معرفی
Mustafa Said Kıymaz is an Associate Professor at Adıyaman University's Faculty of Education, specializing in Turkish and Social Sciences Education. He holds a PhD from Gazi University (2015) and has been affiliated with Adıyaman University since 2009, initially as a research assistant and later as an Assistant Professor (2016). He served as a Turkish instructor at Al Farabi Kazakh National University (2016-2017) and contributed to establishing Turkish language programs in North Macedonia through the Yunus Emre Institute's Turkology Project. Fluent in English and with basic Serbian proficiency, his research focuses on children's literature, Turkish language pedagogy, and cultural studies.
Education: BSc from Ondokuz Mayıs University (2009), MSc from Van Yüzüncü Yıl University (2011), PhD from Gazi University (2015).
Research Interests: Children's literature analysis, Turkish language teaching methodologies, oral narrative studies, multicultural education, and migration narratives. He has published extensively on topics such as lullabies in Balkan literature, Necati Zekeriya's contributions to Macedonian Turkish education, and pedagogical approaches to Syrian refugee Turkish education.
Professional Contributions: Authored/edited 15 books including Children's Literature and Approaches to Learning Turkish. Over 22 peer-reviewed articles and 31 conference presentations. His work bridges linguistic analysis with sociocultural contexts, particularly focusing on marginalized communities and language preservation in multicultural settings.
Grants/Awards: Led projects funded by Yunus Emre Institute (2017-2018) and contributed to international educational collaborations in Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Kazakhstan.
