Historian of
Islam (b. 1947, İzmir). He attended primary school in İzmir. He graduated from
İzmir İmam Hatip School (1966) and Izmir Higher Institute
of Islam (1970). He worked as a teacher at Manisa İmam Hatip
High School (1970-74) and İzmir Atatürk High School (1974-75). He completed his
PhD with İslâm Kurumları Tarihi (History of the Religious Institutions of
Islam) at Atatürk
University, Faculty of
Islamic Sciences in 1978. He worked as a university lecturer on Turkish Civilization
at Erzurum Higher Institute of Islam (1975-79) and as a university lecturer and
as an assistant director at İzmir Higher Institute of Islam (1979-82). This
institute became the Faculty of Theology attached to Dokuz Eyül University
under Law No. 2547 of the Higher Education System Law on 20 July 1982 and he was appointed as an
academician to the Main Science Branch of the History of Islam and as assistant
dean and Chairman of the Department of the Civilization of Islam and Social
Sciences at the same faculty. In 1983, he became
assistant professor and in 1989 he became an associate professor in the History
of Islam Main Science Branch, Civilization and Culture of Islam. He became
professor in 1995. In
Iraq in 1973 and in Tunisia
between 1984 and 1986, on scholarships that the Iraqi and Tunisian governments
gave to the Turkish government, he studied and enhanced his knowledge, social
education and specialization. Between 1999 and 2002 he served as assistant dean for a second
time. He continued as Chairman of the History of Islam Main Science Branch in
the same faculty.
His PhD thesis was Gelibolulu
Mustafa Ali ve Mevâidü'n-Nefais fi Kavaidü'l-Mecalis. (Mustafa Ali of Gelibolu and the Delicious
Tables in the Rules of Councils) His first article titled Dilenci Çocuklar (Beggar Kids) was published in the newspaper Babıalide Sabah in 1967. In the following
years he published his works, in addition to the same newspaper, in the reviews
Mücadele (1967-69), Gurbet (1967-69), Diyanet (1973-), İslâm
Medeniyeti, Fikir ve Sanatta Hareket, Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları, Ekin, İslâmî
Araştırmalar, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi (1987) and in the newspapers Yeni Asır and the encyclopedias Diyanet (Religion). Türk Dili ve
Edebiyatı Ansiklopedisi (Turkish Language and Literature Encyclopedia,
published by Dergâh), İslâmî Bilgiler
Ansiklopedisi (Islamic Knowledge Encyclopedia, published by Dergâh) and TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (The Turkish
Foundation for Religious Affairs’s Islamic Encyclopedia).
In 1971, he won the second prize in the competition held by the
newspaper Milliyet related to the
subject "Turkish
Anatolia" with his research Fetihlerle Anadolu'nun Türkleşmesi ve
İslâmlaşması (Becoming
Turkish and Becoming Islam in Anatolia
through Conquest). He received an honorable mention in the competition held by
the Ministry of Culture related to “Research About The Culture of Akhism” with his work
İbn Batuta'ya Göre Anadolu'nun Sosyal
Kültürel ve İktisadi Hayatı ile Ahilik (The Social, Cultural and Economic Life of Anatolia and Akhism according to İbn Batuta) in 1991. He has participated in congresses, symposiums
and discussion panels abroad and in Turkey. He has also made studies on
Ottoman Paleography.
MAIN WORKS:
Selçuk İsâ Bey Camiî (The Mosque of Selçuk İsa Bey, 1970),
Fetihlerle Anadolu'nun Türkleşmesi ve İslâmlaşması (Becoming Turkish and
Becoming Islam in Anatolia through Conquest, 1973), İslâm-Türk Medeniyeti Tarihi (History of Islamic-Turkish
Civilization, commission, 1976), İslâm-Türk
Medeniyeti Tarihi (History of Islamic-Turkish Civilization, with Z. Kazıcı,
1981), İslâm'da Sosyal Dayanışma
Müesseseleri (The Institutions of Social Solidarity in Islam, 1984), Başşehir Tunus'taki Türkçe Kitabeler (Turkish
Inscriptions in the Capital City Tunis, 1994), Türk Medeniyeti Tarihi (The History of Turkish Civilization, with
Assistant Professor Süleyman Genç, 1999),
Anadolu'da Birarada Yaşama Tecrübesi (The Experience of Living Together in
Anatolia, 2000), Türkiye Selçukluları ve
Osmanlılarda Birarada Yaşama Tecrübesi -Müslim ve Gayr-i Müslim İlişkileri (The
Experience of the Seljukians of Turkey and the Ottomans Living Together –
Relationships of Moslems and Non-Moslems, 2001), Türkistan’dan
Anadolu’ya İnsan ve Toplum Hayatı (People and Society from
Turkistan to Anatolia, 2005).
In addition, he
has prepared collections and simplifications.
