Akarsu Melike Demirkol is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Classical Ottoman Literature at Boğaziçi University. She is interested in micro-environments of historical cities and how they’re created – as related to cultural history. She has been traveling around İstanbul with a group of people to discover old cemeteries in İstanbul – a journey that recently culminated in NECRO-IST. Prior to her master’s studies, Demirkol earned her bachelor’s degrees in Department of History and Department of Political Science and International Relations (double major) at Boğaziçi University.