Fehmi Tuncel

Biography

Fehmi TUNCEL was among the first graduates of Ä°stanbul Anadoluhisarı Gençlik ve Spor Akademisi and worked as an instructor at this institution for three years after his graduation. After three years of work as an instructor he won a scholarship from the government of Ministery of Education and went to the United States of America for language school and also completed the masters and doctoral degrees programs. During his graduate education he taught different classes in physical education and sports programs as a teaching assistant and also took place in several research projects as research assistant. After completing his doctoral education, he worked as a full time exercise specialist for three years in preventive and rehabilitative exercise programs. He came to Middle East Technical University (METU) as a faculty member and worked as a faculty member and department chair at the Faculty of Education, department of physical education and sports teaching and became associate professor in the year of 1993. Following the responsibilities and positions he took at METU, he started at Ankara University as the director of the school of physical education and sports in 1997 and became full professor at 1998. In addition to many scientific papers published, he also has many books written and published in different areas of exercise and sports sciences. 

Research Interest

Physical education and sports.