Belma Haznedar holds a PhD in Linguistics from Durham University, UK. She is currently a full Professor of Applied Linguistics at Boğaziçi University. Prof. Haznedar is a linguist whose expertise area focuses on early childhood bilingualism, with special reference to the acquisition of morphosyntactic properties of successive and simultaneous language acquisition in children. In her recent work she also investigates (i) language teaching to young children; (ii) literacy development in monolingual and bilingual children. Her joint work on reading acquisition has led to the development and design of reading tests in Turkish; (iii) creating online materials for teachers who work with migrant populations (adult and child immigrants with low literacy skills). In line with her recent work for teachers of immigrants, Prof. Haznedar and her co-authors presented portions of their findings at the United Nations Headquaters in 2017 in New York.

Prof. Belma Haznedar has presented and published extensively on childhood bilingualism in international refereed journals and books and is

1. co-editor with E. Gavruseva of Current Trends in Child Second Language Acquisition (John Benjamins, 2008),
2. co-editor with H.H Uysal of Handbook for Teaching ForeignLanguages to Young Children in Primary Schools, (Anı Publications, 2010, reprinted in 2013, 2018),
3. co-editor with N. Ketrez of Acquisition of Turkish in Childhood (John Benjamins, 2016).

Prof. Haznedar has served on the Editorial Board of Applied Psycholinguistics (SSCI), The Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies and is a reviewer for scholarly recognized international journals.