Enver Ziya Karal (1906–1982) was a former academic in
Turkey
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.
Early life
He was born in
Kosovo
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, then a part of the
Ottoman Empire
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. During the
Balkan Wars
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(1912–1913) in which his father and other relatives were killed, he came to
Istanbul
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to study in the Ortaköy Orphans' School. Later he continued in the
Edirne
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high school.
[Biyografya page]
/ref> He graduated in 1928 and he travelled to France by the government scholarship. In France he studied history in the University of Lyon
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University years
In 1933 he returned to Istanbul and was appointed as a history associate professor in the School of letters of Istanbul University
, image = Istanbul_University_logo.svg
, image_size = 200px
, latin_name = Universitas Istanbulensis
, motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü
, mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future
, established = 1453 1846 1933
...
. In 1942 he came to Ankara
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as a professor to serve in the School of Language and History - Geography ( tr, Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi). Between 30 April 1948 and 22 June 1949 he was elected as the rector
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*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of Ankara University.In 1960 he gained the title distinguished professor.[Ankara University page ]
/ref> He also lectured in the University of Columbia
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in the United States and the University of Manchester
, mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity
, established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...
in the United Kingdom as a visiting professor.
Other posts and duties
In 1953, he was tasked with the restoration of Atatürk's house in Thessaloniki
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, Greece
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. In the Constituent Assembly of Turkey The Constituent Assembly of Turkey ( tr, TBMM 1961 Kurucu Meclisi), also called the Chamber of Deputies, existed from 6 January 1961 to 24 October 1961. It was established by the military rule of 1960 Turkish coup d'état. About half of the members ...
in 1960–1961 term, he was elected as the speaker of the committee which was responsible for the new constitution. In 1971 he served in European Commission
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in behalf of Turkey.[ Between he 1972–1982 he was the president of ]Turkish Historical Society
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.[ He died on 18 January 1982 in Ankara ][
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References
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1906 births
1982 deaths
People from Kosovo vilayet
University of Lyon alumni
Academic staff of Ankara University
Academic staff of Istanbul University
Rectors of Ankara University
20th-century Turkish historians