Researcher of literature (b. 1953, Silifke / Mersin - d. 31 August 2019, Konya). He
graduated from Atatürk University, Faculty of Science and Literature,
Department of Turkish Language and Literature in 1977. He entered Atatürk
University, Faculty of Literature as an assistant after having worked as a
teacher at Silifke High Schol for a time. He received his PhD with the thesis Taşeli Platosu Masallarında Motif ve Tip
Araştırması (Pattern and Type Research of the Tales of Taşeli Plateau) in
1982.
He gave graduate courses at Fırat University, Faculty of Science and
Literature, Department of Turkish Language and Literature and postgraduate and
doctorate courses at Erciyes University, Institute of Social Sciences in 1985.
He gave lectures of Turkish Literature at the International Hoca Ahmed Yesevî,
Kazak-Turk University, Faculty of Oriental Studies for a year. His nearly two
hundred articles, compilations and researches have been published in various
reviews in Turkey. He has written nearly thirty articles for various encyclopedias.
He has participated in many seminars with and submitted communiqués.
WORKS:
Azerbaycan
Aşıkları ve El Şairleri (Azerbaijan
Bards and Tribal Poets, with Saim Sakaoğlu and Esma Şimşek, 2 volumes, 1985), Türk Halk Şairleri Bibliyografyaları: 6
Erzurumlu Emrah Bibliyografyası (Bibliographies of Turkish Folk Poets: 6.
Bibliography of Erzurumlu Emrah, His Life, Art and Selected Poetry, 1986), Türk Halk Şairleri Bibliyografyaları: 7
Dadaloğlu Bibliyografyası (Bibliographies of Turkish Folk Poets: 7.
Bibliography of Dadaloğlu, His Life, Art and Selected Poetry, 1988, with S.
Sakaoğlu), Türk Halk Şairleri
Bibliyografyası: 8 Çıldırlı Aşık Şenlik Bibliyografyası (Bibliographies of
Turkish Folk Poets: 8. Bibliography of Çıldırlı Aşık Şenlik, His Life Art, and
Selected Poetry, 1989), İçel
Bibliyografyası (Mersin Bibliography, Folk Literature - Folklore -
Ethnography, 1989), Türk Halk Şairleri
Bibliyografyaları: 10 Bayburtlu Zihni Bibliyografyası (Bibliographies of Turkish
Folk Poets: 10. Bibliography of Bayburtlu Zihni, His Life, Art, Epigrams and
Selected Poetry, 1990, with S. Sakaoğlu),
Hayvan Masalları (Animal Fables, 1991),
Türk Halk Şairleri Bibliyografyaları: 12. Fosforlu Aşık Müdami Bibliyografyası (Bibliographies
of Turkish Folk Poets: 12. Bibliography of Fosforlu Aşık Müdami, 1992, with E.
Şimşek), Azerbaycan Tapmacaları /
Bilmeceleri (Azerbaijani Riddles / Riddles, 1992, with S. Sakaoğlu and E.
Şimşek), Aşık Hacı Karakılçık (Aşık
Hacı Karakılçık, His Life, Art and Selected Poetry, 1993), Fırat Havzası Efsaneleri (Legends of the Euphrates Basin, 1993), Prof. Dr. Saim Sakaoğlu'na 55. Yıl
Armağanı (55th Anniversary Gift to Prof. Dr. Saim Sakaoğlu, 1994), Yesevî Ocağında 210 Gün (210 Days in
the Yesevi Guild, 1995), Taşeli Masalları
(Taşeli Tales, 2002).
REFERENCE: TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007), Prof. Dr. Ali Berat Alptekin hayatını kaybetti (onurakay.com.tr, 31 Ağustos 2019), Prof. Dr. Ali Berat Alptekin vefat etti (tarihistan.org, 31 Ağustos 2019).