A. SALİH BIÇAKCI

 

The future belongs to those
 who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

 

Eleanor Roosevelt

Personal Information

Date of Birth:

2/8/1972

Place of Birth

Antalya

Contact Information

 

Phone: +90 (216) 712 1460/ Ext. 1523

            +90 (216) 528 7108

Mobile : +90 536 384 06 83

 

Education

1996-2004

Ph.D. - Tel Aviv University School of History-Department of Middle Eastern and African History under supervision of Dr. Moshe Gammer. Dissertation title: From Usûl-i Qadim to Usûl-i Jadid. Cultural Dimensions of Uzbek Modernization (1865-1924)

 

2001

 Prometric Computer Examining System Administration Program of Slyvian Computing systems

 

2000

Instructor Certificate Program of ExecuTrain Central Education Unit  (Computing and Business Skills) Atlanta-USA

 

1999

University of Bergen Humanities Computing Center program on Markup Languages XML, SGML, HTML, Database and Digitalization under instructorship of Prof. Manfred Thaller

 

1996-1994

MA- from Marmara University Turkic and Turkish Studies Institute under supervision of Prof. Nadir Devlet. Thesis title: The Identity Preservation of Uzbek Immigrants in Turkey.

 

1990-1994

BA -from Marmara University Education Faculty Department of History and Geography.

Experience

2005-

Işık University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations, full-time faculty

 

2002-2004

Hebrew University The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Central Asian and Caucasus Unit member, Institute of Asian and African Studies Lecturer

 

2001-

Sexuality and Gender in the Ottoman Empire project under supervision of Dr. Dror Zeevi

 

2000-2003

Webmaster and Lecturer in Department of Middle Eastern and African History-Tel Aviv University/Israel

 

2000

Project Coordinator and Instructor of Two Conflict Four Countries Project of EU MEDA group under cooperation of Prof. Nükhet Sirman-Boğaziçi University Dept of Sociology, Prof. Büşra Ersanlı –Marmara University Dept. of Political Science and International Relations

 

2000-1999

Project Member in Tercuman Newspaper -Ismail Gaspirali Content Indexing project

 

2000-1999

Lecturer in Marmara University Faculty of Economics, Dept. of Political Science and International Relations

 

1999-1998

Project member in Islamic Reform and Revival among Muslim Intellectuals in Turkey, Volga-Ural and Central Asia project of Rockefeller Foundation

 

1999-1998

Visitor Researcher in French Research Institute in Central Asia (IFEAC) in Tashkent

 

1998-1994

Research Assistant in Marmara University Turkic and Turkish Studies Institute

 

PROJECTS

 

 

1997

Classification of library and Personal Notes of Uzbek Immigrant Academic Prof Tahir Çağatay under supervision of Prof. Timur Kocaoğlu-Koç University with funding of The Foundation of Ayaz Tahir Turkistan Idil Ural-Istanbul

 

1999

Tercuman Newspaper -Ismail Gaspirali Content Indexing project under supervision of Prof Timur Kocaoğlu-Koç University with funding of The Foundation of Ayaz Tahir Turkistan Idil Ural-Istanbul

 

1999

Islamic Reform and Revival among Muslim Intellectuals in Turkey, Volga-Ural and Central Asia-Project of Rockefeller Foundation

 

2000

Two Conflict Four Countries Project of EU MEDA group under cooperation of Prof. Nükhet Sirman-Boğaziçi University Dept of Sociology, Prof. Büşra Ersanlı –Marmara University Dept. of Political Science and International Relations

 

2001-2003

Sexuality and Gender in the Ottoman Empire project under supervision of Dr. Dror Zeevi

 

2002

Content Indexing of Archive of Chief Rabbinate in Istanbul under supervision of Dr. Yaron Harel with funding of Ben Zvi Institute-Jerusalem

Languages

Turkish

Native

 

English

Full

 

Uzbek in Arabic, Latin and Cyrillic scripts

Fluent

 

Modern Uyghur

Fluent

 

Hebrew

Partial

 

Russian

Partial

 

Persian

Partial

 

German

Passive

 

Arabic

Passive

 

Ottoman Turkish Reading Ability

Full in Nash Riq’a, Ta’liq

Publications

“Bukharan Madrassahs: Usul-i Qadim” in Reform Movements and Revolutions in Turkistan: 1900-1924 edited by Timur Kocaoğlu, (Haarlem, 2001)

 

“Hive’den Yankılanan MacGahan Seyahatnamesi” (Echoed from Khiva: Travelbook of MacGahan), Toplumsal Tarih, No: 36, December 1996.

 

“Book Review: Türkmenistan’da Toplum ve Kültür-edited by Büşra Ersanlı and Orazpolat Ekaev”, Virgül, No: 19, May 1999.

 

“Un bref aperçu sur les relations entre l’Empire Ottoman et l’Émirat de Boukhara”, La Turquie en Asia centrale-La conversion au réalisme (1991-2000), Istanbul, 2001.

 

“Slogans and Nationalism: The Uzbekistan Case”, Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary of the Turkic Republics Conference, (Haarlem, 2002)

 

From Dersaadet to Bukhara-i Sherif: Brotherhood versus Rivalry, MESA, November 26, 2002 (Forthcoming)

 

Değişim ve bir eğitimci modeli: İsmail Gasprinskii (The alternation and a pedagogue model: Ismail Gasprinskii), 4. International Symposium-Sevastopol/Ukraina Proceedings (Forthcoming)

Awards & Scholarships

 

2003- Scholarship from Tel Aviv University School of History

 

 

2003-Scholarship from University of Ben Gurion Chaim Herzog Center and Department of Middle Eastern History

 

2002-Hebrew University in Jerusalem The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Talented Doctoral Student Scholarship

2002-Tel Aviv University Department of Middle Eastern and African Studies Doctoral Students scholarship

 

2001-University of Ben Gurion Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Doctoral Students Scholarship

 

2000-University of Bergen Humanities Computing Scholarship in Norway

 

1998-State of Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs scholarship for graduate studies.

Certifications

Prometric Sylvian Testing Site Manager ID: SP3070031

 

Microsoft ATEC Project 2000 Complete

 

Microsoft ATEC Creating and Managing Web Sites using FrontPage 2000

 

Microsoft ATEC Selling Knowledge Management: Customers Solutions

 

Microsoft ATEC Visual Basic 6.0 Fundamentals

 

Microsoft ATEC Visual Basic Applications for MS Excel

 

Microsoft ATEC Access 2000 Advanced

 

ExecuTrain E-Commerce Strategies

 

ExecuTrain CIW Advanced Internet Business Skills

 

ExecuTrain Instructor Certificate Program

Teaching Experience

1

Operating System

OS: Windows 95,98,ME, 2000,XP;Linux Mandrake 7.0-8.1, Red hat 6.3-7.2

Desktop Applications

MS Word from Beginners level to Advanced.

 

Basic Internet Fundamentals

 

Ms Excel-Basics, Data Management, Advanced Macro, Presentation Skills

 

MS Access Basics-Forms, Queries, Reports, Application Progress

 

MS Power Point Basics to Advanced level

 

MS Visio Basics-Intermediate

 

MS Project Basics, Project Management and Tracking, Advanced

 

XML for Beginners

 

HTML and MS FrontPage Beginners-Advanced

 

JavaScript for Web design

 

E-commerce for designers

 

Communicating Effectively

 

Negotiation Skills

 

Basic Internet Business Fundamentals

 

E-commerce strategies for contemporary business

 

Firewall, Proxy, TCP/IP and Internet Security for beginners

 

Network Basics and Fundamentals of Network Architecture

 

Training the Trainer

Undergraduate classes  

 

Nationalism Theories (in MEDA project)

 

Nationalism in the Ottoman Empire

 

Identity Formation and “Other” Image in Central Asian History

 

Computer Applications for Humanities

Education and  Modernization in Middle East

Introduction to Ottoman Turkish

 

Colloquial Turkish

Diplomatic History I-II

 

  Introduction to International Politics

 

  Middle East in International Politics