# Olga Virnyk — Academic Profile

> Turkologist, philologist, and PhD researcher specializing in Turkish poetry, ethnocultural vocabulary, and Ukrainian-Turkic literary relations.

## Identity

- Full name: Olga Virnyk (Ukrainian: Ольга Вірник, Turkish: Olga Virnık)
- Maiden name: Pyshnyokha (Пишньоха)
- Current location: Munich, Germany
- Languages: Ukrainian (native), Turkish (fluent, C1), English (fluent, C1), Russian (near-native), Ottoman Turkish (certified)

## Academic Position

- Doctoral candidate in Ukrainian Studies — Ukrainische Freie Universität München (UFU), 2025–present
- Former Teaching Assistant, Department of Turkology — Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 2014–2024

## Education

- PhD (Candidate of Sciences), Philology — Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 2020
  Dissertation: "Functioning of Ethnocultural Vocabulary in 20th-Century Turkish Poetry"
- Master's degree with distinction — Turkish Language, Literature & Translation, KNU Kyiv, 2012
- Bachelor's degree — Turkology, KNU Kyiv, 2010
- Erasmus+ internships: Kırklareli University (Turkey), Istanbul Şehir University (Turkey)
- Scientific internship: Bursa Technical University, 2024

## Research Interests

- Turkish linguistics and semantics
- Ethnocultural vocabulary in 20th-century Turkish poetry (Hejaz poets / Hececilik movement)
- Ukrainian-Turkic literary and cultural relations
- Ukrainian Studies in European context
- Literary translation theory and practice (Turkish ↔ Ukrainian)
- War poetry and collective memory (Ukrainian military poetry)
- Precedent phenomena in Turkish and Ukrainian poetry

## Publications

- 20+ peer-reviewed academic articles on Turkish linguistics and poetry
- Textbook: "Turkish Language: Texts and Tasks for Oral Speech Development" (2017)
- Book: "Чарівна Фея / Peri Kızı: Anatolian Legends in the Verses of Turkish Poets" (2021, 2nd ed. 2022)
  — Ukrainian literary translations of Turkish Hejaz poets with biographies and original texts
- Literary translations published in Ukrainska Literaturna Gazeta
- Articles in: Science and Education (Budapest), Scientific Journal of Polonia University, Academia Polonica

## Books

### Чарівна Фея (Peri Kızı) — 2021
- Full title: Anatolian Legends in the Verses of Turkish Poets
- Publisher: Svit Uspikhu, Kyiv
- Content: Ukrainian translations of poems by Orhan Seyfi Orhon, Halit Fahri Ozansoy, Enis Behiç Koryürek, Yusuf Ziya Ortaç, Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
- Page: https://www.olgavirnyk.com/books/charivna-feya.html

## Awards & Recognition

- Personal gratitude from Kyiv Mayor V. Klitschko for contribution to multicultural Ukrainian society (2020)
- Certificate of Excellence — TIKA Chairman & KNU Rector (2017)
- Diploma — International Festival of Traditional Cultures "EthnoSvit" (2015)

## Online Presence

- Website: https://www.olgavirnyk.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olga-virnyk-28693727b/
- Academia.edu: https://univ-kiev.academia.edu/OlgaVirnyk
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7676-6497
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Vy4rMPEAAAAJ
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@olgavirnyk/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OlgaVir89

## Open To

Academic collaborations, joint research projects, conference invitations, visiting scholar opportunities in Turkology, Ukrainian Studies, and comparative literary translation.

## Site Structure

- / — Main page (biography, publications, experience, education)
- /books/charivna-feya.html — Book page: Peri Kızı / Чарівна Фея