Burak GÖKBULUT

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burak Gökbulut is a permanent faculty member at Near East University's Atatürk Faculty of Education, currently serving as Deputy Head of the Department of Social Sciences and Turkish Education while maintaining his role as Head of the Department of Folklore since 2018. His academic career at NEU spans multiple departments across nearly two decades.

His institutional affiliations include:

• Lecturer, Department of Turkish Language and Literature (2011–present)
• Deputy Head, Department of Social Sciences and Turkish Education (2019–present)
• Head, Department of Folklore (2018–present)
• Former Lecturer, Department of Turkish Language Teaching (2008–2010)

Dr. Gökbulut's academic foundation was built through:

• B.A. in Turkish Language and Literature, Eastern Mediterranean University (1997–2001)
• M.A. in Turkish Folklore, Ege University, Institute of Social Sciences (2001–2003)
• Ph.D. in Turkish Folklore, Ege University (2003–2010)

His research program centers on Turkish folklore with distinctive regional focus:

• Comparative analysis of Cypriot Turkish and Uyghur Turkish folk narratives
• Structural examination of folk humor mechanisms in Turkish Cypriot communities
• Documentation and interpretation of oral traditions across Turkish diaspora communities
• Cultural transmission patterns in Mediterranean and Central Asian Turkic folklore
• Methodological approaches to folk tale classification systems
• Historical linguistics applications in folklore studies