| Piotr NYKIEL was born in 1971 in Krakow, Poland. He graduated from the Department of Turkish Studies at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow in 1996 (the subject of his MA thesis was "The Naval Operations in the Dardanelles 1914-1915"). In January 2007 he has got his PhD in history (the subject of his PhD thesis was "The war in the Aegean - August, 1914 - March, 1915"). He translated several military books (from English to Polish) and is an author or co-author of following articles and books about the Ottoman Empire in WW1 and about Polish-Turkish relations (in Polish, English and Turkish): - Porazka Floty Sprzymierzonej w Dardanelach (18 marca 1915). [The Defeat of the Allied Navy in the Dardanelles (18th March, 1915)]. Morza, Statki i Okrety 4(VII-IX)/ 1998. - "Polksiezyc w Galicji" [Crescent at the Galicia Front], Komandos, 11(75)98, 12(76)98 (together with B. Nykiel - the same article was also published in Turkish at the web site of the Embassy of Poland in Ankara: www.polonya.org.tr). - "Ostatnia misja E15" [The Last Mission of the E15], Okrety Wojenne, 1/2000(36). - Was it Possible to Renew the Naval Attack on the Dardanelles Successfully the Day after the 18th March? The Gallipoli Campaign. International Perspectives 85 Years on. Conference Papers 24-25 April 2000. Çanakkale: Atatürk and Gallipoli Campaign Research Center, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 2001. - "Lehistandan bugünkü Polonyaya". Polonya Cumhuriyteti Ankara Büyükelçiliginin Resmi Tanitim Kitabi [From Lehistan to the modern Poland. The Official Promotion Book of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Ankara] (editor), Ankara, 2001 and 2003 (second, updated edition). - "Minesweeping Operation in the Dardanelles (February 25 - March 17, 1915)", Çanakkale Arastirmalari Türk Yilligi - The Turkish Yearbook of Gallipoli Studies, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Atatürk ve Çanakkale Savaslari Arastirma Merkezi, Sayi / Issue: 2, Mart / March 2004, p. 81-115 (including summary in Turkish). - "The Poles in the Gallipoli Campaign", The Gallipolian, No. 105, Autumn 2004, pp. 48-50. In 1997/98 received a research scholarship of the Turkish Government. In 2000-2004 he worked as the Second Secretary (for Culture, Promotion and Political Affaires) of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Ankara, Turkey. His present occupation is the instructor at the Department of Turkish Studies at Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland. |
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