Özhan Öztürk

Özhan Öztürk
Born	1968 Istanbul
Nationality	Turkish
Occupation(s)	Writer, researcher

Özhan Öztürk (born 1968) is a Turkish writer and researcher. He wrote a Turkish Folklore Encyclopaedia and an encyclopaedic dictionary of the culture and folklore of the peoples of the Black Sea region of Turkey.

Works

• Karadeniz Ansiklopedik Sözlük, İstanbul, 2005. Heyamola Yayınları. 2 vol. 1256 pages ISBN 975-6121-00-9
• Bizim Temel (about national personification of the Pontic people, Temel) in Temel Kimdir, Heyamola Yayınları. Istanbul, 2006. ISBN 975-6121-15-7
• Folklor ve Mitoloji Sözlüğü, Ankara, 2009. Phoenix Yayınları. 1054 pages ISBN 978-605-57-3826-6
• Pontus: Antik Çağ’dan Günümüze Karadeniz’in Etnik ve Siyasi Tarihi (Pontus: The Ethnic and Political History of a Black Sea Region from Antiquity to Today) Genesis Yayınları. Ankara, 2011. 952 pages. ISBN 978-605-54-1017-9
• Dünya Mitolojisi (World Mythology). Nika Yayınları. Ankara, 2016 1264 pages ISBN 978-605-8389199
• Articles, stories and research studies about Folklore and Pontus culture mostly published in Doğa Karadeniz, Radikal daily newspaper and Folklore magazines.

See also

• Turkish folklore
• Pontus

External links

• Personal Website of Özhan Öztürk
• Crete in Trabzon Thrace in Artvin (An interview, 2005)
• An Interview (in Turkish)