Dilek SARICA
She completed her undergraduate degree in the Department of English Language and Literature at Selçuk University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She received her master’s degree with a thesis entitled Nature in the Short Stories of Ted Hughes: Snow, The Harvesting and The Rain Horse, and her PhD with a dissertation entitled Short Plays in Turkish and English Literature.
Prof. Dr. Dilek Sarıca has been a faculty member at Selçuk University Dilek Sabancı State Conservatory since 2007. She served as the Director of the Conservatory from 2011 to 2019 and from 2022 to 2024, and continued to serve as the Head of the Department of Performing Arts until 2025. At Dilek Sabancı State Conservatory, she teaches courses including World Theatre History, Turkish Theatre History, Mythology, and Postdramatic Theatre. She has published articles and books in the fields of theatre, mythology, and literature. She has authored books entitled Structuralist Analysis in Theatre and The Plays of Bernard Shaw, and has edited the book Reflections from Twentieth-Century Theatre.
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Oğuz KARAKAYA
He was born in Kırşehir in 1972. He completed his elementary, middle, and high school education in Kırşehir. In 1998, he graduated from the Department of Music Education at the Faculty of Education, Selçuk University. In 1999, he was appointed by the Ministry of National Education as a music teacher at Mustafa Çetin Elementary School in Akören District, Konya Province. In 2000, he was appointed as an instructor at the Selçuk University State Conservatory. Between 2000 and 2002, he participated in radio and television programs as a contracted vocal artist at TRT Ankara Radio. He completed his master’s degree in the Music Education Branch of the Fine Arts Education Department at the Institute of Social Sciences, Selçuk University, and in 2009, he completed his doctoral studies in the same department. He was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2010, Associate Professor in 2015, and Professor in 2020. In 2023, he transferred to the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, where he currently holds this position. Karakaya is married and has one child. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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