Zeynep Korkmaz
Zeynep Korkmaz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 July 1921 Nevşehir, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) |
| Citizenship | Turkey |
| Alma mater | Ankara University |
| Known for | Dialectology |
| Spouse |
Mehmet Korkmaz (died 1984) |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Turkish language |
| Institutions | Ankara University |
Zeynep Korkmaz (born 5 July 1921) is a Turkish scholar and dialectologist.
Early life and education
[edit]Korkmaz was born in Nevşehir on 5 July 1921.[1][2] Her parents are Yusuf Hüsnü Dengi and Şefika Dengi. She has an elder sister and a brother.[3]
She received elementary and secondary education in İzmir. In 1940, she graduated from Izmir Girls' High School.[2] She graduated from Ankara University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Turkish language and literature in 1944.[1] She completed her PhD studies at the same department in 1950.[1] Her Ph.D. thesis was concerned with dialects of Anatolia.[2]
Career
[edit]Following graduation, she became an assistant at the Faculty of Language, History and Geography (DTCF) of Ankara University in 1945. Then she began to work as an assistant at the department of Turkish language and literature of the same university in 1948. She went to Hamburg University for post-doctoral studies. She worked as a visiting scholar there from 1954 to 1955 and studied Old Turkish Language with A. von Gabain, O. Pritsak and O. Von Essen. She became associate professor in 1957[2] and professor in 1964.[1] She retired in 1990.[2]
Membership
[edit]Korkmaz is a member of the Turkish Culture Research Institute; Permanent International Altaistic Conference (PIAC); Ottoman-Pre-Ottoman Research Committee; Societas Uralo-Altaica; İLESAM (Professional Union of Turkish Science and Literature Academicians, Ankara).[1]
Works
[edit]Korkmaz has 16 books and more than 250 articles about the Turkish language.[1] Some of her books are given below:
- (1963). Nevşehir ve Yöresi Ağızları (Turkish = Dialects of Nevşehir and nearby area), DTCF: Ankara[4]
- (1973). Cumhuriyet Döneminde Türk Dili (Turkish= Turkish Language in the Republic Era), DTCF:Ankara[5]
On her 60th birthday in 1982, a book was published by her pupils with the title of Prof. Dr. Zeynep Korkmaz'ın Hayatı ve Eserleri (Prof. Dr. Zeynep Korkmaz's life and works).[6]
Personal life
[edit]Korkmaz married Mehmet Korkmaz, who died in 1984.[2] She has two children.[2] Korkmaz turned 100 in July 2021.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Zeynep Korkmaz" (PDF). ICANAS. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Zeynep Korkmaz". Biyografi.net (Biographies). Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Zeynep Korkmaz". Bilgi.com (Information). Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ Z. Korkmaz's books. World Cat. OCLC 281713136. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ "Categories". Nadir Kitap. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ "Biyografiler". Tuncer Gülensoy. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ Türkçenin asırlık çınarı Nevşehirli Zeynep Korkmaz 100 yaşında
- 1921 births
- Living people
- Dialectologists
- People from Nevşehir
- Ankara University alumni
- Turkish women academics
- Academic staff of the University of Hamburg
- Turkish social scientists
- Academic staff of Ankara University
- Linguists from Turkey
- Linguists of Turkic languages
- 20th-century Turkish women
- 21st-century Turkish women
- Turkish centenarians
- Women centenarians
- Turkish expatriates in Germany
- Turkish Turkologists