M. Mehdi Ilhan is a Visiting Fellow at the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, the Australian National University He was Lecturer of Turkish Language and Culture in the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East and Central Asia) at ANU.from 2003 to 2012. He was convener of Turkish Studies at CAIS teaching Turkish Language, Turkish History (Ottoman and Modern). He was also coordinator for the course Islam: History and Institutions and Gallipoli: History and National Imagination. He tutored in subjects such Politics in the Middle East; and Politics in West and Central Asia at CAIS.
Dr. Ilhan is a
specialist in History and Socio-economic History of the Ottoman Empire and
History of Islam. He has taught Turkish Language at the University of
Manchester, History at Ankara University, History and Turkish Language at King
Saud University (in Arabic) and History at Al al-Bayt University of Jordan (in
Arabic). He has also taught summer courses at the Black Sea University of
Romania. Prior to taking up his appointment at the Australian National
University in 2003, Dr Ilhan was Professor and Chair of the Department of
History, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (1989-2003) where he taught
Ottoman History, Socio-economic History of the Ottoman Empire, Islamic History,
and Methodology of History.
Dr Ilhan is a
member of Turkish Historical Society (Ankara) and the International Committee
for pre-Ottoman and Ottoman Studies (CIEPO, Paris). He has not only
participated in many national and international conferences and symposiums, but
also organized quite a number of seminars and symposiums both in Turkey and
Australia. He has acted as referee for a number of journals published in Turkey
and Australia and is a member of the board of referees for the journals Tarih
İncelemeleri Dergisi, and Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi. He is the author of
numerous works and articles published in Turkish, English and Arabic on Ottoman
History including Amid (Diyarbakir): 1518 Detailed Register (Ankara: Turkish Historical
Society Press, 2000); "The Katif District (Liva) During the First Few
Years of Ottoman Rule: A Study of the 1551 Ottoman Cadastral Survey,"
Belleten, LI/200, Ankara, 1987; “The Town of Çankiri: Its Population and
Development” in Imber, C. and Kiyotaki, K. (eds), Frontiers of Ottoman Studies,
vol. 1, London: I.B. Tauris, 2005, pp. 127-138; “Çankırı in History: Insight
from Ottoman Documents’ in Roger Matthews and Claudia Glatz (eds.): At Empires’
Edge: Project Paphlagonia, Regional Survey in North Central Turkey, London:
British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 2009, pp. 227-238. His latest
publication is Gallipoli: History, Memory and National Imagination, Ankara:
Türk Tarih Kurumu (Turkish Historical Society) 2014. He has also organized
three international symposiums on Gallipoli Campaign 1915. The fourth one will
be held in Istanbul on 15-18 March 2015.
Dr. Ilhan has a
BA (Hons) in Arabic and Religious Studies from Leeds University and Ph.D. in
History from Manchester University, UK. Turkish is his native language and he
is fluent in Arabic and English.
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Beysanoğlu / Diyarbakırlı Fikir ve Sanat Adamları (c. 3, 1997, s. 450-451 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) - Geçmişten Günümüze Diyarbakırlı
İlim Adamları
Yazarlar ve Sanatçılar (2014), Short Bıography (mehdiilhan.com, 13.12.2020).
