Academic Staff

Mehmet Başak CIFTCIOGLU was born in Gülnar on September 11, 1970. He graduated from Galatasaray High School and Yıldız Technical University, Department of French Translation and Interpretation. He worked as a Vice Principal at Galatasaray High School between the years 1997-2002. He has been working as French Instructor and French Language Program Academic Coordinator at IUE since 2002. He attended various trainings in France with French Government scholarship during his tenure: Besançon CLA Teacher Development Training in 2004; Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIP) Business French in 2007; Nantes BELC internship DELF-DALF Exams Scorer Coaching Training in 2010, Telc Exams Scorer Training in 2011. He is currently one of the founding members of Izmir Association of Teachers of French, established in 2003, and Chairman of the Association between 2011 to 2016.

Graduated from Galatasaray Highschool in 1997 and Istanbul University Faculty of Arts French Language and Literatute Department in 2002. He worked as a French instructor in Izmir and Istanbul. He completed a master degree in 9 Eylül University Institute of Education Sciences Teaching Turkish As A Foreign Language Department and PhD degree in University of Montreal, Linguistics and Translation Department. Still works at Izmir University of Economics and gives also "French Gastronomy" courses as optional.

Sedef Ahuoğlu, upon completing Saint-Joseph French Secondary and High School, she graduated from 9 Eylül University, Department of French Teaching. First, she started working at Izmir Pamuk Mensucat, Export Department. Then she worked at Saint-Joseph French High School as a French teacher. She started to work at IUE in September, 2003 after working as a French language coordinator in many private tutoring schools and working as a tour guide in Paris. She attended many trainings in France: Tours University Language and Literature Training in 1993, Alliance Française Teacher Development Training in 2005, Vichy Cavilam Language Certificate Training in 2006 , Caen BELC internship DELF-DALF Exams Scorer Coaching Training in 2007, Egesus Preparation and Presentation of projects in the European Union Training in 2008, TELC Exams Scorer Coaching Training in 2011 She took part in writing and staging of 3 theatre plays within the University. She also, worked staging these theatres in different festivals and universities. She presented a paper and a workshop on Creative Drama at Gazi University. In 2011, she staging a photography exhibition” du pinceau au declencheur” and a workshop “Lost in the France” in 2012. She gives two selective courses: French knowledge of effective, advanced knowledge of French.