Dogru, Filiz, “Filiz Dogru audio interview and transcript,” Digital Collections, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/23694.
Filiz Dogru was born in Turkey, came to the United States in 1990, and settled in West Michigan in August 2003. He is a professor at Grand Valley State University and an active member of the Niagara foundation and the Turkish American Michigan society. He discusses how he never felt different until moving to West Michigan, although the Grand Rapids area is improving on diversity.