Education
1981 - 1986: YSU, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Turkish studies)
1986 - 1989: YSU, Faculty of Oriental Studies (PhD student in Philology)
1988 - 1989: Damascus Institute of Arabic Language for foreigners,

Academic degree
1994: PhD - “Grigor Narekatsi and Sufism”, RA NAS, Institute of Oriental Studies (PhD degree in Philology)
2004: Associate professor, YSU
2012: Professor, YSU

Professional experience
1990: Deputy head of General Department for the Protection of Monuments of History and Culture by the Government of the RA, scientific secretary of the methodological board
1990 - 1994: YSU, chair of Arabic and Turkish philology (after reorganization chair of Turkish studies), senior lecturer
1994 - 1995: served in the army of RA
1996 - till now: YSU, head of the chair of Turkish (after renaming –Turkic) studies

Academic courses
Introduction to Turkic studies
History of Turkish
History of Turkish literature (13-18 centuries)
Armenian-Turkic historical, cultural and linguistic relations

Scale of professional interests
Armenian-Turkic historical, cultural and linguistic relations

Awards
1999: YSU gold medal
2014: Medal "Magtymguly Pyragy" of Turkmenistan

Languages
Armenian, Russian, Turkish, English, Arabic

Professional membership
Member of the scientific council , faculty of Oriental Studies
Member of scientific council, Institute for national strategic studies after D. Kanayan, MOD, RA
Active Member of Academy of Peoples of the World “
Active Member of International Informatization Academy, Montreal Headquarters Canada, In General Copnsulative Status with Economic and Social Council of the United Nations