Researcher
of history of Islam (b. 1945, Bağyurdu Village / Bozkır / Konya). He attended
the Konya İmam Hatip High School (1964) and graduated from İstanbul High Islamic Institute (1968). He worked as a teacher at various high schools in
Biga (1968- 71) and İstanbul (1971- 75); as a lecturer at Bursa Advanced
Institute of Islam (1976) and continued to work there when this institute was
changed to Uludağ University, Faculty of Theology (1982). His doctorate thesis
was on İslâm Tarihinde İlk Siyasi ve Dinî
Fırkaların Zuhuru (The Rise of the First Political and Religious Parties in
the History of Islam). He became an associate professor in 1990 and a professor
in 1996.
He was the dean of Gazi University, Çorum Faculty of
Theology between 1996 and 1999 and the chairman of Uludağ University, Faculty
of Theology, Department of Islamic History and Arts. His articles have been
published in the reviews such as Nesil
(1975-82), Millî Kültür, Din Öğretimi,
İlim Sanat, Diyanet and U.Ü. İlahiyat
Fakültesi and in the newspaper Tercüman.
He has written articles for Şamil İslâm
Ansiklopedisi (Şamil Islamic Encyclopedia) and TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi
(The Turkish Foundation for Religious Affairs Encyclopedia of Islam).
WORKS:
Ashab-ı Kiram (Companions of the Prophet, 1972), İstanbul'un Fethi ve Fatih (The Conquest of İstanbul and Fatih,
1981), Bursa'da Medfun Osmanlı Sultanları
ve Emir Sultan (Ottoman Sultans Buried in Bursa and Emir Sultan, 1982), Hala Sultan-Ümmü Haram Bint-i Milhan (Hala
Sultan – Ümmü Haram Bint-i Milhan,
1985; with the name Hala Sultan ve Eyüp
Sultan-Hala Sultan and Eyüb Sultan), 1991), İslâm Tarihi I-IV (History of Islam, fourth volume with Osman
Çelik, 1986-87), Manisa Folkloru (Folklore
of Manisa, 1989), Peygamberimizin Şemâili
Ahlâk ve Adâbı (The Character and Good Manners of the Prophet, 1989), Âlemlere Rahmet Hz. Muhammed (Esteemed
Muhammed, God’s Mercy to the Universe, 1994), Mübarek Gün ve
Geceler (Holy Days and Nights, 2004).
His
simplifications have also been published.