Öğr. Gör. Dr. SERDAR ÖZDEMİR

Dr. Serdar Özdemir is a lecturer in the Department of Turkish Language at Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University. He earned his Ph.D. in Turkish Language and Literature from the same university, focusing on nominal clauses in Kazakh within a comparative framework. His academic background includes an M.A. from Celal Bayar University and a B.A. in Turkish Language and Literature from Kocaeli University. Dr. Özdemir has taught Turkish abroad through the Yunus Emre Institute in India, North Macedonia, and Montenegro, serving in both teaching and administrative capacities. His research interests include historical Turkic languages, comparative grammar, Turkic-Mongolic linguistic relations, and teaching Turkish as a foreign language. He has authored several articles and book chapters on Kazakh, Uzbek, and Kipchak Turkic, including topics such as verbals, auxiliary constructions, and translation issues between Kazakh and Turkish. He has also contributed to instructional materials for teaching Turkish to children. His scholarly work demonstrates a consistent engagement with Central Asian Turkic languages and their structural and historical dynamics.