Kağan Arík’s research focuses on the historical development of the Turkish language and its various dialects. He is a member of the American Association of Teachers of Turkish and Turkic Languages. Arík also is an anthropologist (socio-cultural, linguistic, musical, medical) of Central Asia and has studied the region since 1987. He has 30 years of experience in language pedagogy for modern Turkish language and literature and has designed curricula for intensive elementary, intermediate, and advanced Turkish language, as well as modern Turkish literature. Arík is the Ayaslı Instructional Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and the College at the University of Chicago.
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