Halil İnalcık
Halil İnalcık | |
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Halil İnalcık at the Ottoman documents and the Black Sea region colloquium in March 1981. | |
| Born | 7 September 1916 |
| Died | 25 July 2016 (aged 99) Ankara, Turkey |
| Resting place | Fatih Mosque, Istanbul |
| Alma mater | Ankara University SOAS, University of London |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ottoman history |
| Institutions | Columbia University Princeton University Harvard University Ankara University University of Chicago Bilkent University |
| Thesis | The Tanzimat and the Bulgarian Question (1943) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bekir Sıtkı Baykal |
Halil İnalcık (7 September 1916 – 25 July 2016) was a Turkish historian. His highly influential research centered on social and economic approaches to the Ottoman Empire. His academic career started at Ankara University, where he completed his PhD and worked between 1940 and 1972. Between 1972 and 1986, he taught Ottoman history at the University of Chicago. From 1994 onward, he taught at Bilkent University, where he founded the history department. He was a founding member of the Eurasian Academy.