BAHAR TAYMAZ
Head of the department of Social Work, Istanbul Esenyurt University., İstanbul, Türkiye
I was born in Istanbul. I did my undergraduate work at Istanbul University, Anthropology department. I obtained my MA degree from the University of Warwick British Cultural Studies Department. Finally had a PhD degree from Yeditepe University, Cultural Anthropology department. Between my MA and Ph.D, I worked in the private sector on internet applications and the corporate communications for ten years. I am interested in Anthropology of Health and Illness, Gender and Culture, Marine Anthropology, and Migration. I have been practicing scuba diving for more than 20 years. I have CMAS two-stars scuba diver license. I enjoy taking pictures and filming underwater world. I also attended contemporary marbling classes for 5 years. I do marbling on glass, wood, and paper.