İbrahim Kafesoğlu
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- Ankara University
- Istanbul University
İbrahim Kafesoğlu | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 1914 |
| Died | 18 August 1984 (aged 70) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Resting place | Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery, Istanbul |
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| Spouse |
Müzeyyen Kafesoğlu (m. 1946) |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Büyük Selçuklu Sultanı Melikşah (Turkish: Malik Shah, Sultan of the Seljuk Empire) (1949) |
| Doctoral advisor | Mükrimin Halil Yinanç |
İbrahim Kafesoğlu (1914–1984) was a Turkish historian and academic who is known for his role in the development of the Turkish–Islamic synthesis. He was a faculty member of Istanbul University and Atatürk University. He cofounded the conservative think thank Intellectuals' Hearth and was its president from 1970 and 1974.
He was born in Tefenni, Burdur, in January 1914.[1] His father was killed in the East front in World War I.[1]
He graduated from the Teachers' College, Izmir, in 1932.[1] He started his master's degree at Ankara University in 1936 completing his studies in Hungarology, medieval history and Turkish Language at the Faculty of Language, History and Geography.[2] He was sent to Budapest for his Ph.D. studies, but he could not complete the program due to World War II.[2] He managed to return Turkey in April 1945.[2] After working at Ankara University for a brief period he continued his studies at Istanbul University where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1949.[2] His thesis was entitled Büyük Selçuklu Sultanı Melikşah (Turkish: Malik Shah, Sultan of the Seljuk Empire), and his advisor was Mükrimin Halil Yinanç.[1]
His notable teachers at Ankara University and Istanbul University included Fuat Köprülü, Zeki Velidi Togan, Sadri Maksudi Arsal and Reşit Rahmeti Arat.[3]
