Historian (b. 1889, İstanbul – d.
1964). He graduated from Istanbul Teacher
Training School and worked as a
teacher at primary schools in İstanbul and Bursa and worked at the central office of the
Ministry of Public Education (1923-25). Afterwards he gave lectures at Ankara Music
Teachers Training
School (1925-26). He was the Public Education
Manager, translator at the Public Training and Education Department, the
Publication Department Manager and a department manager at the General Directorate
of Elementary Education (1935-41). During this post (1940), he graduated from Ankara University,
Faculty of Language, History and Geography and the next year he was appointed
as a member of the Department of Instruction and Education. He worked as a manager
at the General Directorate of Higher Education between 1946 and 1948. He was
appointed to the Gazi Institute of Education as a teacher of Revolution History
in 1948. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Geography
Organizations, the Turkish Language Association and the National Commission at
UNESCO.
WORKS:
Muallim Almanağı (Teacher’s Almanac, 1928), Abdi
Tarihi (History of Abdi, 1943), İslâm
Dünyası (The Islamic World, with Suut Kemal Yetkin), Türkiye Eğitim Sistemleri Gelişmeleri Tarihi (History of the
Development of Educational Systems in Turkey, 1964), Kitab-ı Cihannüma (Book of the Whole World, in 2 volumes with
Mehmet A. Köymen), Hicri Tarihi Miladi
Tarihe Çevirme Kılavuzu (A Guide to Converting the Muslim Calendar to the
Gregorian, 1940), Osmanlı Sefirleri ve
Sefaretnameleri (Books of Ottoman Ambassadors and Embassies, 1968).
He also wrote textbooks for various levels.
