Biographic information

Turanly Ferhad Gardashkan Oglu (Ferhad Turanly /تورانلي فرهاد ,( was born on December 26, 1960 in Azerbaijan. In 1977-79 years lived and worked in Baku. In 1979-81 served in the Soviet Army in Lviv and Ivano- Frankivsk. Afterwards worked in the Internal Affairs Ministry bodies, in particular at the Police School within the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine. In 1992 graduated from Vasyl Stefanyk Ivano-Frankivsk Paedagogical Institute, Faculty of History majoring in History. In 1993-96 completed a post-graduate course of study at the Prykarpattia National University, Specility “The World History”. In 1994-1996 and in October 2001 had a practice at Istanbul International University and researched the sources relating to his thesis in Turkish archives and libraries, and also studied the Ottoman-Turkish language, paleography, history of religions and cultures. In 1997 defended his thesis to be awarded the scientific degree of the Candidate Historic Sciences (Ph.D) at the Specialized Academic Council of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, M.S. Hrushevsky Institute of the Ukrainian Arheography and Sources Study (Kiev), and in 2003 completed a doctoral course of studies at the said Institute. He researched the problems of the history of Ukraine’s interstate relations, in particular those with Turkey in the 16th-18th centuries, and the Ottoman-Turkic paleography. Defended the dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences (History) under the name of “The Cossack period in Ukraine's history in Ottoman Turkish writing sources” (Speciality 07.00.06 ─ Historiography, Studies of Sources and Special Historic Disciplines), took place at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv On October 12, 2017. In 1997-2000 he started to teach at Prykarpattia National University, Ivano-Frankivsk of Ukraine. In 2000-2006 worked as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty for Turkic Studies at the Institute of Philology within Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University. In 2006-2007 worked as an Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations within Averroes Ukrainian-Arabic Institute, Interregional Academy for the Personnel Management. Since 2007 up to now he has been an Associate Professor at the Faculty for Humanities within the National University “Kyiv Mohyla Academy”, Ukraine. Recipient of the awards “For the personal contribution to the development of the Oriental Studies in Ukraine” from Kyiv Municipality; “For the personal contribution to the development of the Oriental Studies at the National University “Kiev Mohyla Academy”. He is a participant of the 1st Congress of Azerbaijanians in Baku (November 10-14, 2001) and international scientific conferences (in Ukraine, Poland, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Romania, Saudi Arabia Kingdom and others). He is a co-founder of the Congress of Azerbaijanians of Ukraine. He is the Chairman of the Assembly of the Azerbaijanian and Ukrainian Intellectuals. He has the scientific degree of the Assistant Professor of Arabic and Turkic Studies. He is the author of a lot of scientific works published in Ukraine and abroad. He was an Adviser to Gennady Udovenko, a People’s Council Deputy of Ukraine (2006- 2008). 2 2016 – state award / medal “For new developments” (“PROGRESS” / | “TƏRƏQQİ”) for the recognition of professional and social activities of the President of Azerbaijan Republic. I want to express my sincere gratitude to the Keeper of Two Holy Mosques / الحرمين خادم الشريفين things of the Saudi Arabia Kingdom – His Highness King Salman ibn Abdulaziz as- Saud for His official invitation of me as His guest to Saudi Arabia, where I stayed from 2 to 17 September 2016, so as to make a pilgrimage – Hadj in 1437 of Hegira. He is a permanent resident of Ukraine.

Education

2000 -2003 – Studies doctoral Ukrainian Institute of Archeology and Source Studies. MS National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (m. Kyiv)

1997 – dissertation “Ukrainian-Crimean international relations in middle of XVII century (in Turkic historical sources)” on the specialty 07.00.02 - World History.

1993-1996 – post-graduate course Carpathian National University named after V. Stefanik.

1992 – Graduated from the Faculty of History of state Ivano-Frankivsk Pedagogical Institute named after V. Stefanik.

Professional experience

2012 - 2014 – Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of both the Institute of Languages and Communication of the Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”. 2011-2012 – Head of the Department of Oriental Studies, both of Professor Jaroslav Dashkevich Faculty of Philology Lviv University.

2007 – present Associate Professor of General and Slavic Linguistics Faculty of Arts of the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”.

1997-2000 – Assistant Professor of Cultural and Religious Studies Faculty of Philosophy of the University Prikarpatsky Vasyl Stefanik.

1993-1997, 2001 – Internship at the Istanbul University and research dissertation topic in Turkish archives i libraries.

Professional activity

From 2003 – Head of Sector for Eastern Studies Institute of Strategic Analysis of narrative / (ISANS) L’institut de l’analyse strategique des systemes narratifs (IASSN)

2003-2006 years – Head of Turk collection “Language and Culture”.

From 2007 – Head Turkological Studies Center of Oriental Studies, Kyiv Mohyla Academy.

Courses, readable at the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”.

1. Turkish (undergraduate program)
2. Islamic culture (undergraduate program)
3. Islam (undergraduate program)
4. Society and state in the Arab and Turkic cultural historical space (master program)
5. Fundamentals ethnolinguistics (master program)

Courses, readable in Ivan Franko National University of Lviv / Ukraine

• Turkish (undergraduate program)
• History of Sufism (master program)

Courses, readable at the University “Ukraine”

• The practice of oral and written language (undergraduate program)
• The practice of translation (undergraduate program)
• Special course “Islamic culture” (undergraduate program) 
• Religious and philosophical teaching (undergraduate program)
• Introduction to the history and culture of the East