Talât Tekin

Talât Tekin
Mehmet Talât Tekin
Born(1927-07-16)July 16, 1927
Tavşancıl, Dilovası
DiedNovember 28, 2015(2015-11-28) (aged 88)
NationalityTurkish
ChildrenÖzlem Tekin
Academic background
EducationIstanbul University, University of California, Los Angeles
ThesisA Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (1965)
Academic work
DisciplineTurkology
InstitutionsHacettepe University, Yeditepe University

Mehmet Talât Tekin (July 16, 1927, Tavşancıl, Dilovası - November 28, 2015, Bodrum) was a Turkish linguist, Turkologist, researcher and writer who made important contributions to Turkology, the study of Old Turkic inscriptions, and Altaistics.