2002. (Harvard Linguistics Department: Ph.D. in Linguistics)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Finiteness, Case and Clausal Architecture. (appeared as 2004. Finiteness, Case and Clausal Architecture. MIT Occasional Papers in Linguistics 23.)
Directed by Professor James Huang. Committee Members: Professors Shigeru Miyagawa (MIT), Jonathan Nissenbaum (MIT) and Engin Sezer (Harvard University).
1998: Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, Department of Western Languages and Literature:
M.A. Thesis: Split INFL Hypothesis in Turkish.
Directed by Professor Sumru A. Özsoy.
1996: Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, Department of Western Languages and Literature:
B.A. Thesis: Syntax and Semantics of Conditionals in Turkish.
Directed by Professor Sumru A. Özsoy.