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Hasan Neriman currently works at the Faculty of Letters, Universitatea Ovidius Constanţa. Hasan does research in Sociolinguistics, Philology and Interlinguistics. Their current project is the dynamics of the discourse of the competent institutions on the curricula of Turkish mother tongue and literature in pre-university classes

1999 yılında Şumnu Üniversitesi Rusça ve Türkçe Bölümünden mezun oldu. 

2013 yılında Bulgaristan Bilimler Akademisi Etnoloji ve Halk Bilimi Enstitüsünde doktora tezini tamamladı ve 20214'te Şumen Üniversitesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümüne öğretim üyesi olarak atandı. 2020'de doçent unvanını aldı.

1967 Afyon-Sandıklı'da doğdum. İlk, orta ve lise öğretimimi Sandıklı'da tamamladım. 1985 yılında Ankara Üniversitesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı bölümünü kazandım. 1989 yılında mezun oldum. 1989-1993 yılları arası Posof Lisesi'nde, 1993-1994 Marmara Lisesi'nde, 1994-1998 Yılları arası Sandıklı Lisesi'nde Edebiyat öğretmenliği yaptım. 1998'den itibaren Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi'nde önce Okutman daha sonra Öğretim Görevlisi çalıştım. Ardından da Dr. Öğrt. Üyesi olarak atandım ve hala bu görevime devam edeyorum. 2001 yılında Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü'nde Sandıklı ve Yöresi Ağız Özellikleri adlı tezimle yüksek lisansımı tamamladım. 2008 yılında Ege Üniversitesi / Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü / Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Ana Bilim Dalı / Türk Halk Bilimi (Folklor) Bilim Dalı'nda  Bulgaristan Türkleri Halk Edebiyatı Üzerinde Bir Araştırma adlı tezimi savundum ve Dr. Ünvanı aldım.

Taner GÜÇLÜTÜRK
(Biography)

Taner Güçlütürk was born on April 20, 1980, in Prizren. He completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in this city, and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Pristina. In 2011, with his doctoral dissertation titled “Contemporary Turkish Literary Creativity in Kosovo Between 1951–2001”, he completed his PhD at the Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Faculty of Philology “Blaže Koneski,” Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, obtaining the title of Doctor of Philological Sciences in the field of New Turkish Literature.

He began his career in journalism, program production, and broadcasting in 1999 with Turkish-language broadcasts at Radio Prizren, and later continued this work at the Yeni Dönem newspaper, radio, and television. In 2001, he received journalism training at a journalism school organized by the Vienna Radio and Television Corporation in Austria, and in 2006 he participated in a journalism training program held in the United States by the U.S. Department of State Education Institute. Between 1999 and 2009, he worked as a journalist, presenter, and program producer for numerous local, national, and international media organizations. In 2005, he was awarded Journalist of the Year in Kosovo by the Finnish Human Rights Kosovo Coordination Office and the Network of Human Rights Radios. He served as a member of the Kosovo Press Council between 2005 and 2006.

Between 2012 and 2016, he represented the Kosovo Turkish Community on the Advisory Council for Communities of the Presidency of Kosovo. In 2008, by decision of the Senate of the University of Pristina, he worked for five years as a lecturer in the Department of Turkish Language and Literature at the Faculty of Philology, where he taught courses such as Turkish Literatures, Literary Translation, and Fundamentals of Journalism, and conducted practical course work. After 2013, he served as a Turkish language instructor at the Kosovo Turkish Representation Office and at the Yunus Emre Institutes in Prizren and Pristina. From 2014 onward, he assumed responsibility for and production of Turkish-language broadcasts at Radio İpek.

Güçlütürk is also a research fellow at the Balkan Turkish Studies Research Center (BAL-TAM), headquartered in Prizren. He previously served as a board member of the Kosovo Turkish Journalists Association and the Kosovo Turkish Intellectuals’ Association. Since 2018, he has been the Kosovo representative and a member of İLESAM (Association of Science and Literature Works Owners of Turkey), and is also a member of the Writers Union of Turkey and the Eurasian Writers’ Union. He serves as the Chair of the Jury of the International “Süleyman Brina” Balkan Turkish Culture Service Award of the “Doğru Yol” Turkish Culture and Arts Association, and as Co-Chair of the Kosovo Turkish Writers Association.

His poems, essays, news articles, commentaries, and scholarly papers have been published in numerous journals and newspapers. In the fields of Turkology and related disciplines such as language, literature, folklore, and history, he has published more than 50 successful scholarly articles and research papers in national and international academic journals. In recent years, he has focused primarily on Contemporary Turkish Literature. His principal published works include:

Published Works

Translation: Dr. Taner Güçlütürk; Author: Jeton Kelmendi, How to Love, poetry book, Lulu Press, USA, 2011.

Taner Güçlütürk, Turkish Literary Creativity in Kosovo (1951–2001), scholarly research/doctoral thesis book, BAL-TAM Publications, Prizren, Kosovo, 2014.

Mourning Does Not Suit My Language, poetry book, Değişim Publications, Istanbul, May 2014.

Editor: Dr. Taner Güçlütürk, New Companions on the Road, a selection of young artists and talents in Kosovo’s literature, visual arts, and music, Kosovo Turkish Writers Association Publications, Prizren, 2015.

Editor and Translator: Dr. Taner Güçlütürk, Anthology of Contemporary Poetry in Kosovo, Kosovo Turkish Writers Association Publications, Prizren, 2016.

Editor: Dr. Taner Güçlütürk – Zeynel Beksaç, In the Footsteps of Verses in the Balkans, Kosovo Turkish Writers Association Publications, Prizren, 2016.

Translation: Dr. Taner Güçlütürk; Author: Nesim Ispahiu, The Taste of the Verse, poetry, March 2025, Prizren, Kosovo.

Translation: Dr. Taner Güçlütürk; Author: Nexhat Ibrahimi, Islam in Illyrian-Albanian Lands Through the Centuries, historical scholarly research, in translation, 2025, Prizren, Kosovo.

Translation: Dr. Taner Güçlütürk; Author: Vlora Ademi, Katërdhetë e pak, poetry, in translation, 2025, Prizren, Kosovo.

Translation: Dr. Taner Güçlütürk; Author: Milazim Krasniqi, Russian Roulette for Ali Pasha, drama, awaiting publication.

Translation: Dr. Taner Güçlütürk; Author: Naser Shatrolli, Garden Flowers, drama/comedy, staged at the Samsun Theatre Festival in 2024.

Books Edited and Prepared for Publication
(Here follows a list of 15 poetry, short story, and literary works edited by Güçlütürk between 2016 and 2025, published mainly by the Kosovo Turkish Writers Association in Pristina and Prizren.)

Active in civil society organizations engaged in cultural, artistic, and intellectual activities, Güçlütürk has carried out dynamic work on the current issues of his community and played an active role in preserving culture, art, national identity, and social values in the region. For these efforts, he has received numerous awards and commendations. Among them are the 1998 “Doğru Yol” Poetry Competition Award, the 2005 Journalist of the Year Award by the Finnish Human Rights Kosovo Coordination, second prize in poetry at the 2008 International Literature Competition in Obernai, France, the 2018 International Writers Association Literature Award (Brussels), the 2020 International “Süleyman Brina” Balkan Turkish Culture Service Award, the 2019 “Service to Turkology and Academic Award” by the Institute for the World of Turks (IfWT), the 2022 Prizren Municipality Writer of the Year Award, the 2022 “Best Poetry in Turkish Language” Award, the 2024 Ahmet Kabaklı Literature Medal by the Turkish Literature Foundation, and the 2025 “February 17 Independence Literature Award. In total, he has received ten national and international awards, in addition to hundreds of certificates of appreciation, plaques, and honors.

Güçlütürk has delivered numerous conferences and lectures internationally on topics ranging from Turkish journalism in the Balkans to contemporary Turkish literature, Balkan cultural identity, and Ottoman and modern literary traditions. He serves on the editorial boards of several international peer-reviewed journals in Turkology and literature in Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Turkey, and acts as a specialist in Contemporary Turkish Literature in the Balkans.

Over the past 25 years, he has represented Kosovo and the Kosovo Turkish Community at hundreds of congresses, symposiums, festivals, seminars, workshops, and conferences at local, national, and international levels. As a Turkologist, he has devoted sustained effort to preserving and advancing Turkish literature, culture, and art in the region. He has supported and mentored a new generation of Kosovo Turkish writers and poets, contributing to the preparation, publication, and promotion of their works, notably through the anthology New Companions on the Road.

In addition to literary creation, Güçlütürk has made significant contributions as a literary translator, introducing contemporary Albanian, Bosniak, Roma, and Gora literary creativity in Kosovo to Turkish readers through anthologies and translated works. His Anthology of Contemporary Poetry in Kosovo was purchased by the Kosovo Ministry of Culture in 2019 and distributed to libraries throughout the country.

Between 2014 and 2025, particularly within the framework of the Yunus Emre Institute, he successfully carried out numerous cultural and artistic projects. As Chair (2015–2016) and current Co-Chair of the Kosovo Turkish Writers Association, he has coordinated hundreds of literary and cultural events in cooperation with ministries, municipalities, embassies, cultural institutes, and civil society organizations in Kosovo, Turkey, Albania, and North Macedonia.

Currently, Güçlütürk continues his intensive research in New Turkish Literature, alongside ongoing studies in Turkology and related disciplines. His areas of interest also include Turkish–Albanian and Turkish–Bosnian translation, teaching Turkish to foreigners, history, cultural studies, folklore, history of education, and journalism.