Prof. / İstanbul University
Born in 1982 in Üsküdar, Istanbul, and originally from Bayburt, Şentürk completed his undergraduate studies in 2004 at the Faculty of Communication at Istanbul University. He received his master’s degree in 2008 from the Department of Sociology at Istanbul University’s Faculty of Letters with a thesis titled “Survival Strategies of the Poor: The Cases of Küçük Mustafa Paşa and Balat.” He earned his Ph.D. from the same department in 2011 with a dissertation titled “Istanbul in Terms of Urban Interventions.”
In 2013, he was a visiting researcher for a short time at the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the City University of New York. During the 2022–2023 academic year, he conducted research titled “Creating Inclusive and Resilient Communities through Volunteering Practices” at the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, supported by TÜBİTAK.
Currently, Şentürk is a faculty member in the Department of Sociology at Istanbul University, where he also serves as the Deputy Director of the Sociology Research Center, Coordinator of the Urban Studies Master’s Program and the Non-Thesis Master’s Program in NGO and Social Responsibility Management, and co-founder and coordinator of the Volunteer Academy. His research interests include urban interventions and policies, new media and digital culture, civil society and volunteering, citizen participation, and the sociology of aging. He is the Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Istanbul University Journal of Sociology and Editor-in-Chief of Senectus Journal.
Şentürk actively supports various NGOs and civil initiatives in the field of volunteering. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Darülaceze Foundation and a member of the Board of Directors at the Turkish Green Crescent Society. He is the editor of the book Volunteering and Working with Volunteers and led the Turkey Volunteering Research project. In 2021, he received the Outstanding Young Scientist Award (GEBİP) from the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA). His research has been supported by TÜBA, TÜBİTAK, the European Union (Horizon Europe), and various national and international institutions. His current research focuses on the relationship between local governments and volunteering.
Areas of Expertise
Urban Sociology, Civil Society and Volunteering, Generational Sociology, New Media and Digital Culture
Selected Publications