He was born in Eskişehir in 1948. After attending Eskişehir Maarif College, he graduated from the English Department at Gazi Education Institute as an English teacher. He taught English at Siirt Batman High School and served as an English instructor at the Eskişehir Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences. During this time, he passed an exam administered by the Ministry of National Education and was sent to England. He earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics and Phonetics from the University of Essex. He also earned a Ph.D. in Linguistics (Experimental Phonetics) from the same university. Following his Ph.D., he won a British Government Technical Cooperation Scholarship, obtained a license in Speech-Language Pathology in London, and returned to Turkey. Upon his return, he began working at the Faculty of Education at Anadolu University. He played a role in establishing the Department of Special Education at this faculty.

He was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1984, Associate Professor in 1988, and Professor in 1993. He taught undergraduate and graduate-level courses at Anadolu, Abant İzzet Baysal, Ankara, and Osmangazi Universities. In 1998, he was appointed by the Prime Minister of the time as a member of the High Council for Persons with Disabilities, affiliated with the Prime Minister’s Office, to represent universities; he stepped down from this position upon his retirement. He served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the General Directorate of Social Services and Child Protection. From 1982 to 2000, he was a member of the British Association of Speech and Language Therapists. In April 1999, he retired from his university position at his own request and began working as a freelance speech-language pathologist. In 2000, he returned to Anadolu University as a faculty member in the Department of Special Education within the Faculty of Education. While also working at the Education, Application, and Research Center for Language and Speech Disorders, he was appointed director of the Integrated College for People with Disabilities in 2003. From 2005 to 2014, he served as a faculty member in the Department of Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Education, Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC.

In June 2014, he began working as a full-time faculty member in the Department of Speech and Language Therapy at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Üsküdar University, and was appointed chair of the department.

Prof. Konrot, a founding member of the Association of Speech and Language Disorders Specialists and a member of the Association of Special Educators, is married and the father of one child.

High School: Eskişehir Maarif College, 1967 

Bachelor’s Degree: Gazi Education Institute, Department of English, 1971 

Graduate Degree: University of Essex (UK), Department of Linguistics, Graduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics, Phonetics, and English Language Teaching, 1978 

Graduate Diploma: School for the Disorders of Human Communication (UK), Speech-Language Therapy, Graduate Diploma, 1983

Professional Certification: License in Speech and Language Therapy, The College of Speech Therapists, England, 1984.

Ph.D.: University of Essex (UK), Department of Linguistics, Ph.D. in Linguistics, 1982

Professional Development Courses Attended

1. Workshop on the Use of the Turkish Articulation and Phonology Test, (DKBUD Certificate) 2005.
2. Workshop on the Use of the Ankara Articulation Test (DKBUD Certificate), 2005
3. Assessment of Language in Pervasive Developmental Disorders, (DKBUD Certificate), 2005 
4. Functional Assessment in Aphasia and Related Disorders, (DKBUD Certificate), 2005
5. Voice Therapy Workshop (Certificate), 2004 
6. Voice Rehabilitation Workshop (Acıbadem Hospital, Certificate of Participation), 2003.
7. Course on Voice Therapy and the Use of Videostroboscopy in Voice Disorders, (Anadolu University, DİLKOM), 2003.
8. Lidcombe Early Stuttering Program (Certificate), 2000
9. Voice Restoration Course Following Total Laryngectomy (Şişli Etfal Hospital, ENT Department, and Indianapolis Head & Neck Surgery Associates, Inc., Certificate of Participation), 1993

1) Üsküdar University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Full-time faculty

(June 1, 2014 – Present)

2) Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Education, Part-time faculty member (February 2013–June 2014)

3) Maltepe University, Faculty of Education, Part-time Faculty Member (October 2013–June 2014)

4) Konrot İletişim Bilişim Özel Eğitim ve Öğretim Hizmetleri Ltd. Şti., Founding Partner, Chairman of the Board of Directors

(2013–Present)

5) English Teacher, Siirt Batman High School (1971–1972)

6) English Instructor, Eskişehir Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences (1972–1976)

7) Faculty Member, Faculty of Education, Anadolu University (1983–2005)

8) Anadolu University Center for Education and Application of Language and Speech Disorders, Language and Speech

Therapist (2000–2005)

9) Faculty of Education, Eastern Mediterranean University, Full-time Visiting Faculty Member, (2005–2013)

10) Deputy Chair, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Anadolu University, July 3, 1985 –

12/18/1985

11) Deputy Chair, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Anadolu University, September 18, 1986 –

October 31, 1989

12) Chair, Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Anadolu University, October 31, 1989 – January 13, 1994

13) Associate Dean, Faculty of Education, Anadolu University, August 9, 1991 – December 7, 1992

14) Representative of the Faculty of Education to the Senate of Anadolu University, September 16, 1991 – September 16, 1996

15) Founding Director, School of Integrated Education for People with Disabilities, Anadolu University, December 7, 1992 – July 17, 1993

16) Associate Dean, Faculty of Education, Anadolu University, June 17, 1993 – March 21, 1996

17) Dean of the Faculty of Education, Anadolu University, March 21, 1996 – March 21, 1999

18) Director of the Integrated College for Students with Disabilities, Anadolu University, October 27, 2002 – February 15, 2005 (Resigned at his own request

Faculty Member at DAÜ, resigned voluntarily).

19) Acting Dean of the Faculty of Science and Letters, Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC, June 1, 2006 – February 15, 2007

20) Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC, Vice Rector, January 14, 2008 – June 30, 2008 (He resigned from his position

resignation due to a change in the Rector’s office.)

21) Member of the Faculty Council, Faculty of Education, Eastern Mediterranean University (2007–2013)

22) Chair of the Curriculum Committee, Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Senate (2009–2013)