Historian
(b. 1914, Tefenni / Burdur – d. 18 August 1984, İstanbul). He graduated from
İzmir Teacher Training School and Ankara University, Faculty of Language,
History and Geography (1940). He went to Budapest to complete his PhD in 1938
but came back because of the World War II (1945). He became an academician in
İstanbul University, Department of History. Afterwards he became an associate
professor in 1953 and a professor in 1962. He retired in 1983.
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WORKS:
Sultan Melikşah Devrinde Büyük Selçuklu İmparatorluğu (Great Seljuk Empire at the Sultan Melikşah Era, 1953), Selçuklu Ailesinin Menşei Hakkında (About the Origin of the Seljuk Family, 1956), Harzemşahlar Devleti Tarihi (The History of the Harzemshahs State, 1956), Türkler ve Medeniyet (Turks and the Civilization, 1956), Türk Millî Kültür Tarihi (History of the Turkish National Culture, 1957).
REFERENCE: Türk Ansiklopedisi (c. 21, 104), TDE Ansiklopedisi (c. 5, s. 86-87), TMKV Kültür Armağanları (Türk Kültürü Araştırmaları, sayı: 2-3, 1985), İbrahim Kafesoğlu Armağan (Yıllar Boyu Tarih dergisi, özel sayı, 1985), İbrahim Kafesoğlu’nun Hayatı ve Eserleri (İÜEF Tarih Enstitüsü dergisi, sayı: 13, 1987), Abdülkadir Donuk / Prof. Dr. İbrahim Kafesoğlu (1989) - TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (c. 24, 2001), İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - 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), TDOE –TDE Ansiklopedisi 5 (2004).