First, I would like to thank the members of the administrative board of the Centre for British Literary and Cultural Studies for their kind support of this project involving the publication of the papers presented at the graduate 61 conference entitled “Innovative Representations of Sexualities in Studies in
English.” I would also like to thank Prof. Dr. Burdin EROL, the Head of the Department of English Language and Literature, for her invariable support. I am grateful to the referees, Prof. Dr. Huriye RE1S, Prof. Dr. Aytiil OZLIM, Prof. Dr. Asalet ERTEN, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bilge MUTLUAY GETINBA$, Assist. Prof. Dr. $ebnem KAYA, Assist. Prof. Dr. Sinan AKILLI and Dr. Pinar TA$DELEN for their diligent work in reviewing the papers. Moreover, this 87 book would not have been possible without the contribution of our speakers
at the conference; I extend my heartfelt thanks to them. 1 owe special thanks to Res. Assist. $afak HORZUM and Res. Assist. Ziimre Gizem YILMAZ for coming forward with the idea of holding a graduate conference, and for their selfless efforts in both the organisation of the conference and the publication of this book. I am also thankful to Prof. Dr. Hande SEBER, Dr. Ba$ak AGlN DONMEZ, Res. Assist. Ali BELENLI, Res. Assist. Pelin KUT BELENLI, Res. Assist. Adem BALCI and Res. Assist. Alican ERBAKAN who have helped with the proof reading. 1 would also like to express my thanks to the personnel at Hacettepe Basimevi for their meticulous work.