Halil İnalcık, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Halil İnalcık

Turkish historian

Date of Birth: 26-May-1916

Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey

Date of Death: 25-Jul-2016

Profession: writer, historian, university teacher, academic

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Halil Inalcik (26 May 1916 – 25 July 2016) was a Turkish historian of the Ottoman Empire.
His highly influential research centred on social and economic approaches to the 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 Eurasian Academy.