Philologist
(b. 1889, Başkurdistan Ekaterinburg / Çigay / Russia - d. 1976, Ankara). He
completed his primary education in Çigay, his secondary and higher education at
the Resuliyye School in Troysk. When the independence efforts of the Turks in
Russia failed, Abdülkadir İnan, who also had a Madrasah Muslim School
education, came to İstanbul through Iran and Europe in 1925. He was appointed
as an assistant to the Institute of Research on Turkology.
In 1935,
by the order of Atatürk, he was given the rank of professor at the Faculty of
Language, History and Geography. In 1961, he was elected to the Department of
Religious Affairs Consultation Committee. His articles were published in the Türk
Kültürü review. He supported the famous “Sun Language Theory”. He did work
on Kutadgu Bilig (The Knowledge of Happiness) and Divan-ı
Lugati’t-Türk (Turkish Dictionary of Collected Poems).
WORKS:
PLAY: Salavat Batur
(Hero Prayers, written 1919, not published).
STUDY-RESEARCH: Birinci
İlmî Seyahata Dair Rapor (Report on the First Scientific Journey, 1930), Türkoloji
Ders Hülasaları (Turkology Class Summaries, 1936), Güneş Dil Teorisi
Üzerine Ders Notları, Türkoloji II (Lecture Notes on the theory of the Sun
Language, Turkology II, 1936), Türkoloji Ansiklopedisi Üzerine Bir Kalem
Deneyi (One Pen Experiment on the Turkology Encyclopedia, with M. Şakir
Ülkütaşır, 1938), Tarihte ve Bugün Şamanizm (Shamanism in History and
Today, 1954), Kur’an-ı Kerim’in Türkçe Tercümeleri Üzerinde Bir İnceleme
(A Research on the Turkish Translations of the Koran, 1961), Hurafeler ve
Menşeleri (Myths and their Origins, 1962), Makaleler ve İncelemeler
(Articles and Research, his biography appears at the beginning, by the
historian Hikmet Tanyu, 1968), Manas Destanı (The Manas Epic Poem,
1972), Eski Türk Dini Tarihi (History of the Old Turkish Religion, 1975).
His translations were also published.
REFERENCE: Başqort Poeziyahı Aniologiyahı (Ufa, 2000), Saadet Çağatay /"önsöz" (Abdülkadir İnan, Makaleler ve İncelemeler, 1968), Abdülkadir İnan / Fünfzig Jahre Wissenschaftlichen Wirkens (Central Asiatic Journal, vol. 5, nu. 2, s. 151-162, 1959), F. A. Tansel / Abdülkadir İnan (Kubbealtı Akademi mecmuası, Ocak 1977), M. Şakir Ülkütaşır / Abdülkadir İnan (TFA Yıllığı, 1977), Naile Binark / Profesör Abdülkadir İnan (Kazan Mecmuası, s. 4, Haziran 1971), Türkiye'de Kim Kimdir (s. 356, 1961-1962), TA (c. 20, s. 120-121), TDEA (c. 4, s. 384-386), TDVİA (c. 22, s. 261-262), Hikmet Tanyu / Abdülkadir İnan'ın Hayatı (Türk Tarih Kurumu Üyeleri, s. 667-684), " Prof. Abdülkadir İnan" (Türk Kültürü, c. 15, s. 169, 1976), TYA (s. 502), İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007) – Ünlü Bilim Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 2, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013).
