RESEARCHERS History Seçil Karal Akgün, PhD Professor Seçil Karal Akgün chaired the History Department of the Middle East Technical University in Ankara and teaches modern Ottoman and contemporary Turkish history. She is the author of multiple books and articles published in Turkey and abroad. He prepared the following Study Guide: Turkish History. Recep Boztemur, PhD Recep Boztemur is Professor of World History in the Department of History, Middle East Technical University, with a BS from the Faculty of Political Sciences in the University of Ankara, MA from the Department of Political Sciences at METU and a Ph.D. from the Middle East Center, University of Utah. Founder and Chair of Middle East Studies at METU, he taught as visiting professor in the University of Utah and Eurasian National University in Astana. Dr. Boztemur has a number of works on the Middle East, Balkan, Ottoman, and World History. He prepared the following Study Guides: Turkic Culture, Turkic History. Sevtap Demirci, PhD Sevtap Demirci is a professor at Bosphorus University, Istanbul, Turkey. Her doctorate is from the University of London. She is the author of numerous books and publications on international and Turkish history. She authored the following Study Guide: Turkish History. Ayse Dietrich, PhD Ayse Dietrich is a Professor Emeritus of Russian History, Literature, Language, and Linguistics. She has a bachelor's degree from Ankara University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Russian Language and Literature. She also has a master's degree from the same University. She received a scholarship in 1987 to study in the United States and received a master's degree from New York University, Department of Russian Language and Literature and a third master's degree, and a doctorate from Cornell University, Slavic Department. She was the chair of the Department of Russian Language and Literature at Ankara University since 2008. She is currently working as a part-time instructor at Middle East Technical University, in the Department of History and the Eurasian Studies, teaching courses on Russian History, Soviet History, History of the Caucasus, and Language Policies in Late Imperial, Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia. She is the founder and editor of the International Journal of Russian Studies (IJORS), published in the U.S.A. Richard Dietrich, PhD Richard Dietrich is a Lecturer in History depatment, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. He teaches in the area of Eastern and Western Civilizations. Peter B Golden, PhD Dr. Peter B. Golden, Professor Emeritus of History, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies, Rutgers University, is the author of numerous publications on Central Asia and world history and is one of the most renowned Turkish and Central Asia scholars in the world. His An Introduction to the History of Turkic Peoples is widely respected. He prepared the following Study Guide: Turkic History. Güçlü Tülüveli, PhD Güçlü Tülüveli, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Ottoman history currently working in the Department of History, Middle East Technical University. He had received his B.A from METU, M.A from Bosphorus University, and his Ph.D. from the Center for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, England. His area of expertise is Ottoman socio-economic and urban history in the early modern era. He prepared the following Study Guide: Ottoman History. Birol Yesilada, PhD Birol Yesilada is Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Contemporary Turkish Studies Endowed Chair, Portland State University. He prepared the following Study Guide: Turkish Politics. Folklore Ilhan Basgoz, PhD Ilhan Basgoz was a Professor Emeritus of Folklore at Indiana University. Professor Basgoz is widely recognized as a preeminent scholar of Turkish folklore, and is author of numerous articles, essays, and many books, including Hikaye: Turkish Folk Romance as Performance Art, Turkish Folklore Reader, I, Hoca Nasreddin, Never Shall I Die: A Thematic Analysis of Hoca Stories. He has authopreed the study Guide on Turkic Folklore. Literature Literature Halit Aşlar, PhD Assoc. Prof. Dr. Halit Aşlar completed his BA, MA, PhD at the Department of Turkology at the Faculty of Humanities at Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Dr. Aşlar currently continues his studies at the same university in the field of Modern Turkish Literature and Contemporary Turkic World Literatures and Languages. He is an author of many scholarly works, especially in Kyrgyz literature. He also translates well-known works of the Kyrgyz authors into Turkish. He is fluent in Russian, Kyrgyz and Turkish languages. Tülay Çulha, PhD Tülay Çulha is a professor in the Department of Turkish Language and Literature of Kocaeli University, Turkey. Dr. Çulha's area of expertise includes the Turkish World North-West (Kypchak) Turkish language and literature, especially Karaim Turkish and Literature. She currently conducts academic research in this field. She prepared the following study guide: Turkic Literature. Kemal Silay, PhD Kemal Silay is Chair of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies Department, Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University. He is the author of numerous works on Turkish politics, history, and culture. He prepared the following Study Guides: Turkic Languages, Ottoman History, Ottoman Literature, Turkish Literature I & II, Turkish Culture, Turkish Folklore.
Cinema Nazli Bayram, PhD Nazli Bayram is a member of the Faculty of Communication Sciences, Cinema and Television Department, Anatolia University, Eskisehir, Turkey. She prepared the study Guide on Turkish Cinema.