1. Summary of Saeid Mozafari’s Resume
Date of Birth: 30 Dec 1991
Marital Status: single
Nationality: Iranian
Address: No.33 Yukarı Bahçelıevler 76. Ave, Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey.
Tel: +90 507 418 5885
Email: saeid90mozafari@gmail.com
University Education
Thesis Title “Social Tolerance of Iranian in Turkey and US Based on Ethnicity”.
Supervisor: Dr. Murat Öztürk
BA in Sociology, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara Turkey
Research Interests
- Sociology of family (influence of religion on Iranian family, origins of power relations in
family according to feminist theory)
- Challenges between modernism and traditionalism in Iran after 1979 Revolution
- Work and industry, sociology of migration (working processes and conditions of immigrants in
Turkey)
- Sociology of Health and Illness (Process of medicalization in society according to Ivan Illich
Sociology)
- Sociology of Body (Discipline of Body in post-structuralism point of view)
- Construction of Masculinity and Femininity
- Social and Political Tolerance in the Middle East
- Urban Sociology with emphasis on smart cites
- Social Inequality based on Marxist theory.
Languages
Persian Native
Azeri Native
Turkish Fluent since 2008
English Advance

2. Kurdish (Sorani) Beginner
Professional Experience
1- Winter 2011 - Present Working as freelance translator at different departments.
2- Summer 2012 - Present Persian translator for Iranian refugees in Human Rights Foundation
of Turkey from 2012 until now.
3- Summer 2012 - Present Working as counselor for Iranian refugees in Human Rights
Foundation of Turkey from 2012 until now.
4- Summer - 2012 Collaboration with Mercy Iranian Refugees as translator and Turkish teacher.
) http://turkish.iranbriefing.net/)
5- Fall – 2013 working as author and editor of Turkish language in Iran Briefing’s website from
2013 until 2014. (http://turkish.iranbriefing.net/)
6- Spring - 2013 Interview with ‘Voice of America Persian’ television as a human rights activist
on Gezi Park demonstrations in Turkey.
7- Summer – 2014
8- Fall - 2014 Attendent at different workshops and book clubs orginized by academics in
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University.
9- Fall – 2014 commentator at Khodnevis Persian website on Turkish politics and society.
(https://khodnevis.org/article/60958, https://khodnevis.org/article/60770,
https://khodnevis.org/article/60533)
10- 2016 - Present working as author and editor of Turkish language in Iranian Anthropology
and Culture website.
11- 2016 – Present working as expert and author with “Global Institute for Democracy and
Strategic Study” think tank in English language. (http://gidss.com/content/erdogan-and-saudi-
arabian-model, http://gidss.com/content/syrian-refugees-and-opportunistic-attitude-wealthy-arab-
nations-middle-east, http://gidss.com/content/educational-condition-syrian-refugee-children-turkey)
Projects
1- Working as an interviewer at “The Condition of Disabled in Turkish Public Institution’s
Project” organized by the Ministry of Family and Social Policies, 2013.
2- Holder of “Training future’s qualified young Social Scientists Project” certificate from
Academy of Social Thought organized by the Turkish Ministry of Youth and Sport in 2014.

3. 3- Working as a researcher in a research titled “The satisfaction of AnkaraYildirim Beyazit
University’s student”.
4- Attending at “GOHAY’S” (Gazi, Odtu, Hacettepe, Ankara and Ankara Yildirim Beyazit
Sociology) community established by sociology students of these universities with the aim of
increasing the communication among sociology students in Ankara.
Teaching Experience
1- Autumn 2012 - Present Teaching Turkish to Iranian and Syrian refugees in Ankara, Turkey
2- Summer 2014- Present Organizing different book clubs for freshmen students at Ankara
Yildirim Beyazit University as Voluntary in various topics such as sociology, history of social
thought, etc.
3- 2011 - Present Persian tutor from beginner to advanced
4- 2011 - Present Turkish tutor from beginner to advanced
Computer skills
Basics: Microsoft Office
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
Microsoft Project
The R Statistical Language
Other Interests
- Playing Azeri Tar
- Experimental Photography