Researcher of literature (b. 1947,
Kars). He graduated from Atatürk University, Faculty of Science and Literature,
Department of Turkish Language and Literature (1969). He completed his
postgraduate education (1977) and received his doctorate degree (1980) at the
same university. He began to work at Ege University, Faculty of Literature in
1986. He became an assistant professor (1986), associate professor in 1994 and
then a professor. He still works as a professor at Ege University, Faculty of
Literature.
His first article was published in the
review Hakkın Sesi in 1968. His
articles have been published in the reviews Türklük
Araştırmaları Dergisi, Kardaş Edebiyatlar, Azerbaycan Türkleri, Yeni Türkiye,
Ege Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi, Türk Dili and Edebiyatı Araştırmaları. He received the Azerbaijan State Award in
1990. He is a member of Writers Union of Turkey and the Turkish Culture
Research Institute.
WORKS:
STUDY-RESEARCH: Çağdaş Türk Şiveleri - Azeri Türkçesi ve Edebiyatı Metinleri (Modern
Turkish Accents - Texts of Azerbaijani Turkish and Literature, 1988), Azeri Edebiyatı Araştırmaları (Azerbaijani
Literature Research, 1994).
