The Fondation Temimi pour la recherche scientifique et l'information (Temimi Foundation for Scientific Research and Information) ( ar, مؤسسة التميمي للبحث العلمي والمعلومات) is a

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n private

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founded by historian

Abdeljelil Temimi Abdeljelil Temimi, also transliterated as Abdoljalil Tamimi ( ar, عبد الجليل التميمي; born July 21, 1938), is a Tunisian historian. He specialises in the culture, cultural and architecture, architectural influences of the Ottoman Em ...

, which specializes in

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and

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sciences. It is cited as "the first private academic foundation in the Arab world serving researchers and organizing conferences".

History

The project began in 1974, with the publication of the first issue of a journal of history. From 1981,

organized a

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on the

Ottomans The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922). Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...

and the

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, until the founding in 1985 of a research center based in

Zaghouan Zaghouan (or Zaghwan; ar, زغوان '' ; ber, ⵣⴻⵖⵡⴰⵏ / Zeɣwan)'' is a town in the northern half of Tunisia. Situated on a low ridge of the Dorsale Mountains, the town has a mild climate and presents a green aspect. Cold water ...

dedicated to Ottoman and

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research, documentation and information. In 1995, the center took its current name. In November 2004, the headquarters of the foundation moved to

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. The foundation works towards building a bibliographic database covering the

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and contemporary history of

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, strengthening scientific collaboration between

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and

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researchers, and the publication of journals. As of 2013 the foundation had organized 122 conferences.

References

Scientific organisations based in Tunisia Science and technology in the Ottoman Empire {{Tunisia-stub