Prof. MURAT ÖZCAN

He was born in 1982 in Sivas. He completed his primary, secondary, and high school

education in the same city. He pursued his undergraduate (2000-2005), master’s (2005-

2007), and doctoral (2007-2012) studies at Gazi University, Faculty of Education, Department

of Foreign Language Education, Division of Arabic Language Education. After

working as a research assistant in the same department (2005-2015), he was appointed

as an assistant professor to the Department of Arabic Translation and Interpreting at Gazi

University’s Faculty of Letters. Between 2013 and 2014, he fulfilled his military service

as a reserve officer at the Land Forces Language School. In 2019, he became an associate

professor in the Department of Arabic Translation and Interpreting at Ankara Hacı Bayram

Veli University’s Faculty of Letters. At the same university, he served as the founding

director of the School of Foreign Languages, director of the Mediterranean Basin and

African Civilizations Research and Application Center, a senate member, and a member

of the education commission. He has been a board member of the African Handicrafts

and Culture House Association since its establishment. In 2023, he became a professor

in the Division of Arabic Language Education at Gazi University’s Faculty of Education,

Department of Foreign Language Education. He has authored numerous books, articles,

papers, and translations in his field. He is married and has two children.