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• Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, Ph.D., Statistics, January 2007, Thesis Title: Temporal Aggregation and Related Problems in Multivariate Time Series Analysis.
• Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TURKEY, M.S., Statistics, September 1999, Thesis Title: A Survey of Competing Risk Analysis: A Medical Application.
• Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TURKEY, B.S., Statistics, July 1996.

Academic and Professional Experience:

• Professor at Department of Statistics, METU February 8, 2022 – present
• Vice Chairperson at Department of Statistics, METU March 2020 – present
• Associate Director of Institute of Applied Mathematics November 2017-December 2020
• Administrative Committee Member of Applied Mathematics Institute 2016- December 2020
• Vice Chairperson at Department of Statistics, METU February 2009 – August 2012
• Assistant Professor at Department of Statistics, METU August 2010 – present
• Instructor at Department of Statistics, METU July 2007 – July 2010
• Teaching Assistant at Department of Statistics, Temple University 2003 – 2005
• Research Assistant at Department of Statistics, METU August 1996 – 2007
• Student Assistant at Department of Statistics, METU October 1995-June 1996
• Internship: State Institute of Statistics August 1995

Research Interests:

• Time Series Analysis: Univariate and Multivariate Methods
• Temporal Aggregation of Time Series
• Statistical Inference
• Spatio-temporal Analysis
• Survival Analysis and Competing Risks

Assisted Courses / Laboratories:

Courses at Temple University

• Basic Quantitative Foundations for Business and Economics II in Spring 2003 and Summer I 2005
• Selected Statistical Topics in Summer II 2003, Spring 2004, Summer I and II 2004
• Statistics for Engineers in Fall 2003 and Fall 2004
• Statistical Methods and Concepts in Spring 2005

Courses at METU

• STAT 511: Time Series Analysis I in Fall 2006, 2007, 2008
• STAT 512: Time Series Analysis II in Spring 2007, 2008, 2009
• STAT 518: Statistical Design of Experiments in Spring 2007
• STAT 201: Introduction to Probability and Statistics I, Fall 2010
• STAT 221: Fundamentals of Statistics, Fall 2011
• STAT 271: Mathematical Statistics I in Summer 2007 and Fall 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
• STAT 272: Mathematical Statistics II in Spring 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
• IAM 530: Elements of Probability and Statistics in Fall 2008, 2009, 2010
• STAT 497: Applied Time Series Analysis in Spring 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Courses Developed

• STAT 444 Advanced Statistical Computing
• STAT 562 Univariate Time Series Analysis
• STAT 563 Multivariate Time Series Analysis
• STAT 559 Applied Multivariate Analysis (with Dr. Vilda Purutcuoğlu)

Selected Publications:

• Neslihanoglu S., Ünal E., Yozgatlıgil C. (2021). Performance comparison of filtering methods on modelling and forecasting the total precipitation amount: A case study for Muğla in Turkey, Journal of Water and Climate Change, 12(4). 1071-1085. https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2021.332
• Evkaya, O. O., Yozgatligil, C., Kestel S. S. (2020). CD-vine model for capturing complex dependence. Journal of Applied Statistics, https://doi.org/10.1080/02664763.2020.1834519
• Aziz R., Yucel İ., Yozgatlıgil C. (2020) Nonstationarity impacts on frequency analysis of yearly and seasonal extreme temperature in Turkey. Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.104875
• Akça E. and Yozgatlıgil C. (2020). Mutual information model selection algorithm for time series, Journal of Applied Statistics, DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2019.1707516
• Adiguzel, F., Kleijnen, M., Basbug Erkan, B., Yozgatligil, C. (2019). Identifying Non-adopter Consumer Segments: An Empirical Study on Earthquake Insurance Adoption in Turkey. Journal of Consumer Affairs 53(2), 662-685, https://doi.org/10.1111/joca.12217.
• Oflaz, Z., Yozgatligil, C., Selcuk-Kestel A.S. (2019). Aggregate Claim Estimation using bivariate Hidden Markov Model, ASTIN Bulletin - The Journal of the International Actuarial Association 49(1), 189-215, doi:10.1017/asb.2018.29.
• Yozgatligil C., Turkes, M. (2018). Extreme value analysis and forecasting of maximum precipitation amounts in the Western Black Sea Sub-region of Turkey. International Journal of Climatology 38, 5447-5458.
• Evkaya, O.O., Yozgatligil, C, Selcuk-Kestel, A.S. (2018). Measuring Dependence between Electricity Consumption and Contributing Indicators via Copulas: Turkish Case. Gazi University Journal of Science 31(4), 1284-1396.
• Yozgatligil C., Ayhan, H. O. (2018). Univariate Sample Size Determination by Alternative Components: Issues on Design Efficiency for Complex Samples. Statistics in Transition new series, 19 (2), 201–218, DOI 10.21307/stattrans-2018-012.
• Aslan S., Yozgatligil C., Iyigun C. (2018). Temporal Clustering of Time Series via Threshold Autoregressive Models: Application to Commodity Prices. Annals of Operations Research, 260, Issue 1–2, 51–77
• Dag O., Yozgatligil C. (2016). GMDH: An R Package for Short Term Forecasting via GMDH - Type Neural Network Algorithms. R Journal, 8 (1), 379-386.
• Yozgatligil C.,Yazici C. (2016). Comparison of homogeneity tests for temperature using a simulation study. International Journal of Climatology, 36, 62-81, Doi: 10.1002/joc.4329.
• Turkes M., Yozgatligil C., Batmaz I., İyigun C., Kartal Koc E., Fahmi F., Aslan S. (2016). Has the climate been changing in Turkey? Regional climate change signals based on a comparative statistical analysis of two consecutive time periods, 1950-1980 and 1981-2010. Climate Research, 70 (1), 77-93, Doi: 10.3354/cr01410.
• Coppens J., Ozen A., Tavsanoglu N., Erdogan S., Levi E E., Yozgatligil C., Jeppesen E., Beklioglu M. (2016) Impact of alternating wet and dry periods on long-term seasonal phosphorus and nitrogen budgets of two shallow Mediterranean lakes. Science of The Total Environment, 563, 456-467, Doi: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.028.
• Caliskan D., Piyal B., Akdur R., Ocaktan M. E., Yozgatligil C. (2016). An analysis of the incidence of measles in Turkey since 1960. Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences, 46, 1101-1106., Doi: 10.3906/sag-1503-62.
• Kaygusuz E., Cetiner H., Yavuz H., Cesur S.,Yozgatligil C., Ayas S. (2014). Immunohistochemical Expressions of Receptors for Luteinizing Hormone/Human Chorionic Gonadotropic Hormone and for Sex Steroid Hormones in Pregnant Fallopian Tubes. Acta Endocrinologica-Bucharest, 10 (2), 181-194.
• İyigun C.,Turkes M.,Yozgatligil C.,Purutcuoglu Gazi V., Kartal Koc E.,Ozturk M. Z., Batmaz İ. (2013). Clustering Current Climate Regions of Turkey by Using a Multivariate Statistical Method. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 114 (1-2), 95-106.
• Uraz, A., Sezgin Tocak, S., Yozgatligil, C., Cetiner, S. and Bal, B. (2013). Psychological Well-Being, Health, and Stress Sources in Turkish Dental Students. Journal of Dental Education, 77 (10), 1345-1355.
• Iyigun C., Turkes, M., Batmaz, I, Yozgatligil, C., Purutcuoglu, V., Kartal Koc, E and Ozturk, M. Z. (2013). Clustering Current Climate Regions of Turkey by Using a Multivariate Statistical Method, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 114, 95–106.
• Piyal, B., Akdur, R., Ocaktan, E. and Yozgatligil, C. (2013). An Analysis of the Prevalence of Malaria in Turkey over the last 85 years. Pathogens and Global Health, 107 (1), 30-34.
• Yozgatligil, C., Aslan, S., Iyigun, C. and Batmaz. I. (2013) Comparison of Missing Value Imputation Methods for Turkish Meteorological Time Series Data. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 112, 143–167.
• Yozgatligil, C. and Wei, W.W.S. (2009). Representation of Multiplicative Seasonal Vector Autoregressive Moving Average Models, The American Statistician, 63(4), 328-334.
• Ula, T. A. and Yozgatligil, C. (2004). Modified Maximum-Likelihood Method for Non-normal Time Series Revisited, Communication in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 33 (2), 397 – 417.
• Ortakaya, A.F., Yozgatligil Talu, C. (2013). Multivariate Time Series Modeling Of The Number Of Applicants For Conditional Cash Transfer Program In Turkey, Journal of Social Policies, 7 (30), 101-116.
• Kartal, E., Fahmi, M. F., Iyigun, C., Turkes, M., Yozgatligil, C., Purutcuoglu, V., Batmaz, İ., Koksal, G. (2011). Turkiye Iklim Bolgelerinin Hiyerarsik Kumeleme Yontemi ile Belirlenmesi, İstatistik Arastirma Dergisi, 8 (1), 13-25.
• Aslan, S., Yozgatligil, C., Iyigun, C., Batmaz, I., Tatli. H. (2011). Meteorolojik Zaman Serilerinde Kayip Veri Tahmin Yontemlerinin Basarimlarinin Korelasyon Boyutu Analiziyle Karsilastirilmasi, İstatistik Arastirma Dergisi. 8 (2), Ozel Sayi, 55-67.

Papers in Conference Proceedings

• Evkaya O., Yozgatligil C., Kestel S. (2018). Understanding Drought with Copula Functions: Case Study for Konya Province. 11. International Statistics Days Conference, Muğla, Türkiye, October 3-7, 2018.
• Oflaz Z., Yozgatligil C, Kestel S. (2018). Estimation of Claim Amounts using Bivariate Hidden Markov Models. 31. Conference of Actuaries, Berlin, Germany, June 4-8, 2018.
• Evkaya O., Yozgatligil C., Kestel S. (2017). Finite Mixture of C-vines for Complex Dependence. 20th Europen Young Statistician Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, August 14-18, 2017. https://indico.uu.se/event/317/contribution/26.
• Yazici C., Batmaz I., Yozgatligil C. (2015). A bootstrap application on the standard normal homogeneity test (SNHT) when there is not highly correlated reference series. 60th ISI World Statistics Congress, 3597-3602.
• Yazici C., Purutcuoglu Gazi V., Yozgatligil C., Iyigun C., Batmaz I. (2013). Detection of Unreliable measurements in long-term time series via data mining techniques: case in Turkish climate data. International IIE Conference.
• Yetere Kursun A., Iyigun, C., Yozgatligil, C. and I. Batmaz (2012) Seasonal Variation of Turkey: A Consensus Clustering Approach. The 10th International FLINS Conference on Uncertainty Modeling in Knowledge Engineering and Decision Making (FLINS 2012) August 26-29, 2012, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Adiguzel, F, Yozgatligil, C., Basbug Erkan B.B., Ozkan, D., Sandirli, E. (2011), Assessing the Demand Factors for Residential Earthquake Insurance in Turkey: Empirical Evidence. New Developments in Theory and Application of Statistics: An International Conference in Memory of Professor Moti Lal Tiku, May 2-4, 2011, Ankara, Turkey, p.168-175.
• Yozgatligil, C., Purutcuoglu, V., Yazici, C., Batmaz, I. (2011). Validity of Homogeneity Tests for Meteorological Time Series Data: A Simulation Study. Proceedings of the 58th World Statistics Congress (ISI2011). CPS006-03: http://www.isi2011.ie/content/access-congress-proceedings.html.
• Fahmi, F., Kartal, E., İyigun, C., Yozgatligil, C., Cinar, I., Turkes, M., Batmaz, İ., Iklim Degisikliginin Turkiye Uzerindeki Etkisinin Kumeleme Yontemleri ile İncelenmesi, Uluslararasi Katilimli Cografya Kongresi, 7-10 Eylul 2011, İstanbul, Turkiye.
• Aslan, S., Yozgatligil, C., Iyigun, C., Batmaz, I., Turkes, M., Tatli, H., (2010). Comparison of Missing Value Imputation Methods for Turkish Monthly Total Precipitation Data. Paper Presented at the Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Computer Data Analysis and Modeling: Complex Stochastic Data and Systems , Minsk, Belarus State University, Vol(2), 137-140.
• Uraz A., Tocak Y., Yozgatligil C., Cetiner S. and Bal B. (2009). Perceived Sources of Stress, General Health and Psychological Well-being in Turkish Dental Students. Eur J Dent Educ 13, 125 John Wiley & Sons A.S.
• Yozgatligil, C. and Wei, W. W.S. (2006). Temporal Aggregation and Causality Tests in Cointegrated Systems. ASA Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, 1162-1167. American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA).
• Yozgatligil, C. and Wei, W. W.S. (2005). Effects of Temporal Aggregation on Cointegration Tests. ASA Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, 970-975. American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA).
• Yozgatligil, C. and Wei, W. W.S. (2004). Representation of Multiplicative Vector Autoregressive Moving Average Processes ASA Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, 1382-1387. American Statistical Association (Alexandria, VA).
• Talu C. and Yildirim F. (1999). A Statistical Evaluation of Competing Risks Data, Proceedings of the 1st Conference of Statistics, 326-329, Belek, Antalya, Turkey.

Abstracts in Conference Proceedings

• Yildirim Ozgecan,Yozgatligil Ceylan, Senoglu Birdal (2017). Linear Contrasts for Time Series Data With Non-Normal Innovations: An Application to a Real Life Data. 10th International Statistics Congress (ISC2017), December 6-8, 2017, Ankara, Turkey.
• Evkaya Omer Ozan,Yozgatligil Ceylan, Kestel Ayse Sevtap (2017). Drought Forecasting with Time Series and Machine Learning Approaches. 10th International Statistics Congress (ISC2017), p. 200, December 6-8, 2017, Ankara, Turkey.
• Busra Tas, Yozgatligil C. (2017). Electricity price forecasting using a hybrid time series model. International work-conference on Time Series, ITISE 2017, Granada-Spain, September, 18-20 2017, p. 246.
• Akca E., Yozgatligil C. (2017). Weighted model selection for time series, International Researchers, Statisticians and Young Statisticians Congress, 24-26 May, Konya, Turkey, p. 254.
• Yildirim O., Yozgatligil C., Senoglu B. (2017). Hypothesis testing in one-way classification AR(1) model with Student's t innovations: An application to a real life data, International Researchers, Statisticians and Young Statisticians Congress, 24-26 May, Konya, Turkey, p. 272.
• Akca E., Yozgatligil C., (2017). A novel model selection algorithm for time series, 3. International Conference on Advances in Statistics, 28-30 April, Helsinki, Finland.
• Yazici C., Yozgatligil C., Batmaz I. (2017). Application of bootstrap to likelihood ratio test to detect multiple changepoints in small time series data. IFORS 2017: 21st Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Quebec City, Canada, July 17-21, 2017, 14.
• Evkaya O., Yozgatligil C., Kestel S. (2017). Multivariate Analysis of Drought Characteristics using Vine Copula Approach. Copulas and Their Applications to Commemorate the 75th Birthday of Professor Roger B. Nelsen, July 3 - 5, 2017, Almeria, Spain, p. 47.
• Evkaya O., Yozgatligil C., Kestel S. (2017). Mixture of Vine Copulas for Complex and Hidden Dependence, Recent Developments in Dependence Modeling and Applications in Finance and Insurance, May 22-23 2017, Island of Aegina, Greece.
• Dag O., Yozgatligil C. (2016). GMDH: An R Package for Short Term Forecasting Via GMDH-Type Neural Network Algorithms. 1st International Biostatistics Congress, 26-29 October 2016, Antalya, Turkey.
• Yozgatligil C., Aslan S., Iyigun C. (2016). Dynamic clustering of multiple multivariate time series: Application to climate data. The 22nd International Conference on Computational Statistics, 23-26 August 2016, Oveido, Spain, p. 26-26.
• Akca E., Yozgatligil C.,Yazici C. (2016). Generation of monthly precipitation series and the performance of homogeneity tests. The 22nd International Conference on Computational Statistics, 23-26 August 2016, Oveido, Spain, p. 42-43.
• Yazici C., Yozgatligil C., Batmaz I. (2016). Detection performance of likelihood ratio test for change-points based on bootstrap for AR(1) models. The 22nd International Conference on Computational Statistics, 23-26 August 2016, Oveido, Spain, p. 20-20.
• Evkaya O. O., Yozgatligil C., Kestel A. S. (2016). Assessment of Multivariate Drought Index via Vine Copula. Dependence Modeling in Finance, Insurance and Environmental Science, 17-19 May 2016, Munich, Gerrmany, p. 34-35.
• Rustam M., Batmaz I., Yozgatligil C., Yazici C. (2016). Modeling of Precipitation Amount of Turkey by Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines. International Conference on Information Complexity and Statistical Modeling in High Dimensions with Applications (IC-SMHD-2016).
• Evkaya O. O., Yozgatligil C., Kestel A. S. (2015). Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in Turkey: Is Copula Framework Possible?. İSTKON9, Antalya, Turkey.
• Batmaz I., Yaman N., Yozgatligil C. (2015). Modelling Daily Occurance of Precipitation for Certain Regions of Turkey Using Hidden Markov Models (HMMs). 27th European Conference on Operational Research, 12-15 July 2015, Glasgow, UK.
• Yazici C., Batmaz I., Yozgatligil C. (2015). The Precipitation Modeling of Aegean Region of Turkey with Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines and Time Series Regression. 27th European Conference on Operational Research, 12-15 July 2015, Glasgow, UK.
• Aslan S., Yozgatligil C., Iyigun C. (2015). Temporal Clustering of Commodities via Threshold Autoregressive Models. 55th Meeting of the EWGCFM (EWGCFM 2015), Ankara-Turkey.
• Dag O., Yozgatligil C. (2015). Forecasting Via GMDH Algorithm with Medical Applications in R. The 8th Conference of Eastern Mediterranean Region of International Biometric Society, Kapadokya, Turkey, p. 54
• Yozgatligil C., Batmaz I., Yaman N. (2015). Turkiye'nin Bazi Bolgelerine iliskin Yagis Miktarinin Sakli Markov Modeli ile Modellenmesi. YAEM2015, Ankara, Turkey
• Yazici C.,Batmaz I.,Yozgatligil C. (2015). Sicaklik Degiskeni İcin Turdeslik Analizi Yontemlerinin Karsilastirilmasi. YAEM2015, Ankara, Turkey
• Yaman N., Yozgatligil C., Batmaz İ. (2015). Sakli Markov Modeli ile Turkiye'nin Bazi Bolgelerine İliskin Yagis Verisinin Var-Yok Modellenmesi. YAEM2015, Ankara, Turkey
• Murat T., Iyigun C., Batmaz I., Yozgatligil C., Kartal Koc E., Yetere Kursun A.(2015). Turkiye Iklim Bolgelerinin On Iki Klimatolojik Degisken Kullanarak AGNES Konsensus Kumeleme Teknigi ile Belirlenmesi. YAEM2015, Ankara, Turkey
• Aslan S., Yozgatligil C., İyigun C., Batmaz İ. (2015). Esik-Degerli Dogrusal Olmayan Zaman Serisi Modeliyle Farkli Rejimlerin Belirlenmesi: Turkiye Yagis Verileri Uzerine Bir Uygulama. YAEM2015, Ankara, Turkey.
• Batmaz I., Sivrikaya N., Yazici C., Yozgatligil C. (2014). Precipitation Prediction by Hidden Markov Models. 20th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, 13-18 July 2014 in the city of Barcelona, Spai.n
• Aslan S., Iyigun C., Yozgatligil C., Batmaz I. (2013). Precipitation Forecasting: Assessment via Nonlinear Autoregressive Neural Network and Vector Autoregressive Models. International IIE Conference, 252-252.
• Aksoy B., Purutcuoglu Gazi V., Batmaz I., Yozgatligil C. (2013). Modelling the Extreme Precipitation Data: Case Study from Turkey. 26th European Conference on Operational Research, July 1-4 2013, Rome, Italy.
• Akal, T., Fahmi, F., Kartal Koc, E., Purutcuoglu Gazi, V., Iyigun, C., Yozgatligil, C. and Batmaz, I. (2012). Detection of seasonal changes in climate data by comparative analysis; A case study for Turkey, 25th European Conference on Operations Research, Vilnius, Lithuania. 8-11 July, 2012.
• Aykan, F., Kartal Koc, E., Yozgatligil, C., Iyigun, C., Purutcuoglu Gazi, V., Batmaz, I. (2012). Developing precipitation models for continental central Anatolia, Turkey, 25th European Conference on Operations Research, Vilnius, Lithuania. 8-11 July, 2012.
• Akal, T., Purutcuoglu Gazi, V., Batmaz, I, Kartal Koc, E., Iyigun, C. Yozgatligil, C. (2012). Investigating the Seasonal Patterns of Continental Central Anatolia by Clustering, The 25th Conference of European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization, Antalya, Turkey, April 26 – 28, 2012.
• Altaban, A., Koksal, G. and Yozgatligil, C. (2012). Modeling Customer Loyalty for Durable Products: The case of a HVAC product, Yoneylem Arastirmasi ve Endustri Muhendisligi 32. Ulusal Kongresi (YAEM 2012), 20-22 Haziran 2012, Dogus Universitesi, Istanbul.
• Asar, O., Yozgatligil, C., Kartal, E., and Batmaz, I. (2011). Analysis of Extreme Precipitation Events in Turkey. 7. Uluslararasi Istatistik Kongresi (ISKON). Antalya, Turkiye, 28 Nisan-1 Mayis, 2011.
• Yazici, C., Purutcuoglu, V., Yozgatligil, C., Batmaz, I., and Bayramoglu, K. (2011). Homogeneity Analysis for Dependent Climate Data, 7. Uluslararasi Istatistik Kongresi (ISKON). Antalya, Turkiye, 28 Nisan-1 Mayis, 2011.
• Yozgatligil, C., Aslan, S. , Iyigun, C. , Batmaz, I. , Turkes, M. ve Tatli, H., (2010). Zaman Serilerinde Kayip Veri Tamamlama Yontemlerinin Karsilastirilmasi: Turkiye Iklim Verileri Uzerine Bir Uygulama, Yoneylem Arastirmasi ve Endustri Muhendisligi 30. Ulusal Kongresi, 30 Haziran – 2 Temmuz 2010, Sabanci Universitesi, Istanbul, Turkiye, p. 127- 128.
• Aslan, S. , Yozgatligil, C., İyigun, C., Batmaz, I. Tatli, H. (2010). Meteorolojik Zaman Serilerinde Kayip Veri Tahmin Yontemlerinin Basarimlarinin Korelasyon Boyutu Analiziyle Karsilastirilmasi, 7. Istatistik Gunleri Sempozyumu, 28 – 30 Haziran 2010, ODTU, Ankara, Turkiye.
• Kartal, E., Fahmi, M. F., Iyigun, C., Turkes, M., Yozgatligil, C., Purutcuoglu, V., Batmaz, I., Koksal, G. (2010). Turkiye Iklim Bolgelerinin Hiyerarsik Kumeleme Yontemi ile Belirlenmesi, 7. Istatistik Gunleri Sempozyumu, 28 – 30 Haziran 2010, ODTU, Ankara, Turkiye.
• Asar, O., Kartal, E., Aslan, S., Ozturk, M. Z., Yozgatligil, C., Cinar, I., Batmaz, I., Koksal, G., Turkes, M., Tatli, H. (2010). 1950-2006 Yillari Arasrndaki Turkiye Yagis Verilerinin Tanimlayici Veri Madenciligi Yontemleri ile Analizi, 7. Istatistik Gunleri Sempozyumu, 28 – 30 Haziran 2010, ODTU, Ankara, Turkiye.

Presentations

• Tas B., Yozgatligil C. (2017). Electricity price forecasting using a hybrid time series model. Poster presented at International work-conference on Time Series, Granada, Spain .
• Cinar, İ., Yozgatligil, C. and Batmaz, I. (2011). The Effect of Urban Land Cover Change around the Observation Sites on Temperature, International Symposium on Environmental Protection and Planning: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) Applications (ISEPP), 28-29 June 2011, Gediz University, Izmir, Turkey.
• Fahmi, F., Kartal, E., Iyigun, C., Yozgatligil, C., Cinar, I., Aslan, S., Zeynel, M., Turkes, M., Batmaz, I. (2011). İklim Degisikliginin Turkiye Uzerindeki Etkisinin Kumeleme Yontemleri ile İncelenmesi. Uluslararasi Katilimli Cografya Konferansi. İstanbul, Turkiye. 7-10 September, 2011.
• Fahmi, M. F., Kartal, E., Iyigun, C., Turkes, M., Yozgatligil, C., Purutcuoglu, V., Batmaz, I., Koksal, G. (2010). Determining the Climate Zones of Turkiye by Center-Based Clustering Methods- 3rd Conference on Nonlinear Science and Complexity, 28 - 31 July, 2010, Cankaya Universitesi, Ankara, Turkiye.
• Uraz A., Tocak Y., Yozgatligil C., Cetiner S., Bal B. (2008). Perceived Sources of Stress, General Health and Psychological Well-being in Turkish Dental Students. Association for Dental Education in Europe 34th Annual Meeting 3-6 September Zagrep Croatia, 2008.
• Yozgatligil C., (2007). SAS Applications on VARMA Modelling and Cointegration Analysis, METU, New Advances in Statistics Graduate Summer School, August 20, 2007.
• Cetiner M., Sucak, G., Aydin F., Birtas E., Yozgatligil C., Kalaca S., Aki Z., Kalayoglu-Besisik S., Ferhanoglu B., Gulbas Z. Uzay A. Kaygusuz I., Firatli-Tuglular T., and Bayik M. (2007). Hematopoyetik Kok Hucre Nakli Yapilan Hastalarda Yasam Kalitesinin Degerlendirilmesi, THD 33.Ulusal Hematoloji Kongresi, Ankara, 16- 19 Ekim 2007.

Chapters in Books

• Fahmi, F., Kartal, E., Iyigun, C., Turkes, M., Yozgatligil, C., Purutcuoglu, V., Batmaz, I., G. Koksal (2011). Determining the Climate Zones of Turkey by Center-Based Clustering Methods. . In Nonlinear Dynamics of Complex Systems: Applications in Physical, Biological and Financial Systems. J.A. Tenreiro Machado, Baleanu, D. and A. Luo (Eds.). 171-178. New York: Springer.
• Yozgatligil, C. (2007). SAS Applications on VARMA Modelling and Cointegration Analysis in Recent Advances in Statistics, Turkish Statistical Institute Press, Chapter 10, 129-140. ISBN: 978-975-01606-0-8.

Scholarships, Awards and Honors:

• 33rd National Hematology Congress THD Clinical Hematoloji Paper Award in 2007.
• Full Time Scholarship for Doctorate from Turkish Higher Education Council and Middle East Technical University, 2001-2006
• TÜBİTAK Publication Support Award, 2004, 2009.
• The Scientific and Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) International Conference Support, Summer 2011.