Team
Dr. Kıvılcım Zafer Teoman
Kıvılcım Zafer Teoman (b. 1985, Istanbul, Turkey) is a filmmaker and artist. She holds an M.A. in Visual and Media Anthropology from Freie Universität Berlin and a Ph.D. in Media and Communication from Galatasaray University. She currently works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual Communication Design at Istanbul Medipol University, Turkey.
Begüm Özyer
After graduating in sociology, Begüm Özyer focused her career on the civil society field and completed a master’s degree in NGO management and social projects. She has been working in the field of educational equity for many years, developing projects that empower girls and young women; through the Equal Future Association (Eşit Gelecek Derneği), which she co-founded, she has reached more than 10,000 girls and collaborated with global institutions such as Coca-Cola Turkey and FIBA Holding.
Now based in Spain, Begüm aims to stand by girls and young women on their educational journeys and create safe spaces where they can build confidence and claim their voices.
Ozan Erkovan
Ozan Erkovan is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist based in Paris. He holds a BA in Psychological Counseling and Guidance from Boğaziçi University, an MA from Bahçeşehir University with a thesis on Masculinities and Fatherhood in Turkey, and an MA in Critical Studies from Malmö University with a thesis on Affective Encounters with More-Than-Human Environments.
His practice centers on migration, masculinity, and ecological perspectives in therapy, and he is a co-founder of the Network of Migrant Psychologists and Psychotherapists (GPPA).
