Linguist
and historian (b. 1895, Sivas - d. 10 January 1971, İstanbul). He attended the
Kuleli Military High School and left his studies when he was at the last grade
of War School to participate in the War of the Dardanelles. He left the army
after the declaration of the Republic. He studied language and history in
Germany. He received Atatürk’s admiration with the thesis he submitted to the
Second Language Congress under the name of Dil
Düzelmesi Üzerine Düşünceler (Thoughts on the Improvement of Language) and
he was elected to the Turkish Language Association as a specialist member. He
retired in 1959 when he was an associate professor at Ankara University,
Faculty of Language, Department of History and Geography.
WORKS:
Askerlik, İdare, Siyaset İçin Istılah Olabilecek Türkçe
Sözler (Turkish Words to be used for Military, Administrative and Political
Technical Terms, 1953), Eti Tarih ve
Medeniyeti (The History and Civilization of the Hittites, 1934), Osmanlı Devleti’nin Kuruluşu (The Foundation
of the Ottoman Empire, 1934), Etrüsk
Kültürü ve Roma Diline Tesiri (The Etruscan Culture and its Effects on the
Roman Language, 1936), Türk Fonetiği (Turkish Phonetics, by Prof. Bergstrasses
1936), Tarih İlmine Giriş
(Introduction to the Science of History, by E. Bernheim, 1936), Sümer Dilinin Babil Diline Tesiri (The
Sumerian Effect on Babylonian, 1937), Dil
Düzelmesi Üzerine Düşünceler (Thoughts on the Improvement of Language,
1944), Eski Alman Destanlarında
Atilla'nın Akisleri (The Reflections of Attila on the Old German Epics,
1944), Humanizm'den Önce Almanya'da Dil
ve Edebiyatın Genel Durumu (The General Situation of Language and
Literature in Germany Before Humanism, 1947), Humanizm'in Çıkışı ve Yayılışı (The Formation and Spread of
Humanism, 1947), Pakistan Gezisi
(Journey to Pakistan, 1947).