Erdoğan Merçil

Historian (b. 25 February 1938, İstanbul). He graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Literature, Chair of History of the Middle Ages in 1961. In 1963, he became an assistant at the same department. He became a doctor in 1969, an assistant professor in 1973 and a professor in 1980. During these years, he conducted research in Iran, England and Germany. He served in some administration posts at the faculty and served as the Head of the Department of History and vice dean. He still works at İstanbul University, Faculty of Literature as a lecturer of Middle Age History. He is a member of Turkish Historical Society and the Institute of Turkish Cultural Studies. He speaks English and Farsi.

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STUDY-RESEARCH: Fars Atabegleri Salgurlular (The Persian Commanders: the Salgurlu, 1975), Ahmed b. Mahmud, Selçuk Nâme, I-II (Ahmed b. Mahmud, The Document of the Seljuks I-II, 1977), Kirman Selçukluları (The Kirman Seljuks, 1980), Müslüman Türk Devletleri Tarihi (The History of Muslim Turkic States, 1985), Gazneli Mahmûd (Mahmud of Ghazna, 1987), Kirman Selçukluları (The Kirman Seljuks, 989), Gazneliler Devleti Tarihi (The History of the State of the Ghanznavid, 1989).

He has also translated from English.