Historian (b. 12 September 1947, Yozgat). He attended Yozgat Gazi Paşa Primary School
(1956) and graduated from Yozgat İmam-Hatip School
(1963), İstanbul Higher Islam Institute (1967) and İstanbul University,
Faculty of Literature, Department of History (1971). He did his master at Hacettepe University in 1974. His master thesis
was "Osmanlı İmparatorluğunda
Zâviyeler" (Lodges in the Ottoman Empire,
XIV-XVII Centuries.) He did his doctorate in Strasbourg University
in 1978 with thesis "XIII. Yüzyılda
Anadolu'da Dinî-Sosyal Bir Hareket: Baba Resul İsyanı" (A
Socio-religious movement in the 13th Century: The revolt of Baba
Resul). He became assistant professor with his study, “Bektaşi Menakıbnâmelerinde İslâm Öncesi
İnanç Motifleri" (Pre-Islamic Faith Motives in the Books of Epics of
Bektashi Order) at Hacettepe University
in 1983. He became a professor in 1988. For a while he worked as a teacher at Ankara İmam Hatip
High School (1971-72). He
continued his work as a lecturer in Hacettepe
University, Faculty of
Literature, Department of History. He is a member of the Atatürk Culture,
Language and History Supreme Commission, the Turkish Historical Society and the
Professional Association of
Scientific and Literary Work Owners of Turkey.
His article “Millî
Mücadele'de Çapanoğlu İsyanı“ (The Çapanoğlı Revolt in the National
Struggle) appeared in the review Türk
Kültürü Araştırmaları (Col. VII-X, 1973). His other articles on Turcology
and history have been published in many academic reviews both in Turkey
and abroad. He won the 1996 Writers Union of Turkey Research Award and the 1997
Hacettepe University Science Award with Türk
Sufiliğine Bakışlar (Glance at Turkish Sufism). He also won the 1998
Writers Union of Turkey Research Award with his study
Osmanlı Toplumunda Zındıklar ve Mülhidler
(Atheists and Heretics in Ottoman Society).
WORKS:
Babaîler İsyanı (The Revolt of Babai*, 1980), Veysel Karani ve Üveysilik* (Veysel Karani and Üveysi*, 1982), Bektaşî Menakıbnamelerinde İslâm Öncesi
İnanç Motifleri (Pre-Islamic Faith Motives in the
Books of Epics of the Bektashi Order 1983; 2nd edition with the name
Alevi ve Bektaşi İnançlarının İslâm Öncesi Temelleri (The Pre-Islamic
Foundations of Alewi-Bektashi Beliefs), 2000), Elvan Çelebi / Menakıbu'l-Kudsiyye fi Menasibi'l-Ünsiyye (Elvan
Çelebi, the Holly Epics and Degree of Friendship, with İsmail E. Erünsal,
1984), Türk Halk İnançlarında ve
Edebiyatında Evliya Menkıbeleri (Saint Epics in Turkish Folk Beliefs and
Literature,1984; 2nd edition “Books of Epics as The Sources of the
History of Culture”: with the name Kültür Tarihi Kaynağı Olarak
Menakıbnameler: Bir Metodoloji Denemesi (A New Explanation of Methodology),
1990), İslâmTürk İnançlarında Hızır Yahut
Hızır İlyas Kültü (The Cult of Hızır* or Hızır İlyas in Turk-Islam Beliefs,
1985), La Révolte
de Baba Resul ou la
Formation de l'Hétérodoxie Musulmane en Anatolie ou XIIIe
Siécle (The Revolt of Baba Resul in the Formation of the Muslim Heterodoxy
in Anatolia in the 13th Century, 1989), Türk Folklorunda Kesik Baş Kültü: Tarih ve Folklor İlişkisinden Bir
Kesit (The Cult of Truncated Heads in Turkish Folklore: A Sample of the
relation between History and Folklore,1989), Türk Sûfiliğine Bakışlar (Glance at Turkish Sufism,1996), Osmanlı Toplumunda Zındıklar ve Mülhidler
Yahut Dairenin Dışına Çıkanlar (Atheists and
Heretics in Ottoman Society or Those that Left
the Circle, 1998), Osmanlı
İmparatorluğu'nda Marjinal Sûfilik: Kalen–deriler (Marginal Sufism in
Ottoman Society: the Kalenderi Sect, 1999), Türkler,
Türkiye ve İslâm (The Turks, Turkey and Islam, 1999).
REFERENCE: Vitrindekiler (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 16.7.1998), Vitrindekiler (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 9.9.1999), Tufan Gündüz / Osmanlı Toplumunda Zındıklar ve Mülhidler (Virgül, sayı: 23, Ekim 1999), İhsan Işık / 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), 'Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kültür ve Sanat Büyük Ödülleri'nin sahipleri açıklandı (aa.com.tr, 25.11.2019).
