Şerafettin Turan

Linguist and historian (b. 13 June 1925, Van - d. 15 October 2015, Ankara).). He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography (1951). He worked as an assistant there the following year and received the title of doctor with his thesis on “Kemalpaşazade”. After this, he published his first and second books (covering the periods of Osman and Orhan, the founders of the Ottoman Empire) using the same scientific methods of a historian. He handled the topic of sibling rivalry, specifically in “The Case of Prince Beyazıt, the Son of Süleyman the Magnificent” for his thesis for his associate professorship. “The Architects of Virtue in the Organization of the Ottoman Empire” was his professorship thesis with which he became a professor at Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography. He continued in the position of President of the Modern History Main Science Department. He also worked as the dean of his faculty (1969-72), as a member of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation’s Board of Governors (1972-78), President of the Turkish Language Association (1977-83) and as undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture (1978-79). He was given the honor of “Italian Cavaliere”.

WORKS:

1829 Edirne Anlaşması (The 1829 Edirne Treaty), Osmanlı Teşkilatında Hassa Mimarları (The Architectures of Virtue in the Organization of Ottoman Empire), Rodos ve 12 Adanın Türk Hakimiyetinden Çıkışı (The Ottoman Empire’s Loss of Rhodes and 12 Islands), Fatih Mehmed (Fatih Mehmet), Uzun Hasan Mücadelesi ve Venedik (The Struggle with Uzun Hasan and Venice), Venedik’te Türk Ticaret Merkezi (The Turkish Commercial Center in Venice), Atatürk ve Ulusal Dil (Atatürk and the National Language), Kanuninin Oğlu Şehzade Beyazid Vak'ası (The Case of Prince Beyazıt, the Son of Süleyman the Magnificient), Rodos'un Zaptından Malta Muhasarasına (From the Seizure of Rhodes to the Besiegement of Malta), Atatürk'ün Düşünce Yapısı (The Structure of Atatürk’s Way of Thinking), Türk Kültür Tarihi - Türk Kültüründen Türkiye Kültürüne ve Evrenselliğe (The History of Turkish Culture – From Turkish Culture to Turkey’s Culture and Universality, 2000), İsmet İnönü, Yaşamı, Dönemi ve Kişiliği (İsmet İnönü, his Life, his Period and Personality, 2000) Türkiye-İtalya İlişkileri I - Selçuklular'dan Bizans'ın Sona Erişine (Turkish – Italian Relations I – from the Seljuks to the Decline of the Byzantine Empire, 2001), Türk Devrim Tarihi (Turkish Revolution History, five volumes, eight books, 1991-2002), İsmet İnönü - Yaşamı, Dönemi, Kişiliği (İsmet İnönü – His Life, Times, Personality, 2003).