About

About

Academic profile, education and professional experience.

Academic profile

Dr. Nimet Keseli Ustabaşı completed a doctorate in 2025 at Bursa Uludağ University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Sociology of Religion programme. The dissertation used field research to examine how Islamic family values produce a "hybridising" habitus among political party members in Çanakkale.

This work brings Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, field and capital to bear on topics such as marital equivalence (kafa'ah), the formation of political preferences, delayed marriage, and the psycho-social effects of religious services in prisons.

The research is grounded in long-standing professional experience within the Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), including service as a Qur'an course instructor, preacher (vaiz) and Deputy Provincial Mufti of Çanakkale, and currently as a Presidency Preacher (Başkanlık Vaizi) at the Presidency of Religious Affairs. Dr. Keseli Ustabaşı also holds a family counselling certificate.

Education

  1. 2018–2025

    PhD

    Bursa Uludağ University

    Graduate School of Social Sciences · Philosophy and Religious Studies · Sociology of Religion

    Dissertation on hybridising habitus in terms of Islamic family values (Çanakkale political party members). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Abdurrahman Kurt.

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  2. 2013–2015

    MA

    Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

    Graduate School of Social Sciences · Philosophy and Religious Studies · Sociology of Religion

    Thesis on the psycho-social effects of religious services on prisoners (Çanakkale prisons).

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  3. 2000–2004

    BA

    Uludağ University

    Faculty of Theology

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    BA

    Anadolu University

    Public Administration

    Graduation year not stated in the sources.

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    BA

    Anadolu University

    Sociology

    Graduation year not stated in the sources.

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Professional experience

  1. Current (2026)

    Presidency Preacher

    Presidency of Religious Affairs

    Confirmed as the current position by the site owner (25 October 2026). The start date is not stated in the sources.

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  2. 2019 – (at least Dec 2025)

    Deputy Provincial Mufti

    Çanakkale Provincial Mufti's Office

    End date not stated; an article signed with this title appeared in December 2025.

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  3. August 2018

    Preacher

    Osmangazi District Mufti's Office, Bursa

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  4. Date not stated

    Assignment abroad

    France

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  5. 2006–2018

    Preacher

    Çanakkale Provincial Mufti's Office

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  6. Date not stated

    Qur'an Course Instructor

    Bilecik and Istanbul

    According to the dissertation CV, service at Diyanet began in 2004.

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Research interests

Chronology of academic work

2025

2024

2023

2021

2020

2015