Kurtulus Oztopcu

Dr. Kurtulus Oztopcu was born in Eskisehir, The Republic of Turkey, and received his B.A. in Literature from the Department of Turkish Langauge and Literature, his M.A. and Ph.D. from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. Between 1986-1989 he was Assistant Professor in the Department of Turkish Language and Literature at the University of the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey (teaching Old Turkic, Middle Turkic, Old Anatolian Turkish (Early Ottoman), and Survey of Historical and Modern Turkic Languages. Between 1991 and 1996 he has been Visiting Lecturer and Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, Los Angeles, teaching Readings in Modern Turkish, Moden Turkish Literature, Advanced Turkish, Ottoman Texts, Uzbek Language, Azerbaijani Language, and History of Turkic Cultures and Civilizations. Dr. Oztopcu is a free-lance translator, interpreter and editor.

Professional Associations include:

• AATT (American Association of Teachers of Turkish)
• ACAS (Association of Central Asian Studies)TSA (Turkish Studies Association)
• MLA (Modern Language Association)

Publications include:

• Dictionary of the Turkic Languages,with Z. Abuov, N. Kambarov, and Y. Azemoun., London: Routledge, 1996.
• Uygur Atasozleri ve Deyimleri (Modern Uighur Proverbs and Idioms) Istanbul: Dogu Turkistan Vakfi Yayinlari, 1992.
• Colloquial Uzbek. An audio language course. 62pp. + 3 audio tapes. Guilford CN: Jeffrey-Norton, 1993.
• Colloquial Azerbaijani. 58pp. + 3 audio tapes. Guilford CN: Jeffrey-Norton, 1994.
• Colloquial Kazakh. 61pp. + 3 audio tapes. Guilford CN: Jeffrey-Norton, 1994.
• Uighur-English Dictionary - in preparation.
• Uighur-Turkish Dictionary - in preparation.
• and a wide variety of scholarly publications

For Dr. Oztopcu's complete resume or further information, please send e-mail to: oztopcu@humnet.ucla.edu