Advisory Board

Ali Vatansever

Ali Vatansever studied industrial design at Istanbul Technical University and film production at Istanbul Bilgi University and Rochester Institute of Technology. He is now teaching Film Production and VR in Media and Visual Arts Dept. at Koç University. 

He directed two feature films which had a successful festival run both locally and internationally. He is pursuing his directing career within Terminal, a production company he co-founded. Besides filmmaking, he is a mentor at KARMA Extended Realities Lab and works closely with NGOs on governance and participatory democracy.

Beyza Ünal

Clinical psychologist and disability rights activist. She has earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Middle East Technical University. Besides her professional work, she volunteers for national and international disabled people’s organizations, such as Engelli Kadın Derneği (The Association for Women with Disabilities) and European Network on Independent Living. Among her interests are topics like mental health, disability identity, intersectionality and independent living.

Hasan Nadir Derin

He was born in Ankara, 1975. After graduating from the department of Industrial Engineering in Gazi University, he got a master’s degree from the same department in Middle East Technical University. He has launched his own website, Sinema Manyakları, near the end of the 1990s. In addition to his website, he has published articles on cinema especially on websites such as Beyazperde and Pera Sinema. Moreover, he has written many articles for various printed media such as Altyazı Magazine, Antrakt Weekly Cinema Newspaper and Agos Newspaper. He wrote articles for Gölge e-magazine about ten years. He has been a member of SİYAD since 2015. He continues writing weekly film commentary for Channel B and film critics in various media.

Ilgın Aydınoğlu

Disability Researcher, Consultant

He completed her education in Osmangazi University, Department of Finance and then Anadolu University, Faculty of Economics, Department of International Relations. In 2010, he voluntarily worked at the Istanbul University Disability Application and Research Center, and still continues to work in the same institution. He was the consultant of Library and Documentation Department’s Barrier-Free Information Center Project prepared for blind individuals at Istanbul University. He is continuing her graduate studies at Istanbul University, Disability Studies Unit, and he also works as an assistant coordinator in the same unit. He teaches “Blind or Visually Impaired?” under Erişilebilir Her Şey and he continues his IT accessibility consultancy.

İdil Seda Ak

Disability Rights Activist, Researcher

She was born in Istanbul in 1984. She completed her undergraduate study at Boğaziçi University and her master's degree in Middle East Technical University. The right of disabled people to education, the rights of disabled children, the rights of disabled children, the right to independent life of the disabled individual, and the equal recognition of disabled people before the law are the main subjects of her work.

She is a board member of Association for Women with Disabilities (ENGKAD) and Social Rights and Research Society (TOHAD). She works as a disability consultant at Human Development Foundation (İNGEV) and works as a part-time lecturer at Boğaziçi University and Medipol University.

Seben Ayşe Dayı

She completed her education in Yeditepe University, Department of Journalism with the first rank and received her master's degree in English Anthropology Department with the scholarship she received. He conducted studies on education in both departments. During her graduate studies, she met with alternative education and Reggio Emilia approach. She worked on Reggio Emilia philosophy for two years in different institutions, and carried out awareness studies on “perception of child and disability”. She has prepared a master thesis on school culture by implementing alternative education in Turkey. She was among the founders of Erişilebilir Her Şey in 2018. She provides accessibility consultancy to various institutions and events.

Serim Berke Yarar

He graduated from Yeditepe University, Mechanical Engineering Department. While working as an engineer in a company, he won the “Bir Fikrin Mi Var" contest with first place in 2015. He continues to take part in many projects, speeches and workshops as a rights advocate and activist in the field of disability. He brought his project “S^2 Yollarda” to life which he hitchhikes around Turkey with the cofounder of "Erişilebilir Her Şey" Seben aiming to change the society's perception of disability and difference. In Erişilebilir Her Şey, he prepares trainings for Cerebral Palsy, disability and social perception. At the same time, he works on accessibility standards specific to each field, assistive technologies, generating and reporting solutions on universal design applications, and the accessibility of videos and images