Historian. She was born in Istanbul (1947). She graduated from Ankara University,
Faculty of Languages, History and Geography, Department of Medieval History
(1968). She was appointed as an assistant at the same department in 1968. She
continued with her doctoral studies at the University
of Thessaloniki (Greece) between
1970 and 1972. She has completed her doctoral studies in 1973 at DTCF Chair of
Medieval History with the thesis titled “J.Anagnostis, Sultan II. Murad
Dönemine Ait Bir Bizans Kaynağı”. She has conducted studies and research in
London, British Museum
and King’s College in 1973 and 1974. She became an associate professor in 1980
at DTCF with her thesis titled “Türk Hükümdarlarına Ait Yunanca Nâmeler ve
Ahidnâmeler”. She has conducted
research at Washington, Harvard Byzantinology Institute (Dumbarton Oaks) with a
scholarship and gave conferences at several universities in USA between
1987 and 1988.
Delilbaşı became a
professor at DTCF in 1988 and continued to work as a lecturer. She was the
Chair of History Department and Subdivision of Contemporary Greek Language and
Literature. She was also teaching “Byzantine-Ottoman History” lectures at Middle East Technical University.
She is the member of Turkish History Institution and South Eastern Europe Research
Center (Turkish National
Committee President).
Her articles and
translations were published in journals such as Belleten, Turkish Review
Quarterly Digest, Atatürk Kültür Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu Bülteni,
Association Internationale d’Ètudes du Sud-Est Européen Bulletin, Türk Tarih
Kurumu Belgeler Dergisi, Turchia, Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi, OTAM, Cogito from 1983 onwards. She
participated in several national and international scientific organizations in
her field and submitted papers.
WORKS:
Johannis
Anagnostis, “Selânik’in Son Zaptı Hakkında Bir Tarih” (A Byzantine Source belonging to period of II. Murad,
1989), Tesalya Tahrir Defteri: 1454-1455 (with M. Arıkan), Son Dönem
Bizans Tarihi.
REFERENCE: İhsan Işık (TEKAA, 2009).