Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Türkan
Izmir University of Economics
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Computer Engineering
Sakarya Cad. No: 156, 35330 Izmir, Turkiye
Office: A-308 / Tel: 0232 488 8581
Email: Mehmet.Turkan[AT]iue.edu.tr; Mehmet.Turkan[AT]gmail.com
I serve as an Associate Editor for Signal, Image and Video Processing, Springer-Nature
I serve as an Associate Editor for The Visual Computer, Springer-Nature
Teaching - Previous years
(2025/26 Spring): EEE 242 – Digital Design
(2025/26 Spring): EEE 413 – Digital Signal Processing
(2025/26 Spring): EEE 501 – Applied Digital Image Processing
Research
Keywords: Signal processing, machine learning, computer vision, image processing, deep learning, artificial intelligence
I am always looking for motivated individuals at all levels (undergraduate, master's, PhD, and postdoc). Interested candidates are highly welcome to contact me with a brief CV to discuss details aligned with their interests.
Publications and more Google Scholar
Brief Resume
12/2025 – present: Assoc. Prof. of Computer Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkiye
07/2022 – 11/2025: Assoc. Prof. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkiye
04/2016 – 06/2022: Asst. Prof. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkiye
04/2015 – 03/2016: Asst. Prof. of Computer Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkiye
01/2013 – 06/2015: Full-time Researcher, Technicolor R&D France, Rennes, France
11/2011 – 12/2012: Post-doctoral Researcher, Technicolor R&D France, Rennes, France
10/2008 – 09/2011: Doctoral Researcher, INRIA-Bretagne Atlantique Research Center, Rennes, France
09/2004 – 08/2008: Research and Teaching Assistant, Bilkent University, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Ankara, Turkiye
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science, INRIA-Bretagne Atlantique & University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France (2011)
M.Sc. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkiye (2006)
B.Sc. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkiye (2004)
Ph.D. Thesis Supervision
. Erdem Okur (Ph.D. Thesis in Computer Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Turkiye, 2023, completed)
Thesis: Automated melanoma detection in dermoscopic images
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Turkan
. Yigit Oktar (Ph.D. Thesis in Computer Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Turkiye, 2020, completed)
Thesis: Variations on structured sparsity for machine learning
Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Mehmet Turkan
M.Sc. Thesis Supervision
. Ali Ozan Basogul (M.Sc. Thesis in Computer Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Turkiye, ongoing)
Thesis: Automatic melanoma detection using deep leaning and LLMs
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Turkan
. Tugce Gulseren Tezel (M.Sc. Thesis in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Turkiye, ongoing)
Thesis: Lung cancer detection using deep learning
Supervisors: Asst. Prof. Ebru Sayilgan and Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Turkan
. Negar Chamanitabriz (M.Sc. Thesis in Computer Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Turkiye, ongoing)
Thesis: Breast cancer detection using deep learning
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Turkan
. Meryem Beyza Avci (M.Sc. Thesis in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Turkiye, 2025, completed)
Thesis: Automatic cell counting
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Turkan
. Zeynep Ovgu Yayci (M.Sc. Thesis in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Turkiye, 2024, completed)
Thesis: Multi exposure image fusion using sparse representation and K-means clustering
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Turkan
. Ahmet Yaylalioglu (M.Sc. Thesis in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Turkiye, 2024, completed)
Thesis: FETTER: Facial emotion and texture transfer with efficient representations
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Turkan
. Eray Kacmaz (M.Sc. Thesis in Computer Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Turkiye, 2023, completed)
Thesis: An efficient image dehazing for accurate object detection
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Turkan and Assoc. Prof. Kaya Oguz
. Burhan Aydeniz (M.Sc. Thesis in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Turkiye, 2023, completed)
Thesis: Optimized exemplar-based light field super resolution
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Turkan
. Cagatay Kirmiziay (M.Sc. Thesis in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Turkiye, 2022, completed)
Thesis: Patch based image denoising through locally linear embedding
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Turkan
. Diclehan Karakaya (M.Sc. Thesis in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Turkiye, 2020, completed)
Thesis: Image declipping - Saturation correction in images
Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Mehmet Turkan
. Oguzhan Ulucan (M.Sc. Thesis in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Turkiye, 2020, completed)
Thesis: Multi-exposure image fusion algorithms for high dynamic range imaging
Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Mehmet Turkan
. Gani Rahmon (M.Sc. Thesis in Computer Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, Turkiye, 2018, completed)
Thesis: Evaluation of procedurally generated terrains via artificial and convolutional neural networks
Supervisors: Asst. Prof. Kaya Oguz and Asst. Prof. Mehmet Turkan