BACKGROUND
Born in 1984 in Izmir, Cihan Çakmak completed his primary and higher education in Izmir. He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at Ege University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Turkish Language and Literature. In 2010, he became a science specialist by defending his master's thesis titled Turkmen Turkish Subject Analyzed Vocabulary, which he prepared in Ege University Institute of Social Sciences, New Turkish Language Department. Then, in 2014, he defended his master's thesis titled Fatih Kerimi's Hayal Mi? Hakikat Mi? and Andan Bundan completed his doctoral studies by defending his thesis titled Language and Style Analysis on his works.
He started his academic life as a Research Assistant in Çankırı Karatekin University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Turkish Language and Literature between 2009-2013. Then, he worked as an instructor and Assistant Director at Gaziosmanpaşa University TÖMER between 2014-2015. In 2015, he started to work as an Assistant Professor in Manisa Celal Bayar University Faculty of Education, Department of Turkish Education. In the same university, he also held administrative positions such as Vice Dean (2015-2019), Head of Department and Head of Department. In 2018, Cihan ÇAKMAK, who received his Associate Professorship in North-West Kipchak Turkish Dialects and Literatures, is still working as a faculty member in the same institution.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihan Çakmak has 35 articles published in National and International Journals, 6 books and book chapters and 20 papers presented in International Symposiums.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihan Çakmak's studies mainly focus on Tatar Turkish and Literature, Vocabulary, Pseudonyms in Kazan Tatar Turkish and Teaching Turkish to Foreigners.