Scientific Programme - 27-29 March 2026

Congress 27 March 2026 Friday will start on the day 28 March 2026 Saturday and 29 March 2026 Sunday days in three simultaneous halls.

About the Programme

Below are the pre-congress events and the scientific programme between 27-29 March. Yoruk Ali Efe, Mr Aydin and Isabey hall programmes are the same are shown together in the time frame.

Congress Centre

Aydın Adnan Menderes University - Atatürk Congress Centre

Open on Map 27-29 March 2026

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Pre-Congress Programme

Courses and Special Sessions

Courses and special sessions to be organised before the Congress are listed below. These events will be held before the main scientific programme.

25 March 2026 - Wednesday
Grandparents Education Classroom Educational Training
Watch: 10:00 - 17:00    Location: Aydın Adnan Menderes University Guest House
26 March 2026 - Thursday
Hypno-breastfeeding Course
Watch: 10:00 - 17:00    Location: Congress Centre
Geometric Pattern Workshop
Watch: 10:00 - 17:00    Location: Congress Centre
Women Stars of Agriculture Session
Free and certified trainings for women in cooperation with SuperFresh and Tabit
Subject Headings of Education:
🌱 Artificial Intelligence
🌱 Ecological Literacy
🌱 Financial Literacy
🌱 Entrepreneurship
Paper Sessions

Daily Paper Links

You can access the detailed lists of oral and poster presentation sessions from the links below.

27 March 2026 - Friday
On 27 March Friday, you can find the oral presentation sessions here.
27 March View Paper Sessions
28 March 2026 - Saturday
On Saturday 28 March, the oral, poster and offline presentation sessions can be found here.
28 March View Paper Sessions
29 March 2026 - Sunday
29 March Sunday oral presentation sessions can be found here.
29 March View Paper Sessions
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall
Aydin Bey Hall
Isabey Hall
09.30 - 10.30
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Opening

The official opening programme of the Congress will be held in this hall.
  • Silence of Respect, National Anthem
  • University Introduction Film
  • Folk Dance Performance (Aydın AYDANS Folk Dance Sports Club)
  • Music Concert (Prof. Dr. Irade Abbasova)
  • Prof. Dr. Lecturer. Prof. Dr. Sibel ŞEKER - Chairman of the Congress Organising Committee
  • Prof. Dr. Cengiz ÖZARSLAN - Aydın Adnan Menderes University Vice Rector
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10.30 - 11.00
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11.00 - 12.00
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Session I - Women and Education

Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Sultan BAYSAN, Prof. Dr. Ruken AKAR VURAL
  • An Example of Positive Discrimination: Baku Girls University - Prof. Dr Sevinc Rahimova
  • From Discrimination to Equality: Mixed Education in the Turkish Education System - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adil Adnan Öztürk
  • Women's Education for Sustainable Development - Prof. Dr Nazlı Gökçe
  • Beyond the Glass Ceiling: The Transformative Impact of Female Leadership - Assoc. Prof Dr Özden Ölmez Ceylan
  • Educational Needs of Refugee Children and Inclusive Education Programmes - Prof. Dr. Ruken Akar Vural
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12.00 - 13.30
Lunch Break - Registration
Lunch Break - Registration
Lunch Break - Registration
13.30 - 14.30
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Session II - Economic Power of Women in Society

Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Funda ÇONDUR, Prof. Dr. Ayden Çoban
  • Women and Leader - Prof. Dr Dilşen İnce Erdoğan
  • Economy-Women-Democracy - Prof. Dr Yaşar Uysal
  • Economic Power of Women in Society - Prof. Dr. Nilgün Acarlar Balaylar
  • Economic Development and Women - Prof. Dr. Necmiye Cömertler, Lecturer. Gör. Dilek Gürçün
  • Gender Equality and Gender Budgeting - Prof. Dr. Tülin Canbay
Aydin Bey Hall

Session I - Gender Equality from Child to Adulthood

Session Chair: Prof. Dr Selvinaz SAÇAN
  • Should Ali catch the ball while Ayşe is always jumping rope? - Prof. Dr. İsmihan Artan
  • Assoc. Prof Dr Saniye Bencik Kangal
Isabey Hall

Session I - Women in Disasters

Session Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emel Tuğrul
  • Women in Disasters - Prof. Dr. Fatma Neval Genç
  • Women in Disasters from a Health Perspective - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Funda Karbek Akarca
14.30 - 15.30
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Session III - Technology and Women

Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Yasemin Özkan, Prof. Dr. Pınar Serçekuş Ak
  • The Place of Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Women's Life - Prof. Dr. İsmail Ovalı
  • Technology and Artificial Intelligence Applications in Women's Health - Prof. Dr Sevgi Özkan
  • The Past and Present of Rocket Studies in Turkey & Bandırma Missile Club - Yeşim Sayıner Karacebe (Online)
Aydin Bey Hall

Session II - Climate Change

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Oya KAVLAK
  • Climate Change and Women - Prof. Dr Didem Evci Kiraz
  • Effects of Climate Change on Women's Health - Prof. Dr. Şenay Ünsal Atan
Isabey Hall

Session II - Digitalisation in Women's Lives

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Gül Ertem
  • The Effect of Digital Violence Against Women on Women's Well-Being - Uzm. Hem. Emine Gök
  • Women's Health and Media - Prof. Dr. Gül Ertem
  • Digital Traces from Pregnancy to Postpartum: Woman - Dr. Lecturer. Prof. Dr Sinem Göral Türkçü
15.30 - 16.00
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16.00 - 17.00
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Session IV - Women in Business Life

Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Sevgi Özkan, Prof. Dr. Tuncay Saygın
  • Women in Management - Huriye Küpeli Kan
  • Being a Woman in Academia - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şehla Kasımova
  • Work Life and Being a Mum - İremnaz Özkaya Çeri
  • Women's Career Paths in Iranian Academia: Challenges and Realities - Prof. Dr. Roksana Janghorban (Online)
Aydin Bey Hall

Session III - Women's Knowledge from Past to Present

Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Merlinda Aluş Tokat, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ekin Dila Topaloğlu Ören
  • Traditional and Complementary Therapies in Women's Health - Prof. Dr Yasemin Özkan
  • Holistic Women's Health and Feminine Energy - Dr Engin Sarıca
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17.00 - 18.00
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Conference

Special Session
  • Career Opportunities in World Health Systems: A Global Perspective for Health Professionals - Uzm. Also Pakise Durmaz
Aydin Bey Hall

Family Sequence Workshop

  • Dr Engin Sarıca
Isabey Hall

Oral Presentation Session

Oral presentations will be held in this time frame.
20.00 - 22.00
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Concert

  • Serven Women's Choir
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Yoruk Ali Efe Hall
Aydin Bey Hall
Isabey Hall
09.00 - 10.00
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Session I - Migration Experiences

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Lecturer Member Salim Kaya
  • Women and Migration: The UK and India Example - Yukti Lamba
  • Being a Working Woman in Another Country: UK Experience - Uzm. Also Pakize Durmaz
  • Living in Another Country: Turkey Experiences - Uzm. Midwife Nasim Firouz
Aydin Bey Hall

Session I - Women in Agriculture

Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Sürmen, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Filiz Yıldız Akgül
  • The Role of Women in Agricultural Production - Prof. Dr Mustafa Sürmen
  • The Place of Women in Agriculture and Livestock - Dr. Lecturer. Member Kadir Kırk
  • Scientific Based Realisation of Industrial Production: Effects of Real Kefir on Healthy Living - Prof. Dr. Zeynep Güzel Seydim
  • Women in Traditional Dairy Products - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Filiz Yıldız Akgül
  • The Role of Women in Pine Nut Harvesting and Processing - Dr. Lecturer. Prof. Dr Hüseyin Nail Akgül
Isabey Hall

Session I - Life without Disabilities

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Lecturer Prof. Dr. Sibel Şeker
  • Disability and Women - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özlem Demirel Bozkurt
  • Down Syndrome Research Centre - Prof. Dr. Sibel Karaca Sivrikaya (Online)
  • Sexuality Education in People with Disabilities - Dr. Lecturer. Prof Didem Güven
10.00 - 11.00
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Session II - Healthy Ageing and Ageing

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Dide Kılıçalp
  • Healthy Ageing and Exercise - Prof. Dr Emine Aslan Telci
  • Lifelong Health: Nutritional Needs and Current Evidence in Women's Life Stages - Dr Senay Çatak
  • Intuitive Nutrition - Doğa Sökmen
  • Popular Diets and Their Effects on Women's Health - Gülsüm Erdem Sert (Online)
Aydin Bey Hall

Session II - Women and Entrepreneurship

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Renan Tunalıoğlu
  • Elen Kaya (Online)
  • Esen Turker
  • Inci Üzer
  • Tülin Akın
  • Neslihan Gaye Budaklı
  • Tuba Agacioglu
Isabey Hall

Session II - Disability and Women

Session Chairs: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Uludağ, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özlem Çiçek
  • Behind the Curtains: Disability and Women - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ekin Dila Topaloğlu Ören
  • Physical Disability and Life - Uzm. Midwife Fulya Maytar
  • Women in Rehabilitation Psychological Counselling - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sinem Acar
11.00 - 11.30
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11.30 - 12.30
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Session III - Ageing and Women

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Sema Oğlak
  • Family Friendly Practices in Elderly Care - Prof. Dr. Sema Oğlak
  • The Importance of Home Care in Disadvantaged Groups - Aynur Dik
  • An Increasing Workload on the Shoulders of Female Healthcare Providers - Prof. Dr Tinie Kardol
Aydin Bey Hall

Session III - Co-operatives in Women's Production

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Renan Tunalıoğlu
  • Dr Ayşe Günbey Şerifoğlu
  • Dr Müjgan Sönmez Yıldırımkaya
  • Şerife Altin
  • Nazlı Deniz Kuruloğlu
Isabey Hall

Session III - Women's Mental Health

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Hülya Arslantaş
  • Gender Roles in Eating Disorders - Prof. Dr. Bilge Doğan
  • Addiction and Women from an Existential Perspective - Dr. Lecturer. Member Mehtap Kızılkaya
  • Women's Mental Health in Childbirth - Uzm. Psychologist Neşe Karabekir
  • Mental Health After Motherhood: Redifining Support for Pregnant Women in a Changing World - Assist. Prof. Solmaz Ghanbari Homaie (Online)
12.30 - 13.30
Lunch Break
Lunch
Lunch Break
13.30 - 14.00
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Session IV - Society, Culture and Media

Session Chair: Prof. Dr Aylin Göztaş
  • Women in Turkic Languages - Assoc. Prof. Matquliyeva Marg'uba Farxodovna
  • In the 21st Century, the Legal Status of Women and Media Representations - Prof. Dr. Aylin Göztaş
Aydin Bey Hall

Panel - Building a Women's Brand

Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Funda Çondur, Prof. Dr. Necmiye Cömertler
  • Keşkekçi Hülya - Hülya YARDIMCI
  • Nazlı Village - Sevgül BATUR
Isabey Hall

Conference - Journey to Your Own Sun in the Shadow of Narcissism

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Lecturer. Prof. Dr. Mehtap Kızılkaya
  • Gamze Mercan
14.00 - 15.00
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Session V - Women in the Modern World

Session Chair: Prof. Dr Serdal Öğüt
  • Glass Ceiling Syndrome - Prof. Dr. Pınar Yengin Sarpkaya
  • The Symbol of Turkish Woman in the Modern Global World: Socio-Philosophical Analysis of Scientific and Cultural Integration - Dr Ferahile Babayeva-Sükürova
Aydin Bey Hall

Session IV - Funding Sources in Agricultural Entrepreneurship

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Renan Tunalıoğlu
  • ARDSI Funding Sources - Arzu Akar
  • KKYDP Funding Sources - Yakup Ezber
  • KOSGEB Funding Sources - Berkay Cetin Oral
  • GEKA Funding Sources - Dr Armağan Aydın
Isabey Hall

Session IV - Women's Reproductive Health

Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. S. Özlem Altınkaya, Prof. Dr. Selda Demircan Sezer
  • Hidden Threat: Endocrine Disruptors and Women's Health - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gonca Buran
  • Woman in Childbirth - Dr Hakan Çoker
  • Women in Infertility - Prof. Dr Ali Rıza Odabaşı
  • Gynaecological Oncology - Prof. Dr. Hasan Yüksel
15.00 - 15.30
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15.30 - 16.30
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Session VI - Feminism

Session Chairs: Dr Meryem Nakiboğlu, Dr Baha Ahmet Yılmaz
  • Reflections of the Women's Movement in Turkey in the 21st Century - Dr. Lecturer Prof Ayten Can
  • Ecofeminism - Assoc. Prof Ferhat Şirinyıldız
  • From Weak Captain to Greening Power: Hildegard von Bingen's Influences on Women's Movements and Ecofeminism - Mehti Doğan
Aydin Bey Hall

Session V - Women and Art

Session Chair: Prof. Dr Irade Abbasova
  • Women and Music - Rüya Taner (Online)
  • Music in Women's Liberation - Lelya Bayramoğulları
  • Conducting as a Sociological Phenomenon - Tolga Taviş
  • Woman in Painting - İlkem Esim
  • Woman's Existence in Sculpture - Hale Şakar Ürkmezgil (Online)
Isabey Hall

Session V - Women's Reproductive Rights

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. İlgün Özen Çınar
  • Women's Birth Preferences and Caesarean Section Prevention Policies - Prof. Dr. Selda Demircan Sezer
  • Overview of Births in Private Hospitals - Dr Tahir Ateş
  • The Effect of Pregnancy Schools on Births - Dr. Lecturer. Prof. Dr Sibel Şeker
16.30 - 17.30
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Session VII - Globalisation and Women

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Lecturer Prof Ayten Can
  • Women Policies in Azerbaijan - Assoc. Prof. Sara Bayramova
  • Women's Leadership in Global Politics: A 21st Century Structural and Normative Transformation - Dr Baha Ahmet Yılmaz
  • In the 21st Century, the Legal Status of Women and Media Representations - Prof. Dr. Aylin Göztaş
  • Development of Women's Studies in Turkey: Women's Research Centres - Prof. Dr. Nurşen Adak (Online)
Aydin Bey Hall

Session VI - Women and Media

Session Chair: Prof. Dr Mustafa Yılmaz
  • Social Roles of Women and the Role of Media - Prof. Dr. Ebru Özgen
  • Women Influencers and Rising Leadership in Social Media - Dr. Lecturer. Member Hüsna Yılmaz
  • Perception of Female Phenomena - Prof. Dr. H. Hale Bozkurt
Isabey Hall

Conference - Women and Sport

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Lecturer Member Mert Soysal
  • Elifnaz Köseoğlu
20.00 - 22.00
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Concert

  • Lelya Bayramoğullari
  • Ahmet Sait Karabulut
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Yoruk Ali Efe Hall
Aydin Bey Hall
Isabey Hall
09.00 - 10.00
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Oral Presentation Session

Oral presentations
Aydin Bey Hall

Oral Presentation Session

Oral presentations
Isabey Hall

Oral Presentation Sessions

Oral presentations
10.00 - 11.00
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Session I - Environment and Women

Session Chair: Lecturer. Gör. Perihan Öğdüm
  • Possible Effects of Pesticides on Women's Health - Dr. Lecturer. Prof Mert Soysal
  • Women and Zootonic Diseases: Single Health Approach - Dr. Lecturer. Prof Hakan Kanlıoğlu
  • The Effect of 21st Century Lifestyle on Anthropometric Changes in Women - Dr Ulviyya Jafarova
Aydin Bey Hall

Oral Presentation Session

Oral presentations
Isabey Hall

Oral Presentation Sessions

Oral presentations
11.00 - 11.30
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11.30 - 12.30
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Session II - Literacy

Session Chairs: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Keziban Amanak, Lecturer. Gör. Dr Funda Güler
  • Cultural Literacy - Perihan Öğdüm
  • Health Literacy - Prof. Dr Filiz Abacıgil
  • Economic Literacy - Coşkun Yıldırım
Aydin Bey Hall

Civil Society Organisations Session - I

NGO session
Isabey Hall

Oral Presentation Sessions

Oral presentations
12.30 - 13.30
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Lunch
13.30 - 14.00
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Conference

Session Chair: Prof. Dr Ayten Taspinar
  • A Right Shaping the Past-Present and Directing the Future: Birth, Women and Midwifery - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Filiz Aslantekin Özçoban
Aydin Bey Hall

Oral Presentation Session

Oral presentations
Isabey Hall

Oral Presentation Sessions

Oral presentations
14.00 - 15.00
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Conference - Women and Aesthetics

  • Prof. Dr. Hayati Akbaş
Aydin Bey Hall

Oral Presentation Session

Oral presentations
Isabey Hall

Oral Presentation Sessions

Oral presentations
15.00 - 15.30
Yoruk Ali Efe Hall

Award Ceremony - Closing

Closing programme of the Congress
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