Polat S. Alpman is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Work, Yalova University. He was born İstanbul, Turkey. He holds a master's degree and a doctorate in Sociology from Ankara University. His main areas of interest are the state, class, social inequality, discrimination, migration, citizenship and urban issues. Alpman, in addition to several book chapters and articles, published his book titled Esmer Yakalılar: Kent, Sınıf, Kimlik ve Kürt Emeği (Dark Collar: Urban, Class, Identity and Kurdish Labour) with İletişim Publishing in 2016.