Education
1996 - 2000, YSU, Faculty of Oriental Studies (BA degree in Turkish studies)
2000 - 2002, YSU, Faculty of Oriental Studies (MA degree in Turkish studies)
2002 - 2005, YSU, Faculty of Oriental Studies (PhD student in Philology)

Academic degree
PhD - “The prose of Fakir Baykurt” (foreign literature), 2005, YSU (PhD degree in Philology)

Professional experience
2009 - till now YSU, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Deputy dean
2010 - till now YSU, Chair of Turkish studies, Associate professor
2005 - 2010, YSU, Chair of Turkish studies, Assistant professor

Academic courses
Ethnic problems in the Republic of Turkey
National minorities in the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey
Turkish Literature
Turkish language

Scale of professional interests
National minorities of Turkey
The Problems of forcedly converted Armenians
The Armenian subject matter in the Turkish literature
Armenian Turkish relations

Languages
Armenian, Russian, Turkish, English

Professional membership
Member of presidium of «Shirak compatriot union», president of youth committee
Member of «The XXI century» journal editorial board
Member of government committee of «Changing of toponymes»
Member of the Scientific Counci of “Noravank” scientific-educational foundationl