New Researches New Ideas on Social Sciences
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As is known, this century is an age of information in a strict sense. Needless to say, human beings have always had craving for access to information not in this century only but ever since the invention of writing with a view to getting to know his surroundings and the rest of the world. The most significant factor that distinguishes present-time information age from others is that it enables modern human beings to have access to any desired information at overseas countries within seconds through technological advancements; and also transmit any requested information remotely to any recipient or country again within seconds. One of the most eye-catching innovations of modern information age is interdisciplinary studies. This is appreciated as innovation and requirement simultaneously. Now that no man is an island, a scientist studying on a given discipline cannot be thought separately from collaborations with his or her fellows. From this point forth, we have made great efforts to compile in English, a universal language, the most recent and updated research results in the most important fields of social sciences including without limitation literature, history, philosophy, geography, translation and interpreting, linguistics, law, preservation and protecting of cultural assets and medical science to serve the realm of science. Even though most of the chapters in the book were written by Turkish academicians, Chinese and Korean scientists also made no small contributions with the most recent research studies in their area of expertise. Opinions expressed in each study severally and independently are personal opinions of their writers. Writers shall be responsible for the content of the books. I do hope that scientific studies produced as a result of great efforts and hard work make substantial and remarkable contributions to the world of science.
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About the Book
Edited by the Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eyüp Saritas, this book contains results of most recent scientific studies by nineteen academicians from Turkey, China, and Korea. Even though majority of chapters were written by Turkish academicians, the research subject analyses issues from different parts of the world. Chapters were substantially written by young academicians, which adds to dynamism of the book. Having profound professional experience on their field of interest, the Turkish writers have applied an extensive perspective beyond the national borders as much as possible so that the reader finds results of global academic studies, such as the Egyptian literature, Balkan history, Byzantium history, and Western philosophy and thinking that go beyond boundaries of Turkey.
About the Author
I was born in Afyon/Turkey in 1968. Having graduated from the Sinologue of Oriental Languages and Literatures in the Faculty of Languages, History and Geography in Ankara University in 1991 with the dissertation titled “Metrics in Modern Chinese”, I began with my post graduate study in the Department of General Turkish History in the aforecited faculty in October in the same year. Having completed the courses, I was granted scholarship and sent to the University of Beijing by the Ministry of Education in order to conduct researches in my field for a period of two years (1992-1994). After returning to Turkey, I took office as a research assistant in the Department of History in the Faculty of Letters in Ege University in 1995. In 1996, I prepared a post graduate thesis titled “Turgesh Tribe and its Dominance as per Chinese Sources” and graduated. In October in the same year, I began with my doctor's degree in the Department of General Turkish History in the university where in I was holding office. Having completed the doctoral courses, I was sent to the Beijing University of Language and Culture by Ministry of Education in order to study Traditional Chinese and to conduct researches in the field of Central Asian Turkish History between 1997 and 1998. In 2005, I was graduated from the doctoral program with dissertation titled “Cultural Life of the Turks Before Islam in the Light of Archaeological Excavations and Researches in China” (From the Most Ancient Times to the Middle of IX century).I made researches in Lenin Library of Moscow, the capital of Russia in 2004, in Göttingen University in Germany in August 2005 and in Leiden University of the Netherlands. Also in 2008, I made researches on the Ancient Turkish and Chinese Culture in Lund University and Uppsala University in Sweden, in Aarhus University in Denmark, and Northwest University in China and Inner Mongolia University. I still hold office as an Associate Professor in the Department of Language and Literature of Chinese, the Oriental Languages and Literatures of Faculty of Letters in Istanbul University.