Fields of Scholarship
Neutron Stars:
Structure and dynamics
Evolution
Superfluidity and superconductivity
Accretion and accretion disks
Pulsars:
Timing and glitches
Evolution of millisecond pulsars
Fallback Disks:
Evolution of young neutron stars

Honours and Awards
2003 Best Teacher Award, Sabancı University, elected by the first Graduating Class
1994 Mustafa Parlar Award of the Middle East Technical University for Best Teachers, elected by the Graduating Class
1993 Elected member of The Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA; founded 1993)
1992 Science Prize jointly awarded by TÜBİTAK and the Third World Academy of Sciences (the TÜBİTAK Science Prize is the most prestigious prize awarded to scientists in Turkey)
1988 Sedat Simavi Award of the Newspaper 'Hürriyet', Physical Sciences
1986 Encouragement Prize awarded by TÜBİTAK. The Encouragement and Science Prizes of TÜBİTAK and the Sedat Simavi Award comprise the three major national prizes for scientists in Turkey