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Muharrem Özden is a Professor at Trakya University's Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary Education Turkish Language Teaching, specializing in Turkish dialectology. He began his academic career at Trakya University in 1999, earned his Doctorate in 2001, and was promoted to Professor in 2019 after serving as Associate Professor and Assistant Professor.
His educational background includes:
- B.A. in Turkish Language and Literature, Trakya University (1996)
- Graduate studies at Trakya University (1996-1999)
- Doctorate from Trakya University (2001)
Özden's research focuses on Turkish dialects across Thrace and Anatolia, employing historical linguistics and lexicology to trace linguistic evolution from ancient texts like Codex Cumanicus and Orkhon Inscriptions to modern usage. His work examines semantic fields including human qualifiers, animal/plant nomenclature, idioms, and grammatical structures through rigorous dialectological analysis.
His 12 journal articles (2016-2020) reveal consistent investigation into lexical and grammatical continuity across Turkish dialects, with particular emphasis on Western Thrace (Komotini, Xanthi) and Anatolian variants. Key patterns include systematic analysis of historical texts' influence on contemporary dialects, comparative studies of semantic fields, and documentation of morphosyntactic variations in pronouns, verb conjugations, and adverbial forms.
No scientific awards are documented in the available records.
While no student advisement or grant information appears in the source material, Özden has contributed significantly through his two-volume Dictionary of Thracian Dialects (2018) and numerous conference proceedings analyzing Bosnian Turkish influences and Balkan linguistic interactions.
