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CV of Prof. Dr. Erkan Türkmen

 

Curriculum Vitae:

Erkan Türkmen’s parent’s (grandfather Mirza Feridun Beg) migrated from Merve Turkmenistan in 1943 to Afghanistan and from there to India. Erkan was born in India in 1943 and after the partition of 1947; his parents further migrated to Pakistan. He attended high school at Don Basko, Lahore.  He got his matriculation certificate from the Peshawar University. There he began to learn English, Urdu and Pashto.

While studying at Muslim Anglo College, Lahore he got a job as sale manager at the Stainless Cutlery Works, Nizamabad, Pakistan. Being a Turk by birth, he got Turkish nationality in 1962. After that he came to Turkey.

Education: In 1971 he graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of  Languages, History and Geography, Department of English Language and Literature (two years Latin and Turkish Courses).

 M.A and PhD. In 1979 he obtained the degree of PhD in the department of Oriental Languages and Literature (Persian Language and Lit.)of University of Istanbul.

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