Address:   Department of City and Regional Planning, Room: 53, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Phone:      + 90 312 210 72 81

Fax:           + 90 312 210 22 97

E-Mail:       yetiskul@metu.edu.tr

Website:    https://avesis.metu.edu.tr/yetiskul

 

Education

Post-Doc.     University of California Berkeley (2007)

PhD               Kyoto University (2006)

MSc              Middle East Technical University (1998)

BCP              Middle East Technical University (1995)

 

Taught Courses

CRP236 Economics for Planners

CRP371 Planning Techniques

CRP401 Planning Studio VII

CRP402 Planning Studio VIII

 

Research interests: Network and Transport Economics, Industrial Organization, Urban Economics, Regional Planning, Mathematical and Statistical Methods in Planning, Urban Transformation and Development

 

Publications

Şenbil, M., & Yetişkul, E. (2026). Türkiye’de ulaştırma alanına gelecek çizmek. In T. H. Gür (Ed.), Türkiye’nin yeniden inşası: Alternatif politikalar. Efil Yayınevi.

Şahin, M. R., Özdemir, S., & Yetişkul, E. (2025). Urban complexity: Izmir’s adaptive capacity through sub-fractal difference analysis. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083251379282

Özdemir, S., Şahin, M. R., & Yetişkul, E. (2025). Assessing urban morphological complexity through fractal geometry: Evidence from Turkish cities. A+Arch Design International Journal of Architecture and Design, 11(2), 167–186.

Özdemir, S., Şahin, M. R., & Yetişkul, E. (2024). Transition from traditional urban models to complex system models. Planlama–Planning, 34(2), 197–206.

Yetişkul, E., & Kul, F. (2023). Agglomeration of population and employment in the urbanization–industrialization interaction: The case of Izmir. Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 4(1), 16–30.

Şenbil, M., & Yetişkul, E. (2023). Cumhuriyet'in 100. yılında şehircilik projesine İzmir'in armağanı İzmir Banliyö Sistemi (İZBAN) üzerine. In İ. Tekeli, E. Arıkboğa, A. Arı, M. C. Arslan, & İ. Kurtuluş (Eds.), Cumhuriyet'in 100 yıllık serüveninde yerel yönetimler ve şehircilik (pp. 268–299). Marmara Belediyeler Birliği Kültür Yayınları.

Şenbil, M., & Yetişkul, E. (2023). Why does the “light rail transit system” have to be an exclusive master plan decision? Planning, 33(1), 201–204.

Yetişkul, E. (2022). Interpreting changing settlement patterns through İzmir. Meltem İzmir Akdeniz Akademisi Dergisi, 11(Yaz), 42–58.

Şenbil, M., & Yetişkul, E. (2022). Spatial variation of elderly population and its dynamics in Turkey. Population, Space and Place, 28, e2516.

Şenbil, M., Yetişkul, E., & Özuysal, M. (2022). Regional aspects of public transport mobility: Izmir urban region case. MEGARON, 17(1), 136–150.

Şenbil, M., & Yetişkul, E. (2022). Two recommendations for paradigm change in Turkey’s parking policy. Planlama–Planning, 32(1), 1–4.

Yetişkul, E. (2022). Yerleşmeler ve karmaşıklık kuramı. Planlama–Planning, 32(3), 519–526.

Yetişkul, E., Aydın, N., & Gökçe, B. (2021). Governing the rural: The case of Izmir (Turkey) in the post-2000 era. Journal of Rural Studies, 88, 262–271.

Aydın, N., & Yetişkul, E. (2021). The effect of curfews on the air quality of cities: The case of Izmir. İdealkent, 12(Special Issue), 389–414.

Shahin, H., & Yetişkul, E. (2021). Urban transport, pandemics and COVID-19: Ankara public transit system. İdealkent, 12, 415–451.

Şenbil, M., & Yetişkul, E. (2020). Recent automobilization in Turkey: Province based analyses between 2007–2018. İdealkent, 11(29), 373–405.

Yetişkul, E., & Şenbil, M. (2020). Yerleşmelerin değişen özellikleri üzerinden İzmir Modeli’nin yorumlanması. İdealkent, 11(29), 214–229.

Yetişkul, E. (2020). Cities and new urban theories: On three theories that center urbanization. Planlama–Planning, 30(3), 332–341.

Şenbil, M., Yetişkul, E., & Gökçe, B. (2020). Impact of İZBAN on neighborhood population change in the Izmir city region. METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, 37, 199–223.

  

Research projects

Yetişkul Şenbil, E. (2018–2021). İzmir örneği ile Türkiye’de değişen yerleşme örüntüsünün yorumlanması (TÜBİTAK Project 1003—Priority Areas R&D Projects Support Program) [Research project; Principal investigator].

Yetişkul Şenbil, E. (2012–2017). Practices and policies for neighbourhood improvement towards gentrification 2.0 (TÜBİTAK–JPI Urban Europe Project 1001—Program for Supporting Scientific and Technological Research Projects) [Research project; Researcher].

Yetişkul Şenbil, E. (2011–2022). Yurtiçi havayolu ulaşımı, tahmini ve mekânsal denge analizi: Düşük maliyetle düşük fiyat sunan havayollarının rekabeti (Higher Education Institutions (BAP) Project Support Program) [Research project; Principal investigator].