Ziya Koruç

Life and work

The story behind the role.

Ziya Koruç is an exercise and sport psychology researcher whose career includes Hacettepe University. The university’s profile identifies him as a former member of the institution. The university record places Koruç in Exercise and Sport Psychology within its sport sciences structure.

Ziya Koruç completed a doctorate in sport sciences at Hacettepe in 1991–1994. Recorded assistant-professor service spans 1992–2018; the page lists an updated assistant-professor title from 2018 but separately says he has left the institution.

Ziya Koruç served as deputy director of the School of Sport Sciences and Technology in 1995–2002. Ziya Koruç supervised graduate research on athlete stress, basketball imagery, national women’s handball team cohesion and competitive anxiety. Recent listed research examines volleyball team goal setting (2023), young footballers’ psychological health (2024) and social identity, team memory and performance (2026).