Zeynep Bilgehan Can

Zeynep Bilgehan Can is a graduate of the English Language Teaching program at HAYEF, Istanbul University. Between 2012 and 2013, she worked at HLW/Türnitz in Austria as a Comenius Assistant. She completed her master's degree in Humanities and Social Sciences at Yıldız Technical University in 2018. As part of her master's thesis research, she was an exchange student in Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is currently pursuing her PhD in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Educational Sciences, at Yıldız Technical University. She has been working at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University (FSMVU) since 2013. She has taught in various faculties in the institution including Law, Architecture, Business Management, International Relations and the Civil Aviation Cabin Services Program at the Vocational School. She served as the English Coordinator for the Civil Aviation Cabin Services Program from 2016 to 2022. Between 2022 and 2023, she was the Modern Languages Coordinator, responsible for coordinating all foreign language and English courses across the university's faculties. Between September 2023-June 2026, she has worked as the Assistant Director for Academic issues in the Foreign Languages Department at FSMVU. She has been working as the Director of the Foreign Languages program since July 2026. She is also the Virtual Exchange and COIL Coordinator at FSMVU.