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Halil İnalcık

1916 - 2016

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Halil İnalcık is the 280th most popular historian (down from 229th in 2019), the 923rd most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 869th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Turkish Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Halil İnalcık ranks 280 out of 561. Before him are Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, Karl Otfried Müller, John Foxe, Gustav Hugo, Bernard Berenson, and Gerhard Friedrich Müller. After him are Claude Cahen, Zuo Qiuming, Timothy Garton Ash, Georges Lefebvre, George Buchanan, and Gustave Schlumberger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Halil İnalcık ranks 136. Before him are Rossano Brazzi, Nilufer Hanımsultan, Zail Singh, Ingrid Vang Nyman, Jenő Fock, and Movita Castaneda. After him are Alexey Maresyev, Bismillah Khan, Wan Li, Benjamin Libet, Anton Diffring, and Svend Asmussen. Among people deceased in 2016, Halil İnalcık ranks 214. Before him are Ramón Castro Ruz, Martin Lundström, Miruts Yifter, Frank Finlay, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, and Sigge Parling. After him are Steven Hill, Jay Wright Forrester, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Naná Vasconcelos, Jacques Hamel, and Sándor Tarics.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Halil İnalcık ranks 923 out of 1,347. Before him are Eutropia (null), Dieter Zetsche (1953), George of Antioch (1100), John Komnenos (1015), Cem Karaca (1945), and Agop Dilâçar (1895). After him are Joseph Bringas (950), Deniz Gezmiş (1947), Adile Naşit (1930), Roza Eskenazi (1895), David Komnenos (1184), and Hulusi Akar (1952).

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Among HISTORIANS In Türkiye

Among historians born in Türkiye, Halil İnalcık ranks 21. Before him are John Kinnamos (1143), Philostorgius (368), Michael Attaleiates (1021), Matthew of Edessa (1100), Doukas (1400), and Constantine Lascaris (1434). After him are Charles Barbier de Meynard (1826), Taner Akçam (1953), Cadmus of Miletus (-500), Constantine Paparrigopoulos (1815), Sirarpie Der Nersessian (1896), and Cyril Mango (1928).

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