Mehmet Şakir Ülkütaşır

Folklore researcher (B. March 14, 1894, Istanbul- D. May 30, 1981 Istanbul). He graduated from Numune-i Terakki Primary School and a medical vocational high school. He studied literature, philosophy and history education in Istanbul University (1914-18). During the armistice times he went to Anatolia and worked as a teacher in Maras. After the Republic, he attended to the Turkish Language Association’s studies as vice compilation branch (1933) and as specialist.  In 1963, he got retired with his own will.

 He worked in Turkish Centre, Public Centers, Turkish Folklore and Ethnography Association other than TLA. He was known with his works on folklore and public literature. He wrote for newspapers and yearbooks, also he wrote articles for İslâm (Türk) Ansiklopedisi, TDE Ansiklopedisi. After 1920, his writings were published in Azerbaycan, Millî Mecmua, Varlık, Sebilürreşat, Yeni Muhit, Yücel, Tarihten Sesler, Güzelyurt magazines.

WORKS:

Sinop Vilayeti: Tarih Coğrafya ve Halkiyat Tetkikleri (1926), Sinop’ta Candaroğulları Zamanına Ait Tarihî Eserler (1934), Türkiye Etnografya ve Folklor Sözlüğü Üzerine Bir Kalem Tecrübesi (1937), Türkoloji Ansiklopedisi Üzerine Bir Kalem Deneyi (A. Abdal Kumral, with A. İnan, 1938), Türk Halkbilgisine Ait Araştırmalar (1938), Cevdet Paşa: Hayatı Şahsiyeti ve Eserleri (1945), Uluğ Bey (1946), Babür Şah (1946), Büyük Türk Dilcisi Kaşgarlı Mahmut (1946, reviewed 2nd edition, 1972), Meşhur Türk İmparatoriçeleri (1947), Sivastopol Harbi (1949), Adlar Adverme ile İlişkili Âdet ve İnanmalar (1952), Türk ve İslâm Geleneğinde Ağaç (1963), Nasrettin Hoca (with Cahit Öztelli, 1964), Cumhuriyetle Birlikte Türkiye’de Folklor ve Etnografya Çalışmaları (1973), Atatürk ve Harf Devrimi (1973).

REFERENCE: TDE Ansiklopedisi (v. 8, 1976-98), Seyit Kemal Karaalioğlu / Resimli Türk Edebiyatçılar Sözlüğü (1982), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001).