Halil İnalcık

Historian (b. 26 May 1916, İstanbul - d. 25 July 2016, Ankara). He graduated from Balıkesir Teacher Training School and Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Department of History (1940). He completed his PhD. in 1943 in the same department where he entered as an assistant, then he became assistant professor in 1946 and after his return from teaching in London University for a while, he became a professor in the same department in 1952. He taught in various universities in America as a guest professor. He was a member and president of many international foundations. He is now a faculty member at Bilkent University, Department of History.

MAIN WORKS:

TURKISH: Tanzimat ve Bulgar Meselesi (Tanzimat and the Bulgarian Issue, 1943), Fatih Devri Üzerine Tetkikler ve Vesikalar (Examinations and Documents related to the Period of Fatih, 1954), Hicri 835 Tarihi Suret-i Defter-i Sancak-ı Arnavid (The Muslim Calendar year 835, The History of the Copy of the Book of the Flag of Albania, 1954), Kanunname-i Sultanî Bermureb-i Örf-i Osmanî (The Sultan’s Law book of Ottoman Traditions, with R. Anhegger, 1956), Gazâvât-ı Sultan Murat bin Mehmet Han, İzladi ve Varna Savaşları 1443-1444 Üzerine Anonim Gazavâtnâme (Anonymous Heroic Poem on the military expeditions of Sultan Murat bin Mehmet Han, İzladi and Varna Wars 1443-1444, 1978), Türkiye’nin Sosyal ve Ekonomik Tarihi 1071-1920 (The Social and Economic History of Turkey 1071-1920, 1980), Osmanlı’da Devlet, Hukuk, Adâlet (State, Law and Justice in the Ottomans, 2000), Şair ve Patron (Poet and Boss, 2004).

ENGLISH: The Policy of Mehmed II toward the Greek Population of İstanbul and the Byzantine Buildings of the City (1968), Ottoman Policy and Administration in Cyprus after the Conquest (1969), History of the Ottoman Empire Classical Age / 1300-1600 (1973; Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu Klasik Çağ 1300-1600, 2003), The Ottoman Empire: Conquest, Organization and Economy (1978), Studies in Ottoman Social and Economic History (1985), The Middle East and the Balkans under the Ottoman Empire: Essays on Economy and Society (1993), Süleymân the Second [i.e. the First] and His Time (with Cemal Kafadar, 1993), An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1914 (with Donald Quataert, 1994), From Empire to Republic: Essays on Ottoman and Turkish Social History (1995), Sources and Studies on the Ottoman Black Sea: The Customs Register of Caffa 1487-1490 (1996), Essays in Ottoman History (1998). 

 REFERENCE: Ayşe Karabat / Dünya Tarihi Türk’e Emanet (söyleşi, Radikal, 10.8.1995), Dünyaca Tanınmış Tarihçimiz Halil İnalcık (Bilim ve Teknik, Ağustos 1997), Özer Ergenç / Halil İnalcık Neden Büyük? (Doğu Batı, 3 /12, s. 121-142), Halil İnalcık: “İstanbul İşgal Edilmedi” (29.6.2000), 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 (2007) – Ünlü Bilim Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 2, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), Emre Kongar / Halil İnalcık İslâm Şeriatçılığı ve Türkler İçin Ne Diyor? (Cumhuriyet, 26.11.2001), Taha Akyol / Türkiye’de Modern Tarihçiler (Milliyet, 6.1.2003), Can Siirt / İnalcık’tan “Patron”cuk (Lika, sayı: 41, Ağustos 2003), Remzi Demir - Doğan Atılgan, Elli Portre (Ankara, 2008), 100 yaşındaki bilge Halil İnalcık: Bu sıkıntılı devir Geçecek (Röportaj: Güliz Arslan - Fotoğraflar: Selahattin Sönmez, Hurriyet.Com.Tr, 12 Eylül 2015),  Ünlü tarihçi Halil İnalcık hayatını kaybetti (hurriyet.com.tr, 25.07.2016), Prof. Dr. Halil İnalcık son yolculuğuna uğurlanıyor (hurriyet.com.tr, 27.07.2016),  Prof. Dr. Mehmet Öz yazdı: İnalcık’a bakılmadan Osmanlı yazılamaz (karar.com, 29.07.2016).