Prof. SAİT OKUMUŞ

He was born in 1969 in the Beyoğlu neighborhood of the Türkoğlu district of Kahramanmaraş. He graduated from Atatürk University Faculty of Science and Letters in 1990. In 1993, he started his academic career as a Research Assistant at Kırıkkale University, Faculty of Science and Letters. He completed his master's degree at Kırıkkale University Social Sciences Institute in 1998 and his doctorate at Selçuk University Social Sciences Institute in 2007. In 1995, he worked on scientific development at Amman University, Jordan, with a Ministry of Education Research Scholarship. In 2008-2011, He worked as a Dr. lecturer at Nevşehir University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Turkish Language and Literature.

He was a guest lecturer at Tuzla University in Bosnia-Herzegovina within the scope of TİKA Turcology Program in 2008-2009 and at St. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia in 2009-2010. In 2010, he became the founding director of the Yunus Emre Cultural Center in Skopje, Macedonia.

In 2011, he worked as a faculty member at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He became an associate professor in 2012 and a professor in 2017. He continues his academic studies at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He served as board and commission members and academic duties in various units of the Department, Faculty and University, and carried out administrative duties such as Head of Department, Dean and Vice Rector.