Ilhan Kaya

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Wilfrid Laurier University

Ilhan Kaya is a human geographer with a PhD from Florida State University. His research focuses on identity politics, migration and mobilities, minority politics, spatial theory, and the politics of knowledge production, with particular attention to Muslim immigration, Turkish and Kurdish diasporas, and authoritarian contexts. He has held academic positions in Turkey, Belgium, Canada, and the United States, including a postdoctoral fellowship at Ghent University and professorships at Yıldız Technical University and Dicle University. He is currently a Remote Visiting Researcher at Wilfrid Laurier University. His work has been published in leading journals such as Geographical Review, Middle East Journal, and Social & Cultural Geography, and he is the author and editor of several books on migration, identity, and geography.

Email: ilhankaya@gmail.com