Ayla Cevik Ph. D.

The author of this book Dr. Ayla Çevik (pronounced as Chevik), was born in Kirikkale in 1952 and

completed her primary school in this city. She graduated from TED Ankara High School in 1970. She received her Bachelor’s degree in architecture in 1974 and Master’s degree in 1977 from the Department of Architecture of Middle East Technical University. She completed her Ph. D. studies at University of Dokuz Eylül in 1989 with a thesis on 3-Dimensional Imaging. She became an associate professor of architecture after a national exam in 1995. Dr. Ayla Çevik worked as an assistant at departments of Civil Engineering and Architecture of ADMMA between

1974-81 and as an asssitant, assistant professor, and associate professor at DEU during 1981 and 1997. She taught architectural and basic design at EMU, Northern Republic of Cyprus during 1999- 2002. The author has many articles published in architectural journals and two books “Peter Eisenman-Tadao Ando: Human-Space Nature Relations in the Cultures of East and West” in Turkish and “Why TM? Answers To Your Questions On Transcendental Meditation”. She has one national and one European patent. She learned the Transcendental Meditation technique

in 1986 while working on her Ph.D. thesis became a TM teacher in 2005. She has been working

as a TM teacher since then and directing the Ankara TM Center, while enjoying teaching people how to transcend. She has many published articles on the benefits of this natural and easy mental technique of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.