Historian (b. 1924, Kavala / Greece - d. 7 January 1984, Ankara). He attended primary and elementary
school in İstanbul and graduated from the İstanbul Teacher Training School
(1944). He worked as a library administrator and teacher in Manisa and Adana (1945-54). He
conducted research in Baghdad
and improved his Arabic (1954-56). When he returned home, he worked as an
advisor at the general directorate of libraries, assistant manager (1962) and
general director (1964). In 1967, he was appointed as the cultural attaché to Baghdad. When he came
back, he worked as the General Director of Religious Education and the
representative of the cultural undersecretary. He retired in 1978, when he was
a ministerial advisor.
He participated in the preparation
of the Catalogue of Literary Works in Turkey. He was a member of the
Board of Publication of 1000 Fundamental Works, founded by the Ministry of
National Education. His articles were published in the review Millî Kültür and Belleten. He wrote articles for the Encyclopedia of Turkish and the
Encyclopedia of Islam. He was famous for his studies on Turkish culture and
history.
WORKS:
RESEARCH-STUDY: Kıbrıs Sultanı (The Sultan of Cyprus), II. Mahmut Kütüphanesi (Mahmud II
Library), Manisa Genel Kütüphanesi
Tarih-Coğrafya Yazmaları Kataloğu (Catalogue of the Works on History and
Geography at the General Library of Manisa),
T. C. İnkılap Tarihi (Reform History of the Republic of Turkey, text book), Sosyal Bilgiler (Social Sciences, text
book), İslâm Uluları (The Sublime of
Islam), Genel Tarih I (General
History I), Eski Çağlarda Türkler ve Türk
Tarihinin İlk Dönemleri (Turks in Ancient Times and the First Period of
Turkish History), Ermeni Komitelerinin
İhtilal Hareketleri ve Besledikleri Emeller (Revolutionary Movements of
Armenian Committees and Their Goals),
Türklerde Devlet Anlayışı (The Turks’ Understanding of State - Ottoman
period), Tarih Boyunca Kürt Türkleri ve
Türkmenler (Kurdish Turks and Turkmen in History).
SIMPLIFICATION: Tacü't-Tevârih (Crown of the Histories,
Histories 5 volumes), Seyahatnâme (The
Travel Book, 4 volumes), İbn-i Batuta
Seyahatnâmesinden Seçmeler (A Selection from the Travel Book of İbn-i
Batuta), Osmanlı Tarihi (Ottoman
History, a selection from Ahmed Rasim),
Kutübname (The Book of Books, from Firdevsî-i Rumî, in collaboration with
İbrahim Olgun), Mehmet Asaf'ın 1909 Adana
Ermeni Olayları ve Anıları (Armenian Events and Memories in Adana in 1909
from Mehmet Asaf), Sefînetü'l-Vüzera
(The Ships of the Viziers), Nusretnâme
(The Victory Book), Türkiye Yazmaları
Toplu Kataloğu (Comprehensive Catalogue of the Literary Works in Turkey, 9
volumes), Sicilli Osmanî (Registered
Ottoman, in collaboration with İbrahim Olgun, it was not published).
