Geoffrey Lewis Turkish scholar
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Geoffrey L. Lewis is a distinguished scholar of the Turkish language and the author of several well known books about Turkish. Many people have learned Turkish from his Teach Yourself Turkish and used as a reference his Turkish Grammar.
Lewis was born in London, England in 1920 and educated at the University College School and St John's College, Oxford. He is presently Emeritus Professor of Turkish at Oxford University and Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College.
Among his many honors are the Order of Merit of the Turkish Republic (Liyakat Nisani) and honorary doctorates from the University of Istanbul and the University of the Bosphorus. He is a Corresponding Member of the Turkish Language Association.
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- Teach Yourself Turkish. 1953.
- Turkish Grammar. 1967. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-870036-9.
- The Turkish Language Reform: a catastrophic success. 1999 Oxford: Oxford University Press.
