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 |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Alma mater | Ankara University University of Chicago Bilkent University University of London |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Years active | 1940–2016 |
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 on he taught at Bilkent University, where he founded the history department. He was a founding member of the Eurasian Academy.