Prof. ADNAN ESKİKURT

Biography

After graduating from Darüşşafaka High School Prof. Adnan Eskikurt received a bachelor's degree in History Teaching Education in Atatürk Faculty of Education in Marmara University (1992). He completed his master's degree in the Institute of Turkic Studies in the same university (1995) and doctorate programs (2003) in Institute of Social Sciences. Following his term as a research assistant in Marmara University (1999-2003) he gave history lessons as a lecturer in Istanbul Beykent University (2005-2008). Currently employed by Istanbul Medeniyet University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities Department Dr. Eskikurt is involved in studies dealing with Turkish communities who lived on the Anatolian peninsula and its periphery since the XIth century taking into consideration the opportunities presented by the geographical potential for human life.