graduate in Social Psychology from Okayama University, Japan, and a Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship grantee. I have worked as a researcher at Hashimoto Foundation – Societas Research Institute, Okayama, Japan, mainly in the fields of migration, acculturation, and adjustment. Born in Izmir, Türkiye, I was educated at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Türkiye, and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology before spending a semester on exchange at the University of Groningen in Groningen, Netherlands. After graduation, I attended Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye, gaining my Master’s degree in Social Psychology. My research has embraced academic culture shock, academic adjustment, and cross-cultural adjustment of international students with a special emphasis on Turkish students in Japan. I have worked as a research and teaching assistant at various educational institutions. I am a native Turkish speaker, and I work in English and Japanese.