ELİF BURCU ÖZKAN

Born in Istanbul, she completed her undergraduate (2004), master’s (2008), and doctoral (2023) studies in Latin Language and Literature, part of the Department of Ancient Languages ​​and Cultures, at Istanbul University. She has been serving as a lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at Bursa Uludağ University since the 2013–2014 academic year. Additionally, she teaches classical languages ​​in the Department of Archaeology at Ege University and the Department of Philosophy at Topkapı University. Her poems have been published in magazines, anthologies, fanzines, and e-journals since 2020. She serves as the Bursa representative and a member of the editorial board for the e-journal Şiir Sarnıcı (Cistern of Poetry). She has published six books and has won eight awards or distinctions in literature competitions across the short story and poetry categories.