Abdullah Akat, Prof. Dr., an ethnomusicologist, faculty member at Istanbul University State Conservatory and Chair of the Department of Musicology, Chair of the ICTMD Study Group on Music and Dance in the Turkic World (2021 to date), and the Editor-in-Chief of the Musicologist journal since 2017.

He got his bachelor’s degree from the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Turkish Music State Conservatory in 2004 with the first-ranked degree of the Music Theory department; completed his MA in Turkish Music in 2006, and Ph.D. in Musicology and Music Theory at the ITU Social Sciences Institute in 2010. He worked as a Research Assistant at ITU Social Sciences Institute between 2006–2010. He founded the Karadeniz Technical University (KTU) Karadeniz Music Archive (KARMA) in 2011 when he was working as Assistant Professor at KTU State Conservatory between 2011–2013. He completed his Post-doctoral research in the Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv between 2013–2014, with the support of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). He worked as Chair of the Musicology Department of KTU State Conservatory between 2014-2016; as Director of State Conservatory of KTU and as Senator of KTU and Trabzon University, Turkey between 2016 and 2019.

He conducted and participated in many research projects and artistic events in Turkey and abroad; gave lectures and conferences as a visiting scholar at several universities all over the world. As an editor, he published many books, proceedings, CDs, and articles. His fieldworks, publications, research projects, and presentations are related to music archiving, the Turkey-Black Sea, Balkan, Crimean, and Caucasian music cultures.

Thesis Documents

2006 - 2010

Doctorate

Istanbul Technical University, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Müzikoloji Ve Müzik Teorisi, Turkey

2004 - 2006

Postgraduate

Istanbul Technical University, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Türk Müziği, Turkey

2000 - 2004

Undergraduate

Istanbul Technical University, Türk Musikisi Devlet Konservatuarı, Temel Bilimler, Turkey

2010

Doctorate

THE CHANGE PROCESS OF THE EAST BLACK SEA REGION MUSIC AS PART OF (NET)TACHMENTAL THOUGHT

Istanbul Technical University, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Müzikoloji Ve Müzik Teorisi

2006

Postgraduate

CHEPNIES IN THE BLACK SEA REGION AND CHEPNIE MUSIC

Istanbul Technical University, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Türk Müziği

A1 Beginner

Russian

C2 Mastery

English

B1 Intermediate

German

2019 - Present

Professor

Istanbul University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2019 - 2019

Professor

Trabzon University, Conservatoıre, Department Of Musıcology

2018 - 2019

Associate Professor

Trabzon University, Conservatoıre, Department Of Musıcology

2014 - 2018

Associate Professor

Karadeniz Technical University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2013 - 2014

Researcher

Ethnologisches Museum, Musikethnologie, Medien Technik und Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv

2011 - 2013

Assistant Professor

Karadeniz Technical University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2010 - 2011

Research Assistant PhD

Karadeniz Technical University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2006 - 2010

Research Assistant

Istanbul Technical University, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Müzikoloji Ve Müzik Teorisi

2005 - 2006

Research Assistant

Karadeniz Technical University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2025 - Present

College Board Member

Istanbul University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2025 - Present

Head of Department

Istanbul University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2025 - Present

Head of Department

Istanbul University, Institute of Social Sciences, Konservatuvar Bölümü

2023 - Present

College Management Board Member

Istanbul University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2022 - Present

Performance Evaluation Commission Chairperson

Istanbul University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2019 - 2019

University Academic Incentive Evaluation Commission Member

Trabzon University, Conservatoıre, Department Of Musıcology

2019 - 2019

Department Academic Incentive Evaluation Commission Member

Trabzon University, Conservatoıre, Department Of Musıcology

2018 - 2019

Member Of Scientific Research Projects Committee

Trabzon University, Conservatoıre, Department Of Musıcology

2018 - 2019

College Management Board Member

Trabzon University, Conservatoıre, Department Of Musıcology

2018 - 2019

Conservatory Director

Trabzon University, Conservatoıre, Department Of Musıcology

2018 - 2019

Member of the Senate

Trabzon University, Conservatoıre, Department Of Musıcology

2017 - 2018

University Academic Incentive Evaluation Commission Member

Karadeniz Technical University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2017 - 2018

Department Academic Incentive Evaluation Commission Chairperson

Karadeniz Technical University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2016 - 2018

Conservatory Director

Karadeniz Technical University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2016 - 2018

Member of the Senate

Karadeniz Technical University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2014 - 2017

Head of Department

Karadeniz Technical University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2014 - 2016

Head of Department

Karadeniz Technical University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2012 - 2013

Deputy Director of Conservatory

Karadeniz Technical University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2011 - 2013

Head of Department

Karadeniz Technical University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2011 - 2013

Head of Department

Karadeniz Technical University, Devlet Konservatuvarı, Müzikoloji Bölümü

2007 - 2008

Research Assistant Faculty Representative

Istanbul Technical University, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Müzikoloji Ve Müzik Teorisi

2021 - Present

Chair

Professional Association, ICTM International Council for Traditional Music, Study Group on Music of the Turkic-speaking World, Chair

2018 - 2021

Secretary

Professional Association, ICTM International Council for Traditional Music, Study Group on Music of the Turkic-speaking World, Secretary

2013 - 2014

Post Doktora Araştırmacısı

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museem, Post Doktora Araştırmacısı

Doctorate

FIELDWORK

Competence In Art

ADVANCED PRESENTATION TECHNICS

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS AND PUBLISHING ETHIC I - II

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS AND PUBLISHING ETHIC I - II

SEMINAR

Postgraduate

HISTORICAL SOURCES OF ETHNOMUSICOLOGY

ADVANCED PRESENTATION TECHNICS

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS AND PUBLISHING ETHIC I - II

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS AND PUBLISHING ETHIC I - II

SEMINAR

Undergraduate

MUSIC ARCHIVING

TECHNOLOGY IN FIELD RESEARCH

TURKISH FOLKLORE STUDIES

WRITING SKILLS IN MUSIC II

THEORIES OF MAQAM II

AUDIO-VISUAL ETHNOMUSICOLOGY

ANATOLIAN/TURKISH FOLK MUSIC FORMS AND STYLES I

INTRODUCTION TO FOLKLORE

APPLIED ANATOLIAN/TURKISH FOLK MUSIC

WRITING SKILLS IN MUSIC I

in Progress

Doctorate

Kazakh Traditional Music in Foreign Studies from XIX to XXI Centuries

Sultanmuratovna S. A., Akat A. (Co-Advisor)

A.Sabenovna(Student)

in Progress

Doctorate

Analyzing Turkish Music Sources in Audio-Visual Archives in Romania

Akat A. (Advisor)

E.Nur(Student)

2025

Postgraduate

Musika-i Hümâyûn as the Voice of Ottomanism

Akat A. (Advisor)

İ.Aşkın(Student)

2025

Postgraduate

Historical process of 78 rpm record collecting in Turkey

Cömert E., Akat A. (Co-Advisor)

G.Şenol(Student)

2024

Postgraduate

Cataloging historical sound sources of Turkish music in Bulgarian music archives

Akat A. (Advisor)

S.Sağıroğlu(Student)

2015

Postgraduate

INVESTIGATION OF MUSIC ARCHIVES WHICH WERE BELONGED TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN TURKEY

Akat A. (Co-Advisor), Kahyaoğlu Y.

Ö.Arda(Student)

Doctorate

BORDER STUDIES IN MUSIC

Akat A.

Postgraduate

HISTORICAL SOURCES OF ETHNOMUSICOLOGY

Akat A.

Undergraduate

AUDIOVISUAL ETHNOMUSICOLOGY

Akat A.

MUSIC ARCHIVING

Akat A.

December 2016

Black Sea Music Archive Digitalization Laboratory

Laboratory - Directorate

Akat A.

2024

Akat A.

Joint Symposium of the ICTMD Study Groups on Music and Dance in the Turkic World and Global History of Music, ECHOES OF HERITAGE: NAVIGATING THE LEGACY OF MUSIC AND DANCE, Baku, Azerbaijan, 18 - 22 September 2024, pp.257-266, (Full Text)

2025

Akat A.

Ruh-Sanat World Traditional Culture and Music Festival, International Congress "Traditional Culture and Art: Problems of Preservation and Development", Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 1 - 03 August 2025, pp.99-104, (Full Text)

2022

Tanrıvermiş G., Akat A.

Eighth Symposium of the ICTMD Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe, Gender, Virtual Communications, Legacies of Empires, İstanbul, Turkey, 10 - 13 May 2022, pp.135-142, (Full Text)

2022

Akat A.

Balıkesir 4. Türk Müziği Sempozyumu, Balıkesir, Turkey, 13 - 15 October 2022, pp.21-31, (Full Text)

2023

AKAT A.

International Scientific and Practical Conference "Traditional Musical Culture and Its Carriers in the Age of Globalization", Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 30 October 2023, pp.93-102, (Full Text)

2023

Akat A.

International Scientific Symposium - Music and Dance on East–West Axis: Correlations and Mobilities, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, 4 - 06 September 2023, pp.18, (Summary Text)

2023

AKAT A.

Symposium: “Space of Mugam” 6th International Music Festival, Baku, Azerbaijan, 20 - 22 June 2023, pp.269-275, (Full Text)

2022

Akat A.

9 . Uluslararası Müzik ve Dans Kongresi, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 20 - 25 April 2022, pp.1-7, (Full Text)

2022

Akat A.

Motif-Centricity and Micro-Variation in Traditional Music, Vienna, Austria, 9 - 12 November 2022, pp.23, (Summary Text)

2022

Akat A.

24 th Meeting of the ICTM Study Group on Historical Sources, Brussels, Belgium, 18 - 22 October 2022, pp.7, (Summary Text)

2022

Akat A.

The Eleventh International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, Tbilisi, Georgia, 26 - 30 September 2022, pp.12, (Summary Text)

2022

Akat A., Dumnıć Vılotıjevıć M., Özbilgin M. Ö., Oğul F. B., Demir Güven M., Ranısavljevıć Z.

8th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music of the Turkic Speaking World, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 4 - 09 September 2022, pp.15-16, (Summary Text)

2022

Dumnıć Vılotıjevıć M., Akat A., Tomaševıć K., Demir Güven M.

Music across Borders, 21st Quinquennial Congress of the International Musicological Society (IMS 2022), Athens, Greece, 22 - 26 August 2022, pp.139-140, (Summary Text)

2022

Akat A.

ICTM 46th World Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 21 - 27 July 2022, pp.9, (Summary Text)

2021

KÖSE B., AKAT A.

XI. Uluslararası Hisarlı Ahmet Sempozyumu, Turkey, 3 - 06 June 2021, (Full Text)

2021

Tanrıvermiş G., Akat A.

Giorgi Garaqanidze Folk and Church Music 16th International Festival, Scientific Conference, Batumi, Georgia, 5 - 06 November 2021, pp.29-30, (Summary Text)

2021

Akat A.

Giorgi Garaqanidze Folk and Church Music 16th International Festival, Scientific Conference, Batumi, Georgia, 5 - 06 November 2021, pp.30, (Summary Text)

2021

Akat A.

International Scientific Conference to Celebrate the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, Sound Heritage in Ethnomusicology: Approaches and Perspectives, Belgrade, Serbia, 27 October 2021, pp.14, (Summary Text)

2021

Akat A.

7th Symposium of the International Council for Traditional Music Study Group on Music of the Turkic-speaking World, "Preservation, Integration and Renewal of Traditional Music: Theory and Practice", Almati, Kazakhstan, 4 - 07 October 2021, pp.8-9, (Summary Text)

2021

Nural Ö. A., Akat A.

11. Uluslararası Hisarlı Ahmet Sempozyumu / The 11th International Hisarlı Ahmet Symposium, Kütahya, Turkey, 3 - 06 June 2021, pp.166-168, (Summary Text)

2021

Akat A.

7th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe, Trabzon, Turkey, 23 - 25 April 2021, pp.229-235, (Full Text)

2018

Akat A.

The Sixth Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe, Sinj, Split, Croatia, 15 - 21 April 2018, pp.16-25, (Full Text)

2019

Akat A.

Archives and Catalogues of Written Music and Sound Recordings, CMO Workshop Series-I, Orient-Institut Istanbul., İstanbul, Turkey, 23 - 24 September 2019, pp.2, (Summary Text)

2018

Akat A.

The 9th International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, Tbilisi, Georgia, 30 October - 03 November 2018, pp.13, (Summary Text)

2018

Akat A.

IX. Uluslararası Hisarlı Ahmet Sempozyumu, Kütahya, Turkey, 10 - 12 May 2018, pp.12-23

2018

Uğur Y. E., Akat A.

III. Uluslararası Müzik ve Dans Araştırmaları Sempozyumu, Trabzon Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuvarı, Trabzon, Turkey, 17 - 20 October 2018, pp.64-66, (Summary Text)

2016

Akat A.

II. Çalgı Bilim Çalıştayı, Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuvarı İbrahim Alimoğlu Müzik Müzesi, Afyon, Turkey, 07 October 2016, pp.43-58, (Full Text)

2017

Akat A.

VIII. Uluslararası Hisarlı Ahmet Sempozyumu, Kütahya, Turkey, 12 - 14 May 2017, pp.20-26

2016

Akat A.

Giorgi Garaqanidze XI International Festival of Folk and Church Music in Batumi, Batumi, Georgia, 4 - 06 November 2016, pp.6-14, (Full Text)

2016

Akat A.

Fifth Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe: Myth, Ritual, Post-1989, Audiovisual Ethnographies, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 2 - 08 May 2016, pp.202-209, (Full Text)

2016

Akat A.

KTÜ Devlet Konservatuvarı, 2nd International Music and Dance Studies Symposium: Memory and Cultural Heritage, Trabzon, Turkey, 18 - 22 October 2016, pp.61-62

2016

Akat A., Razmadze N.

The Eighth International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, Tbilisi, Georgia, 26 - 30 September 2016, pp.13, (Summary Text)

2015

Akat A.

X. International Folk and Church Music Conference, Batumi, Georgia, 2 - 04 November 2015, pp.80-109, (Full Text)

2015

Akat A.

46th IASA Annual Conference, Paris, France, 27 September - 01 October 2015, pp.54, (Summary Text)

2014

Akat A.

The Seventh International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, Tbilisi, Georgia, 22 - 26 September 2014, pp.370-376, (Full Text)

2015

Akat A., Öksüz H.

Devletlerarası Kırım, Sürgün ve İsmail Bey Gaspıralı Kongresi, İstanbul, Turkey, 15 - 16 May 2015, (Unpublished)

2014

Akat A.

Giorgi Garaqanidze IX International Festival of Folk and Church Music in Batumi, Scientific Conference, Batumi Art Teaching University and Batumi City Hall, Batumi, Georgia, 4 - 06 November 2014, pp.16, (Summary Text)

2014

Akat A.

Humbold Universität zu Berlin, Deutsch-Türkisches Jahr der Forschung, Bildung und Innovation 2014, Türk-Alman Araştırma, Eğitim ve İnovasyon Yılı 2014, Transfer und Diversität. Musik und Transkulturelle Praxis: Deutschland-Türkei, Berlin, Germany, 9 - 11 October 2014, pp.18-19, (Summary Text)

2012

Akat A.

Fifth Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe: Terminology and Theoretical Approaches and Crossing National Boundaries / Intercultural Communication, Berovo, Macedonia, 17 - 23 April 2012, pp.62-68, (Full Text)

2014

Akat A.

4th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music of the Turkic Speaking World, İstanbul, Turkey, 18 - 20 April 2014, pp.43, (Summary Text)

2012

Akat A.

KTÜ Devlet Konservatuarı, I. Uluslararası Müzik Araştırmaları Sempozyumu: Müzik ve Kültürel Doku, Trabzon, Turkey, 16 - 19 October 2012, pp.14-24

2012

Akat A.

Trabzon Yöresi Halk Kültürünün ve Etnografyasının Derlenmesi ve Müzelenmesi Çalıştayı, Trabzon, Turkey, 23 March 2012, pp.119-127

2011

Akat A.

II. Ulusal Hisarlı Ahmet Sempozyumu, Kütahya, Turkey, 26 - 28 May 2011, pp.24-28, (Full Text)

2006

Akat A., Karahasanoğlu S.

Uluslararası Trabzon ve Çevresi Kültür ve Tarih Sempozyumu, Trabzon, Turkey, 16 - 18 May 2006, vol.2, pp.197-215

2011

Akat A.

İTÜ TMDK Türk Müziği Kurultayı, İstanbul, Turkey, 6 - 08 April 2011, pp.8

2010

Akat A.

18th EAS Congress: Music and Music Education within the Context of Socio-Cultural Changes, Bolu, Turkey, 26 - 29 April 2010, pp.29-35, (Full Text)

2007

Akat A.

38. ICANAS Uluslararası Asya ve Kuzey Afrika Çalışmaları Kongresi, Ankara, Turkey, 10 - 15 September 2007, pp.1-14, (Full Text)

2008

Akat A.

İTÜ Müzik Bilimi Kulübü I. Uluslararası Öğrenci Sempozyumu, Folklor ve Etnomüzikoloji, İstanbul, Turkey, 2 - 04 April 2008, pp.1-2, (Summary Text)

2005

Akat A.

Halk Kültürlerini Koruma - Yaşatma ve Geleceğe Aktarma Uluslararası Sempozyumu, Kocaeli, Turkey, 16 - 18 December 2005, (Unpublished)

2024

Akat A. (Editor), Mellish L. (Editor), Green N. (Editor)

Trabzon Üniversitesi & ICTMD, İstanbul, 2024

2022

Wiedmann A., Kopal R., Klotz S., Akat A. (Editor)

Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv, İstanbul, 2022

2022

Akat A.

in: Notebook of Rize 6: History, Folklore, Memoirs, Yusuf Turan Günaydın, Editor, Rize Araştırmaları Vakfı Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.52-62, 2022

2022

Akat A.

in: The History of Trabzon - Volume II (Culture and Civilization), Hikmet Öksüz,Veysel Usta,Kenan İnan, Editor, Trabzon Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası, Trabzon, pp.355-392, 2022

2021

AKAT A.

in: Anadolu ve Komşu Coğrafyalarda Makam Müziği Atlası, Tokaç Murat Salim, Güray Cenk, Editor, T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Başkanlığı, Ankara, pp.361-420, 2021

2020

Akat A.

in: Transfer und Diversitæt, Musik und transkulturelle Praxis: Deutschland - Türkei, Jin-Ah Kim,Nevzat Çiftçi, Editor, VWB - Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung , Berlin, pp.253-267, 2020

2020

Akat A.

in: Black Sea as a Space of Regional and International Cooperation, Mehmet Hacısalihoğlu, Editor, Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, İstanbul, pp.143-154, 2020

2019

Nural Ö. A., Akat A.

in: Lirik Sözün Bestecisi: Zeki Duygulu, Halim Şafak Şanlıdağ, Editor, Milas Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, Muğla, pp.160-168, 2019

2018

Tsurtsumia R. (Editor), Akat A. (Editor), Ziegler S. (Editor)

Polish Scientific Publishers PWN see Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 2018

2018

Akat A.

in: Social Structure, Culture and Everyday Life in the Eastern Black Sea, M. Yavuz Alptekin, Editor, Serander Yayınları, Trabzon, pp.103-128, 2018

2018

Akat A.

in: Turkic Soundscapes: From Shamanic Voices to Hip-Hop, Razia Sultanova,Megan Rancier, Editor, Routledge, London/New York , New-York, pp.196-213, 2018

2017

Akat A. (Editor), Eken Küçükaksoy F. M. (Editor)

KTÜ Devlet Konservatuvarı Yayınları, Trabzon, 2017

2017

Akat A.

in: Şalpazarı: tarih, kültür, insan, Veysel Usta, Editor, Serander Yayınları, Trabzon, pp.467-474, 2017

2016

Akat A.

in: Handbook of Folklore, Mustafa Aça, Editor, Kömen Yayınları, Konya, pp.595-654, 2016

2016

Akat A.

in: 81 İlde Şehir ve Kültür: Trabzon, Metin Eriş, Editor, Trabzon Valiliği Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.179-194, 2016

2015

Akat A.

in: Research Methods in Music, Songül Karahasanoğlu,Elif Damla Yavuz, Editor, İTÜ Türk Musikisi Devlet Konservatuarı Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.41-56, 2015

2012

Akat A.

Serander Yayınları, Trabzon, 2012

2025

Akat A.

Other, pp.65-72, 2025

2025

Akat A.

Other, pp.1-4, 2025

2023

Akat A.

Other, pp.58-64, 2023

2022

Akat A.

Other, pp.12-15, 2022

2020

Akat A.

Other, pp.48-49, 2020

2019

Akat A.

Other, pp.9-16, 2019

2019

Akat A., Nural Ö. A.

Other, pp.22-23, 2019

2018

Akat A.

Other, pp.48-49, 2018

2017

Akat A.

Other, pp.81-85, 2017

2015

Akat A.

Other, pp.11, 2015

2012

Akat A.

Other, pp.126-135, 2012

2008

Akat A.

Other, pp.14-16, 2008

2007

Akat A.

Other, pp.3-4, 2007

2007

Akat A.

Other, pp.12-13, 2007

2007

Akat A.

Other, pp.2, 2007

2007

Akat A.

Other, pp.2-3, 2007

2022 - 2025

Exploring the Tracks of Balkan Culture: Serbian-Turkish Connections in Music and Dance from Ottoman Period until Today (TRackeRS)

TÜBİTAK International Bilateral Joint Cooperation Program Project , TÜBİTAK – MoESTD (Serbia) Joint Cooperation Program

Akat A. (Executive), Dumnic Vilotijevic M.(Executive), Demir Güven M., Özbilgin M. Ö., Oğul F. B., Hacısalihoğlu M.

2022 - 2024

Ney ve Kemençenin Bağlaşık Titreşim Akustik Analizi

TUBITAK Project , 1001 - Program for Supporting Scientific and Technological Research Projects

Oktav A.(Executive), Akat A., Tan A.

2017 - 2018

Investigating the Activities of the Crimean Tatar Diaspora in Turkey to Maintain Traditional Music Culture

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Research Project

Akat A. (Executive)

2017 - 2017

Detection and Classification of the Crimean Tatars Sound Recordings made by the Prussian Phonographic Commission (1915-1918)

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Research Project

Akat A. (Executive)

2013 - 2014

Analyzing the Eastern Black Sea Region Local Culture Products in German Archives and Creating a Database

TUBITAK Project , 2219 - Yurt Dışı Doktora Sonrası Araştırma Burs Programı

Akat A. (Executive)

2011 - 2014

Creating to the Eastern Black Sea Music Archive

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Research Project

Akat A. (Executive), Karpuz B., Aydın M.

2012

The Multi Black Sea Kemenche

Patent

Pending / Applied, The Invention Recourse Number: 2012/11096 , Standard Registration

2017 - Present

Musicologist: An International Journal of Music Studies

First Editor

2019 - 2021

Ahenk Müzikoloji Dergisi

Committee Member

2013 - 2021

Rast Uluslararası Müzikoloji Dergisi

Advisory Committee Member

2008 - 2010

Müzik ve Bilim Dergisi

Publication Committee Member

2022 - Present

IMS - International Musicological Society

Member

2022 - Present

IASA - The International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives

Member

2017 - Present

ESEM – European Seminar in Ethnomusicology

Member

2012 - Present

ICTM – International Council for Traditional Music

Member

2009 - Present

MÜYORBİR – Professional Union of Music Interpreters

Principal Member

2009 - Present

MESAM – Musical Work Owners' Society of Turkey

Member

2018 - 2019

Scientific Consultancy

Music Academy of Trabzon Municipality

2017 - 2018

Scientific Consultancy

Turkish Radio and Television Corporation

September 2022

8th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music of the Turkic-speaking World

Scientific Congress

Akat A.

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

June 2022

XII International Hisarli Ahmet Symposium "Music and Climate"

Scientific Congress

Akat A.

Kütahya, Turkey

May 2022

2nd National Hisarli Youth Seminars

Scientific Congress

Akat A.

Kütahya, Turkey

May 2022

Workshop on Interactions in Music and Dance between Serbs-Turks

Workshop Organization

Akat A.

İstanbul, Turkey

May 2022

8th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe

Scientific Congress

Akat A.

İstanbul, Turkey

October 2021

7th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music of the Turkic Speaking World

Scientific Congress

Akat A.

Almati, Kazakhstan

June 2021

The National Committee of ICTM Turkey, Music and Dance Workshop 2021

Workshop Organization

Akat A.

İzmir, Turkey

June 2021

11th International Hisarlı Ahmet Symposium "New Tendencies in Music"

Scientific Congress

Akat A.

Kütahya, Turkey

May 2021

Marmara University Turkish Studies Symposium I: From Turkistan to the Balkans Turkish Sufism International Symposium

Scientific Congress

Akat A.

İstanbul, Turkey

May 2021

1. Hisarlı Gençlik Seminerleri

Scientific Congress

Akat A.

Kütahya, Turkey

May 2021

150th Birth Anniversary "Üstâd-ı Cihân" Tanbûrî Cemil Bey International Online Symposium

Scientific Congress

Akat A.

Turkey

April 2021

7th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe

Scientific Congress

Akat A.

Trabzon, Turkey

May 2019

The Collaboration 2: Music Faculty of Batumi Art Teaching University

Art Activities

Akat A.

Turkey

Ekim 2018

The 3rd International Music and Dance Studies Symposium

Scientific Congress

Akat A., Eken Küçükaksoy F. M.

Trabzon, Turkey

Ekim 2018

The 6th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music of the Turkic-Speaking World

Scientific Congress

Akat A.

Trabzon, Turkey

Mayıs 2018

Erasmus Seminars: Ulrich Morgenstern, Hande Sağlam, Wei-Ya Lin

Social Activities

Akat A.

Trabzon, Turkey

Mayıs 2018

The Ninth International Hisarlı Ahmet Symposium

Scientific Congress

Akat A.

Kütahya, Turkey

Nisan 2018

Georgian Traditional Polyphonic Folk Music and Instruments Workshop

Social Activities

Akat A.

Trabzon, Turkey

Kasım 2017

Music Academy Foundation Workshop

Workshop Organization

Akat A.

Trabzon, Turkey

Mart 2017

Cemile Cevher Commemoration Program, Panel&Concert

Art Activities

Akat A.

Trabzon, Turkey

Ekim 2016

The 2nd International Music and Dance Studies Symposium

Scientific Congress

Akat A., Eken Küçükaksoy F. M.

Trabzon, Turkey

Ekim 2016

Our Existing Cultural Heritage: Examples of Black Sea Music and Dances

Art Activities

Akat A.

Turkey

Şubat 2016

Das in Deutschland Lebende Kulturerbe: Musik des Schwarzen Meers

Art Activities

Akat A.

Dortmund, Germany

Mayıs 2015

Musicult'15

Scientific Congress

Akat A.

İstanbul, Turkey

Nisan 2015

Eastern Black Sea Region Traditional Music and Dance Days

Social Activities

Akat A.

Trabzon, Turkey

Nisan 2014

Workshop on Music Culture and Music Education in Trabzon and Its Vicinity

Workshop Organization

Akat A.

Trabzon, Turkey

Nisan 2008

ITU Musicology Club, The 1st International Student Symposium: Folklore and Ethnomusicology

Scientific Congress

Akat A.

İstanbul, Turkey

2022 - 2022

Bilateral Colloboration Agreement

Scientific Research

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Musicology, Serbia

2022 - 2022

Other

Other

Kyrgyz Traditional Music Foundation, Kyrgyzstan

2019 - 2019

Other

Other

Berliner Phonogramm-archiv, Germany

2018 - 2018

Other

Scientific Research

Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum, Berliner Phonogramm-archiv, Germany

2018 - 2018

Erasmus Programme

Lecturing

Universitaet für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien, Austria

2017 - 2017

Other

Scientific Research

Universitaet für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien, Austria

2015 - 2015

Bilateral Colloboration Agreement

Scientific Research

İnegöl Caucasian Folklore and Culture Association, Turkey

2014 - 2014

Bilateral Colloboration Agreement

Staff Mobility

Tiflis V-Saracisvili Devlet Konservatuari, Georgia

2014 - 2014

Other

Scientific Research

Humboldt Lab Dahlem, Germany