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On-going Projects

Herbarium Network of Türkiye

Information Description
Date 2024 - present
Organization Flora Research Association, İstanbul, Türkiye
Role Lead Developer
Technologies Python Django PostgreSQL (with PostGIS) Django REST Framework GraphQL Elasticsearch React
Link Herbarium Network of Türkiye

Herbarium Network of Türkiye is carried out by the Flora Research Association, in cooperation with herbarium curators, in order to ensure effective communication of herbariums in Turkey, to digitize their collections and share them like similar examples in the world.

I am responsible for the development of the Herbarium Network of Türkiye.

TÜYAVE: Weed Database of Türkiye (yabanciot.org)

Information Description
Date 2023 - present
Organization -
Role Project Manager & Lead Developer
Technologies Python Django PostgreSQL
Link TÜYAVE (yabanciot.org)

I am responsible for the development of the Weed Database of Türkiye. I created a database to store the data of weed literature and observations. Then I created a web application to visualize the data.

Determination of Absorption Capacity in Lakes and Improvement of Water Quality

Information Description
Date 2022 - present
Organization Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Role Data Scientist (Macrophyte part)
Technologies Python PostgreSQL with PostGIS QGIS

I created a database to store the data of macrophyte observations and physicochemical parameters. Then I created a web application to visualize the data, results and create automated reports. Also, I implemented LEAFPACS2 index to web application to determine the ecological quality of the lakes.

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Taxonomic Revision and Ecological Modeling of the Subtribe Coleanthinae Rouy (Poaceae) in Turkey

Information Description
Date 2022 - present
Organization Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK)
Role Data Scientist
Technologies Python QGIS

I'm responsible for the data management and analysis of the project. Also, I will work on the ecological modeling (with MaxEnt) of the species.

Illustrated Flora of Türkiye

Information Description
Date 2020 - Present
Organization Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanic Garden, Istanbul, Turkey
Role IT
Technologies Python QGIS

I am responsible for the georeferencing of the specimens which cited in the Illustrated Flora of Türkiye.

IUCN SSC Turkey Plant Red List Authority

Information Description
Date 2018 - Present
Organization IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland
Role Comission Member / Assessor (non-profit)
Technologies Python QGIS R

IUCN SSC Turkey Plant Red List Authority is a group of experts who assess the conservation status of Turkish endemic plant species. I am responsible for the assessment of the conservation status of Turkish Verbascum species.

Completed Projects

Determination of Traditional Knowledge Based on Biodiversity in Yalova, Türkiye

Information Description
Date 2022 - 2023
Organization Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Role Data Scientist
Technologies Python

I was responsible for the data management and analysis of the project. I created report automation system to create reports and analysis results.

Determination of Traditional Knowledge Based on Biodiversity in Çanakkale, Türkiye

Information Description
Date 2022 - 2023
Organization Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Role Data Scientist
Technologies Python

I was responsible for the data management and analysis of the project. I created report automation system to create reports and analysis results.

Studies on the Reproduction and Pollination Biology of Verbascum bugulifolium Lam.

Information Description
Date 2020 - 2022
Organization Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK)
Role Research Assistant
Technologies Python

I was responsible for the data management and analysis of the project. Also, I conducted observations and experiments in the field.

Determination of Traditional Knowledge Based on Biodiversity in İstanbul, Türkiye

Information Description
Date 2021 - 2022
Organization Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Role Data Scientist
Technologies Python

I was responsible for the data management and analysis of the project. I created report automation system to create reports and analysis results.

Water Quality Monitoring in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin, Türkiye

Information Description
Date 2021
Organization Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Role Data Scientist (Macrophyte part)
Technologies Python

I was responsible for the macrophyte data management and analysis of the project. My main task was to calculate the ecological quality of the rivers and lakes with macrophyte data. I used the LEAFPACS2 (for lakes) and IBMR (for rivers) to determine the ecological quality. Also, I evaluated the results with the physicochemical parameters of the water.

Determination of Traditional Knowledge Based on Biodiversity in Tekirdağ, Türkiye

Information Description
Date 2020 - 2021
Organization Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Role Data Scientist
Technologies Python

I was responsible for the data management and analysis of the project. I created report automation system to create reports and analysis results.

Azap Lake Wetland Management Plan Project

Information Description
Date 2020
Organization Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Role Data Scientist (Macrophyte part)
Technologies Python

I was responsible for the macrophyte data management and analysis of the project. My main task was to calculate the ecological quality of the lake with macrophyte data.

Morphological, Anatomical, Palynological and Ecological Studies on the Mullein (Verbascum L.) Species in Tekirdağ, Türkiye

Information Description
Date 2018 - 2020
Organization Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Scientific Research Project
Role Data Scientist & Researcher
Technologies Python QGIS

In this project, the distribution of Verbascum taxa in Tekirdağ was determined and morphological, anatomical, palynological and ecological studies were carried out. Also, IUCN threat categories have been determined. It is known that 10 taxa spread in Tekirdağ before this project. However, this number increased to 17 taxa with this project. The distribution of Verbascum bombyciferum, V. thapsus and V. vacillans in Thrace region and in Tekirdag province, V. banaticum, V. blattaria, V. densiflorum and V. ovalifolium subsp. thracicum in Tekirdağ province has been demonstrated with this thesis for the first time. Although the distribution and habitat information of V. orientale subsp. orientale and V. mucronatum taxons given in the literature were utilized, existing distribution in Tekirdağ province could not be determined during the field studies.

Establishment of Reference Monitoring Network Project in Turkey

Information Description
Date 2016 - 2020
Organization Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Role Data Scientist (Macrophyte part)
Technologies Python

According to the requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60 / EC) and the Regulation on Monitoring Surface and Groundwater (OJ 11.02.2014 / 28910), each biological quality component (benthic macroinvertebrate, For phytoplankton, phytobenthos, fish, macrophyte, macroalga and angiosperm), a sufficient number of candidate reference areas specific to each type were determined.

I was responsible for the macrophyte data management and analysis of the project. My main task was to calculate the ecological quality of the rivers and lakes with macrophyte data. I used the LEAFPACS2 (for lakes) and IBMR (for rivers) to determine the ecological quality. Also, I evaluated the results with the physicochemical parameters of the water.

Systematic Revision of the Genus Poa L. (Poaceae) in Turkey

Information Description
Date 2016
Organization Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK)
Role Intern
Technologies SPSS

I was responsible for the data preprocessing of the project.