Background
Korkmaz was born in Nevşehir on 5 July 1922.
Korkmaz was born in Nevşehir on 5 July 1922.
In 1940, she graduated from Izmir Girls" High School. She graduated from Ankara University with a bachelor of arts degree in Turkish language and literature in 1944. She completed her Doctor of Philosophy. Her Doctor of Philosophy thesis was concerned with dialects of Anatolia.
Her parents are Yusuf Hüsnü Dengi and Şefika Dengi. She received elementary and secondary education in İzmir. studies at the same department in 1950. Following graduation, she became an assistant at the Faculty of Language, History and Geography (DTCF) of Ankara University in 1945.
Then she began to work as an assistant at the department of Turkish language and literature of the same university in 1948.
She went to Hamburg University for post-doctoral studies. She worked as a visiting scholar there from 1954 to 1955 and studied Old Turkish Language with A. von Gabain, O. Pritsak and O. Von Essen.
She became associate professor in 1957 and professor in 1964. She retired in 1990.
Korkmaz is a member of the Turkish Culture Research Institute. Permanent International Altaistic Conference (PIAC). Ottoman-Pre-Ottoman Research Committee.
Societas Uralo-Altaica.
İLESAM (Professional Union of Turkish Science and Literature Academicians, Ankara).