ümit Altar Binici

Ümit Altar Binici Istanbul, Turkiye Mobile: - Email:- EDUCATION 2018 - 2023 Boğaziçi University, Linguis cs Istanbul, Turkiye Current GPA: 3,38/4,00 Research: “An Analysis on Code-Switching Behaviour in Bilingual Speakers of Modern Turkish and Midyat Arabic”, 2021 “Post-Verbal Scrambling Opera ons in Turkish”, 2021 “Morpho-syntac c Typological Report on Plains Cree”, 2020 2022 - 2022 Universität zu Köln, Erasmus / Exchange Student, Linguis cs and Phone cs, Cologne, Germany Research: “Cri cal Discourse Analysis on Hate Speech in Turkish Press and Media”, 2022 2014 - 2018 Rahmi Kula Anatolian High School, Foreign Language Student, Balıkesir, Turkiye Diploma Grade: 94.04/100 RESEARCH INTERESTS Syntac c Theory Morphosyntac c structure of Turkish, case and focus assignment, movement construc ons, scrambling opera ons. Language Contact Contact-induced change in syntax, bilingualism and code-switching phenomena. Discourse Analysis Cri cal and empirical analysis on mass- and social-media discourse. EXPERIENCE 2021 - 2022 Private Tutoring in Turkish as Foreign Language Taught Elementary level (A1.1) Turkish to a Korean student over the course of 6 months as a private tutor. ti tt ffi ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ffi osu!, Project Loved Team, Content Moderator, 2021 - 2022 Tasked with reviewing visual and aural content in terms of suitability for all ages for beatmaps (user submi ed ingame levels) nominated as community favourite. Global Modera on Team, Global Moderator, 2019 - 2022 Responsible for modera ng all aspects of the game, which includes but not limited to in-game chat, forums, and other o cial community hubs. Primarily focused on Turkish community spaces, I was tasked with keeping the environment safe and out of malicious and inappropriate content. Community Contributor As a long- me community regular, I have been involved in many events and projects: osu!catch Mapping World Cup, Assistant, 2022 Providing contest organizers with technical and opera onal support, as well as screening contest submissions. Skinners’ Bulle n, Editor,- Edi ng and wri ng the newspost series dedicated to the osu! skinning community. Mappers’ Report, Editor,- Editorial and authorial assistance for the newspost series dedicated to the osu! mapping community. osu! wiki, Contributor, 2019 - 2021 Contributed to the osu! wiki project through transla ng various wiki ar cles into Turkish, as well as reviewing other contribu ons. ti 2015 - 2022 ti SoUP Agency, Event Moderator Hosted various entertainment ac vi es, such as Family Feud, Taboo, Treasure Hunt, etc., for corporate o ces on demand. ti 2020 - 2021 osu!web Localisa on, Contributor,- Contributed to the osu! website localisa ons through Crowdin, and led a group of Turkish community members to contribute in the same way. Community Localisa on Project, Contributor,- Contributed to the early client localisa on project. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 2022 - Present Hrant Dink Founda on, ASULIS, Data Annotator Currently par cipa ng as a data annotator in the joint project maintained by Hrant Dink Founda on (ASULIS), Boğaziçi University, and Sabanci University, tled “Monitoring Hate Speech and Inclusive Discourse across Social Media via Digital Methods”. 2021 - Present Boğaziçi University Student Conference on Linguis cs (SCOL), Organisa onal Assistance, 2021 - Present Organizing one of the most pres gious conferences on the eld of linguis cs in Turkey, targeted at undergraduate and graduate students mainly, featuring hundreds of a endees and dozens of research papers every year. Currently assis ng the 4th edi on of SCOL through providing outreach and advisory help in sponsorship connec ons, social get together organiza on and general housekeeping tasks. Abstract and Paper Submission Reviewer, 2021 - 2022 Tasked with reviewing abstract and paper submissions in terms of their adequacy, depth, and appropriateness for the nature of the conference during the 3rd edi on of SCOL. tt ti ti ti ti tt ti ti tt ti ti ti ti ti ti tt ti ti ti ti ti tt fi tt ti tt ti ti tt ti ti ti ti ff ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ff ti ti fi ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti Boğaziçi University Debate Society Model UN Subcommi ee (BUDS MUN), Ac ve Member Coordina on Team Member, 2020 - 2021 Responsible for maintaining the administra ve integrity and collabora on within the subcommi ee as a member of a team of 9. Boğaziçi MUN Conference 2021, Secretary-General Responsible for upholding academic integrity and setup of the conference, arranging commi ee details and their agenda in collabora on with Under Secretaries-General and their assistants. Boğaziçi MUN Conference 2020, Deputy Secretary-General Assisted the Secretary-General in academic a airs of the conference. Created a meaningful communica on line between the academic collaborators and the Secretary-General. Boğaziçi MUN Conference 2019, Crea ve Intelligence Team Member Contributed to the academic a airs of the conference through crea ve ways of arranging events for the commi ees in relevancy to their agenda in coopera on with the commi ee Under Secretaries-General. PRESENT Bulle n, Founder, Senior Editor and Author, 2020 - 2021 Founded and maintained the student periodical owned by the subcommi ee for the dura on of 1 year, which is the set term for Senior Editorship, as well as contributed to it through various ar cles penned by myself or in collabora on with others. Bulle n can be viewed at h ps://present.bogazicimun.org ti 2018 - 2021 ti Boğaziçi University Gaming Club (BUOK), Administra ve Board Secretary, 2022 - Present As an administra ve board member, I am tasked with keeping the student club a safe space for all club members, maintaining the order and help spearheading club ac vi es of sorts. Addi onally, as the board secretary, I organize mee ng minutes, prepare proper roadmap for the upcoming ac vi es, and announce these ac vites in relevant community hubs when needed. Bosphorus Invita onal osu! Tournament, Organizer, 2022 - Present Currently organizing the rst-ever LAN tournament in Turkey for osu!, the most popular rhythm-based free-to-play online video game. Project Cordima (TCG), Project Lead, 2021 - Present Developing a user-oriented, community-run trading card game project to propose an alterna ve to the equivalents on the market with high costs of entry by advoca ng “print and play”. Leading the project, coordina ng internal a airs and managing the community. Ac ve Member, 2019 - Present ti 2018 - Present ti Boğaziçi University Albert Long Hall Classical Music Concerts, Volunteer Contributed to the concert organiza ons by arranging the guest list, alloca ng guests to appropriate seats at the hall, and delivering invita ons to the relevant guests. ff 2019 - 2020 March 2018 Goethe Ins tute Germany Luggage Project, Par cipant Hosted the Germany Luggage provided by the Goethe Ins tute at our high school in order to get other students familiarize with the German history and culture. 2017 - 2018 Balıkesir Art Centre, Stage Actor Was a member of the local theatre company as a stage actor primarily focused in plays appropriate for children, as well as educated in improv ac ng. 2016 - 2017 R-KALEM Theatre Company, Actor and Playwright Wri en and played our own comedy theatre called “Ba k mı Babiş?” over the course of one full school term. 2015 - 2016 Sister School Project with Walther-Rathenau-Gymnasium, Par cipant Par cipated in the sister school project, where every par cipant is allocated a student from the other collabora ng school. As a part of the project, studied at the other collabora ng school in Berlin for 10 days, and hosted the other par cipants in Balıkesir a erwards. SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES Digital: Programming with Python| Text forma ng using markup languages (HTML, CSS, Markdown) | MS O ce (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) Languages: Turkish (Na ve) | English (Full Professional Pro ciency) | German (Upper-Intermediate Pro ciency) Research Languages: Abkhaz (Pre-Intermediate) | Hausa (Elementary) ti tt ffi fi ti ti ti ti ttı ti fi ti tti ft ti ti ff ti ti tt ti ti ti Hobbies: - Listening to all sorts of music (mostly Progressive Rock or Psytrance) - Board games with friends on a regular basis (my favourite is Eldritch Horror) - Watching and apprecia ng theatre shows - Travelling and visi ng di erent places (I have been to Germany, France, Poland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Hungary, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria so far) Personal Traits: Coopera ve, big-picture oriented, disciplined, punctual, problem solver, decisive and highly commi ed.