Historian (b.
10 July 1923, Akin village / Seyitgazi / Eskişehir
– d. 26 November 1999, Ankara).
He graduated from Ankara
University, Faculty of
Language, History and Geography (1946). He worked as a primary school teacher
in Kars (1941- 42) and history teacher in
Akçadağ (Malatya, 1944) and Ankara (1949-50). He was appointed to Ankara University,
Faculty of Divinity as an assistant after he worked as a librarian (1949-50) in
Bursa for a
time. He completed his PhD at the same faculty (1952) and became an associate
professor (1958) and professor (1966) and worked as the chairman of Department
of Islamic Civilization and Social Sciences. Yurdaydın, who was the dean of the
faculty for a time (1966-68), worked as the manager of Turk-Islam Researches
Centre and chairman of Turkish Historical Society, New Age Research and
Application Division. He made researches in Germany,
France, Canada, United
States, England
and Pakistan
and gave lectures on his field. The articles of Yurdaydın, who wrote many
articles for İnönü Encyclopedia, were published in the reviews such as DTCF, AÜ İlahiyat Fakültesi and Vakıflar as well as associate books.
WORKS:
Bostan'ın Süleymannâmesi (The Book of
Solomon by Bostan, 1955), İslâm Düşüncesi
ve Tarihteki Yeri (Islamic Thought and Its Place in History, by De Lacy
O'leary, translation with Yaşar Kutluay, 1959, 1971), Kanuni'nin Cülusu ve İlk Seferleri (Accession of Kanuni and His
First Expeditions, 1961), Matrakçı Nasuh (Wisecracker
Nasuh, 1963), İslâm Tarihi Dersleri (Islam
History Courses, 1971, 1982), Matrakçı
Nasuh / Beyân-ı Menâzil-i Sefer-i Irakeyn-i Sultan Süleyman Han (Explanation
of the Iraq Expedition of Sultan Suleyman, Turkish- English, preface,
introduction, notes, indexes, text transcription, illustrated facsimile, 1976), Dinler Tarihi (History of Religions,
with M. Dağ, 1978), Madrid Millî
Kütüphanesi'nde Bulunan Türkçe Yazmalar (Turkish Manuscripts That Are in
Madrid National Library, Madrid, 1981).