Depictions Of Utopias In English

I would like to extend my gratitude to the President of Hacettepe University Prof, Dr. A. Haluk OZEN and his team for their kind support towards the realisation of the second of the graduate conferences, "Innovative Representations of 'Utopias’ in Studies in English,” organised by the Centre for British Literary and Cultural Studies and held on 15-16 March 2016, and the publication of this book. I also convey my heartfelt thanks to the speakers at the conference for sharing with us their noteworthy research honouring the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas More’s Utopia. Furthermore, I owe special thanks to the members of the administrative board of the Centre for British Literary and Cultural Studies for their unequivocal support towards the publication of selected papers presented at the conference. I would also like to thank Prof. Dr. Burçin EROL, the Head of the Department of English Language and Literature, for her invaluable support. I am also truly grateful to the referees, Prof. Dr. Burcin EROL, Prof. Dr. Huriye  REIS, Prof. Dr. Ay till OZUM, Prof. Dr. Hande SEBER, Assist. Prof. Dr. Sinan AKILLI, Dr. Pinar TA$DELEN, Dr. Jason M. WARD and Dr. Ash DEGIRMENCI for their meticulous efforts in reviewing the papers. I also express my gratitude to Res. Assist. Şafak HORZUM and Res. Assist. Zumre Gizem YILMAZ for their assistance towards the organisation of the conference and the publication of this book. I am also thankful to Res. Assist. Ozden DERE, Res. Assist. Merve DlKiCILER, Res. Assist. Selim ERDEM, Res. Assist. Ulaş OZGUN and Res. Assist. Kiibra VURAL who have helped with the proof reading. Moreover, I am thankful to the personnel at Hacettepe Basimevi for their diligent work.