Linguist (b. 1943,
İzmir). He completed
his primary and secondary education in İzmir. He graduated from İstanbul
University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Turkish Language and
Literature (1967). In the same year he entered Atatürk University, Faculty of
Science and Literature as an assistant. He received his PhD with the thesis Kars İli Ağızları-Ses Bilgisi (Phonetics
of Kars City Accents) in 1971. He continued giving lectures of the Turkish of
Turkey and other Turkish dialects at Hacettepe University to where he
transferred in 1971. He lived in Seattle, United States (University of
Washington) as a visiting researcher for a year (1976- 77). He became an
associate professor with his thesis Kudadgu
Bilig'de Fiil (The Verb in Kutadgu Bilig) in 1979.He was appointed Chairman
of Gazi University, Gazi Faculty of Education, Department of Turkish Language
and Literature in 1983.
He was appointed to the Gazi
University, Faculty of Science and Literature as a professor in 1989 and he
founded the Department of Turkish Language and Literature of the faculty. He
was the adviser and scriptwriter of the television 12-part series Altaylar.
He was appointed Chairman of Gazi University, Faculty of Science and
Literature, Modern Turkish Dialects and Literature in 1992. He was appointed to
the Atatürk Advanced Institute of Language and History Language Institute where
he was elected a principle member in 1993, as a Deputy Chair in 1993 and
Titular Chair in 1995. He is still a professor of Modern Turkish Literature at
Hacettepe University. He has written works on Ahmet Bican Ercilasun, the
Turkish language, literature and Turkish dialects and accents.
WORKS:
Arpaçay Köylerinden Derlemeler (Collections from
Arpaçay Villages, 1976), Bugünkü Türk
Alfabeleri (Modern Turkish Alphabets, 1977), Kars İli Ağızları - Ses Bilgisi (Phonetics of Kars City Accents,
1983), Kutadgu Bilig'de Fiil (The
Verb in Kutadgu Bilig, 1984), Dilde
Birlik (Unity in Language, 1984), Büyük
Türk Klasikleri I (Great Turk Classics I, 1985), Uygur Halk Masalları (Uigur Folk Tales, with Şekür Turan, 1989), Örneklerle Bugünkü Türk Alfabeleri
(Modern Turkish Alphabets with examples, 1989), Moğolisitan ve Çin Günlüğü (Journal of Mongolia and China, 1991), Karşılaştırmalı Türk Lehçeleri Sözlüğü (Comparative
Dictionary of Turkish Dialects, collaborative book, 1st volume:
Guide Book, 1991; 2nd volume: Index, 1992), Türk Dünyası Üzerine İncelemeler (Research on the Turkic World,
1998).
