Ord.Prof. Ekrem Akurgal was Turkey’s most prominent archaeologist, whose research is closely followed in the world of historical and archaeological studies.During his long university career he trained hundreds of young archaeologists desperately needed by a country overflowing with ancient sites left by scores of civilisations over the past twelve thousand years.

As well as lecturing at Turkish and foreign universities, Akurgal engaged in innumerable excavations with his students, publishing the results in hundreds of papers and several books.

Like all truly great men, Prof. Ekrem Akurgal was a thinker of broad perspective, who did not focus merely on revealing and interpreting the evidence of past civilisations, but took a close interest in modern society, seeking the historic roots of current events and proposing solutions for present and future.

Akurgal’s work gave him insight into the way in which societies have influenced one another throughout history, thus generating constant change.

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MUHSİN KARAS

CURRENT POSITIONS:

- Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at Abant Izzet Baysal University,Bolu,Turkey.

- Head of the Foreign Languages Education Department

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

- Program Consultan at Supreme Council of Turkish Radio and Television

- Director of Turkish Culture Center at Amman,Jordan

- Section Director at the General Directorate of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Ministry of National Education

- Instructor of Turkish at Holloway College London,UK.

- Teacher of English at Afyonkarahisar Teacher Training High School for Girls

RESEARCH INTERESTS

- Cultural learning in foreign Language training
- Peace Education by means of foreign language education
- Preservice and inservice of Foreign language teachers in Turkey

EDUCATION

- Diploma: Gazi Teacher Training College, Ankara
- B.A. : Training in English and Linguistics,Hacettepe University, Ankara
- M.A. : Applied Linguistics at the University of Essex,Colchester,U.K.
- Ph.D.: Sociolinguistics of Journalistic Writing of Turkish at University College London