Researcher and writer (b. 15 July 1944, Mukden / Manchuria / Shenyang - d. 21April 2021, Istanbul)).
He graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of
General Turkish History (1971). He completed his postgraduate education at
Munich Maximilian University, Institute of Turkology and the Near East between
1972 and 1974. He received his PhD at İstanbul University, Faculty of
Literature, Department of General Turkish History with his thesis 1905-1917 Rusya Türklerinin Millî Mücadele
Tarihi (1905-1917, History of the National Struggle of Russian Turks –
1976-1982).
He worked as a redactor at the
Ministry of Public Education Islamic Encyclopedia between 1963- 1967 and as a
dictionary research clerk at T.A.E between 1967- 71. He worked as a radio
programmer at the Tatar Baskord Service of Hürriyet Radio between 1972 and
1984. He was assistant manager at Marmara University, Turkology Research and
Application Center between 1986 and 1991. He was a visiting researcher at
Columbia University, Department of Middle East Research in 1989-1990. He has
been an academician at Marmara University, Faculty of Science and Literature,
Department of History since 1984 and an assistant manager at Marmara
University, Turkology Research Institute since 1991. He is a member of the
Turkish History Society and the Research Institute of Turkish Culture. He
speaks German, English, Tatar and Russian.
His articles
have been published in the reviews Türk
Kültürü, Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları, Emel, and M.Ü. Türklük Araştırmaları and in university reviews published in
London. He won the Turkish National Culture Foundation Award in 1985 with his
book Rusya Türkleri'nin Millî Mücadele
Tarihi (The National Struggle History of Russian Turks).
WORKS:
STUDY-RESEARCH: Kazak ve Tatar
Türkleri (Kazak and Tatar Turks, 1976), Rusya
Türkleri'nin Millî Mücadele Tarihi-1905-1917 (History of the National
Struggle of Russian Turks, 1985), Turkic
Studies in the World and Turkey (1987), Dünyada
Türklük Araştırmaları ve Türklük Araştırmaları ve Türkiye (Turkic Studies
in the World and Turkey, 1987), Çağdaş
Türk Dünyası (The Modern Turkish World, 1989), İsmail Bey [Gaspiralı]
(İsmail Bey [Gaspiralı] 1988), Doğuştan
Günümüze Büyük İslâm Tarihi (Great Islamic History From Past to Present,, The Kazan Turks (Tatars), Çağdaş Türkiler
(Modern Turks), Doğuştan Günümüze Büyük
İslâm Tarihi (Great Islamic History From Past to Present, supplementary
volume, 1993), Islam in Tataristan, 1917
Ekim İhtilali (1917 October Revolution, 1998).
EDITION: Milletlerarası Çağdaş
Türk Alfabeleri Sempozyumu (International Symposium of Modern Turkish
Alphabets, 1992).
REFERENCE: İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2007, 2009), Türk Tarihi uzmanı Prof. Dr. Nadir Devlet vefat etti (arkeolojikhaber.com , 30 Nisan 2021).