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For 30 years, Kağan Arık has taught Turkish and Turkic Languages and Literature. He has experience as an anthropologist in Central Asia, publishing work on the culture of the Kazak nomads in China, the oral literature of the Kirghiz, and on traditional healing among the Turkic peoples. His regional languages include Turkish, Kazak, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Turkmen, Azeri, Tuvan, Altai, Persian/Tajik, and Chinese. Arık is the Ayaslı Instructional Professor and Coordinator for the Modern Turkish language program at the University of Chicago