Born: 02.01.1993 (Ankara)
Foreign Languages: English.
Source Languages: Hittite, Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Urartian.
Bachelor’s Degree: History Department of the University of
Anadolu, Eskişehir (Turkey/2014).
Bachelor’s Degree: Department of Ancient Languages and Cultures / Department of Hittitology of the University of Ankara (Turkey/2019).
Bachelor’s Degree: Department of Ancient Languages and Cultures, / Department of Sumerology of the University of Ankara (Turkey/ongoing).
M.A.: Department of Ancient History of Selçuk University, Konya (Turkey/2022).

ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT
2014–2015 Team membership on the Çorum/Ortaköy-Şapinuva Excavations conducted by Prof. Dr. Aygül SÜEL.
2015–2016 Team membership on the Çorum/Ortaköy-Şapinuva Excavations conducted by Prof. Dr. Aygül SÜEL.
2016–2017 Team membership on the Çorum/Ortaköy-Şapinuva Excavations conducted by Prof. Dr. Aygül SÜEL.
2018 Bachelor’s Degree at the Department of Ancient Languages and Cultures / Department of Hittitology of the University of Ankara with the thesis „Rituals of MUNUSŠU.GI” under the thesis supervision of Prof. Dr. Leyla MURAT.
2018–2019 Team membership on the Kayseri/Kültepe-Kaniş/Neşa Excavations conducted by Prof. Dr. Fikri KULAKOGLU.
2020             Beginning of M.A. studies at the Department of Ancient History of Selçuk University.
2021             Team membership on the Afyon/Bolvadin-Üçhöyük Excavations conducted by Prof. Dr. Özdemir KOÇAK (October – December).
2022             Member of Scientific Committee on the Afyon/BolvadinÜçhöyük Excavations conducted by Prof. Dr. Özdemir KOÇAK (August– ongoing).
2011 M.A. at the Department of Ancient History of Selçuk University with the thesis „The Understanding of the Old Woman (Sorcerer Woman) Developed by the Hurrian Influence in the Hittites and Rituals of MUNUSŠU.GI.” under the thesis supervision of Prof. Dr. Hasan BAHAR.

PROJECTS
2021(ongoing) Team membership as Researcher and Hittiologist in the Project of “3D Scan Reading of Boğazköy Cuneiform Tablets by Artificial Intelligence in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations” prepared by Bilimi Destekleme ve Geliştirme Derneği (BİDGEDER) (The Science Support and Development Association), in Cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums and the Rectorate of Ankara University, conducted by Associate Professor. Özlem SİR GAVAZ.

PUBLICATIONS
2021 Melih Salih KEÇECİ, „Hititlerde Kadın” VII. Hitit Öğrenci Kongresi, Çorum 2021 (declaration).
2022 Melih Salih KEÇECİ, „Mezopotamya’dan Anadolu’ya Yazı” Üçhöyük Seminerleri, Afyon 2022 (declaration).
2022 Özlem SİR GAVAZ – Melih Salih KEÇECİ – İsmet AYKUT, “Boğazkale Arşivinden HİŠUWA Bayramını Konu Alan İki Yeni Hititçe Fragman (Bo 7909-Bo 7957)” TÜBA-AR, Ankara 2022 (article/in press).

WORKSHOPS
2022 Melih Salih KEÇECİ, „Cuneiform and Clay Tablet Workshop” Turkish- Japanese Foundation Culture Center, Ankara.
2022 Melih Salih KEÇECİ, „Cuneiform and Clay Tablet Workshop” library of Adnan Ötüken, Ankara