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Mustafa Yaşar Şahin
Gazi University academic working on child safeguarding in sport.
Life and work
The story behind the role.
Mustafa Yaşar Şahin is a professor associated with Gazi University. The Council of Europe expert directory documents his coordination of child safeguarding for Türkiye’s Ministry of Youth and Sports and chairing of the Turkish Curling Federation’s child-protection committee.
His work includes federation safeguarding structures and education for coaches and athletes. The directory also identifies his research and doctoral teaching in child protection.
Gazi University records an undergraduate degree at Selçuk University from 1992 to 1996, postgraduate study at Gazi from 1999 to 2002, and doctoral study there from 2003 to 2011. His doctoral dissertation examined sport–politics interaction in Türkiye, while his master’s work studied municipalities’ contribution to wider sport participation.
Career record
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1996: Undergraduate studies completed at Selçuk University.
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2002: Postgraduate studies completed at Gazi University.
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2011: Doctorate completed at Gazi University.
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5 October 2026 — Listed by the Türkiye Curling Federation as a member of the Child Protection Board.
Career and education
Teams and organisations
Gazi University · Ministry of Youth and Sports · Turkish Curling Federation · Türkiye Curling Federation
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