Dr Ülkü Baturoğlu-Balcı she/her

Dr Ülkü Baturoğlu-Balcı is a lecturer in the Department of Security Sciences at the Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy (Ankara, Türkiye), specialising in qualitative, feminist, rural and critical criminological approaches.

The intersections of gender, violence, power, and space lie at the centre of her research. Drawing on feminist intersectional perspectives, her work examines how social and spatial inequalities influence experiences of gender-based violence and access to justice, particularly in rural and remote contexts.

She completed her PhD in Sociology and Criminology at the University of Glasgow, affiliated with the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR). Her doctoral research examined the complex realities of gender-based violence in rural and island communities in Scotland. She holds an MSc in Gender and Women’s Studies and a BSc in Sociology with an honours degree from Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Türkiye).

Ülkü has contributed to various interdisciplinary research projects and held educational positions in Türkiye and the United Kingdom, addressing issues of gender, violence, and social inequality. She also acts as a peer reviewer for international journals in her areas of expertise and is an active member of national and international academic bodies and professional networks.

Her main research interests include gender-based violence, rural criminology, feminist criminology, criminal justice, intersectionality, and feminist theory and methodology. Ülkü is particularly interested in the spatial dimensions of gendered inequalities and violence, and in developing research that bridges academic inquiry with practice and policy impact.