Matthias KAPPLER

Matthias Kappler is an Associate Professor at the Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice. His research focuses on Turkology, Caucasology, and linguistic contacts between Greek and Turkish. He specializes in Karamanlidika texts (Turkish in Greek script), Ottoman lyric poetry, and Balkan Turkology. Kappler serves as main editor of Mediterranean Language Review and editorial board member of International Journal of Turcology and Zeitschrift fuer Balkanologie.

Teaching includes Turkish language and literature, comparative linguistics, and cultural anthropology courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He has led research projects such as an electronic corpus of Karamanlidika texts (2010-2012). Fluent in multiple languages, including Turkish, Greek, and Russian, his work bridges historical linguistics with cultural studies.