C.V.

 

 
    PROF.DR. KELİM ERKAN TÜRKMEN  
       
       
         
  Place & date of birth: Peshawar, India (Now in Pakistan), 3 January 1943    
         
  Nationality:  

Citizen of Turkey (naturalised 1961)

   
   

 

   
  Marital status:

Married with 3 children.

   
   

 

   
   

 

   
  Present Job:     

Professor,   Near East University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences,  North Cyprus, P.O.Box. No. 670 Lefkoşa,. Mersin 10 Turkey.

   
   

 

   
  Full Professorship: 

Awarded 1993 by Board of Higher Education, Turkey. (Prof. of Literature)

   
   

 

   
  Associate Professorship: 

A Degree of Urdu Language & Literature, Awarded: 1987 by Board of Higher Education, Turkey.

   
   

 

   
  M.A and Ph.D.:

Persian Language & Literature, Istanbul University, Dept. of Eastern Languages & Literature, Doctorate awarded: 1979.

Thesis: Life and Works of 13th century Indian poet Amir Khusrau Dihlevi,  Critical edition of his romantic work �Duvalrani, Khızrkhan� 

   
   

 

   
  B.A.: 

English Language & Literature, (Including Latin & Turkish Grammar, 2 years)

Ankara University, Faculty of Letters. Graduated: 1971

   
         
         
 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

     
         
 

Consultant: 

English Language and Literature; Eastern Languages and Literature, Ahmed Yasawi University, Turkistan/ Khazakistan 2000-2001

   
   

 

   
 

Dean :

Faculty of Arts and Science, Head Dept. of English Language and Literature, Çağ University, Mersin, Turkey 1998- 2001.

   
   

 

   
 

Head Dept. of Eastern Languages &

Literature:

Faculty of Sciences & Arts, Seljuk University, Konya, Turkey, 1981 � 1998.

   
   

 

   
 

Dean: 

Faculty of Education, 18th March University, Çanakkale (Gelliboly), Turkey 1993-1995

a) Vice President.

b)  Head Dept. of ELT ( English Language Teaching).

   
         
 

Founding Head of Dept. of Eastern

Languages & Literature:

a)  Faculty of Sciences & Arts, Seljuk University, Konya, Turkey, 1986 � 1997. Teaching graduate courses in Persian & Urdu Literature. Teaching graduate courses in Persian & Urdu Literature. Supervising 3 chairs: Arabic, Persian and Urdu Languages & Literature. Special seminars on  Rumi and Muhammed Iqbal. (Taught M.A. and Ph.D. classes.)

b)  Faculty of Science and Arts; Head Department of English Language and Literature, Comparative English Literature (1997-2000).

c) Department of Turkish Language & Literature Seljuk University, Konya, Turkey, 1981 � 1986. Undergraduate courses in Persian, Ottoman Turkish, History of Turkish Literature.

   
         
 

Lecturer: 

Dept. of Arabic Literature, Benghazi University, Libya, 1979 � 1981. Postgraduate courses in Persian and Ottoman Turkish. English Literature;  Department of English Literature.    
         
 

Lecturer:

Department of English, Black Sea University (K.T.Ü), Trabzon, Turkey, 1973 � 1979. Undergraduate courses in English (TEFL etc.).    
         
 

Present Performance: 

Teaching the history of English Language & Literature; writing skills, phonetics, oral expression, Greek and Roman Mythology, Turkish-English translation. Comparative Literature (English -Turkish), General criticism including Turkish Literature and mysticism.

   
   

 

   
   

 

   
 

Note: 

Fluent in English, Persian (Tajik), Turkish (Ottoman Turkish), Turkic Dialects (Esp., Kazak Dialect), Urdu (Punjabi and Pashto).  Some Arabic and German.

   
 

 

 

   
 

Res. Address:

 

Prof. Dr. Erkan TÜRKMEN Çağdaşkent Mah. 93172 Sok.  No:74 33230  Mersin / Turkey

Tel: 0-324 / 223 91 45

Fax: 0-324 / 224 03 59

 

   
   

 

   
  Office Address

Near East University, Faculty of Arts, P.O. Box 670, Lefkoşa Mersin 10 / Turkey 

Tel: 0392 223 64 64

   
   

 

   
         
  URL: http://www.essenceofrumi.com    
         
  E-mail: erkan@essenceofrumi.com    
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