Game of Tenures: (Not by George R.R. Martin) [Women in Engineering

Abstract

Many of us are forced to relocate in the search of a place where we can grow into independent researchers. In my case, this relocation meant reuniting with my lovely family and with the winter sun. But then again, it also meant a major economic crisis, a crunch of the local currency, a pandemic, the president’s intervention in my university’s domestic affairs, and major earthquakes. This is the story of my relocation to Turkiye from the United Kingdom. I constantly receive the same question from people around me: “Sema, do you regret going back?” My answer is no, and here is why.