Biography
Umur is a doctoral researcher in the Department of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen. His current research looks into the early years of the British Mandate for Palestine and is focused on the socio-spatial conflicts over the sacred status of Jerusalem's Western Wall during the Mandate period.
Umur completed his Master's in Sociology at the University of Glasgow in 2017 and earned his BA (Hon) degree in Sociology from Akdeniz University in 2012. To get a more in-depth insight into the difference between sociological and theological approaches to studying religion, he also studied the philosophy of religion in the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department at Dokuz Eylul University between 2013-2015.