Şükrü Halûk Akalın (born 22 January 1956) is a retired Turkish academic and bureaucrat who served as head of the

Turkish Language Association The Turkish Language Association (, TDK) is the List of language regulators, regulatory body for the Turkish language, founded on 12 July 1932 by the initiative of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and headquartered in Ankara, Turkey. The Institution acts as ...

(TLA) from 2001 to 2012.

Early life and education

Akalın was born in

Adana Adana is a large city in southern Turkey. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the northeastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative seat of the Adana Province, Adana province, and has a population of 1 81 ...

on 22 January 1956. He received a bachelor's degree in Turkish language and literature from

Istanbul University Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...

in 1979. He holds a PhD in Turkish language, which he obtained from Istanbul University in May 1987.

Career

After graduation, Akalın began his academic career at

Çukurova University Çukurova University () is a public research university located in Adana, Turkey. The university features sixteen faculties, three colleges, seven vocational colleges, three institutes, and twenty-six research and application centers. Its campus i ...

in Adana in 1989. He was promoted to associate professor in 1990 and to full professor in 1996. In 1995, he became a member of the TLA. Then he was appointed a member of the executive committee of the TLA. On 15 April 2001, he was named as the head of the TLA. His term ended on 12 January 2012. He was a faculty member at

Hacettepe University Hacettepe University () is a public research university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on 8 July 1967. It is ranked first among the Turkish universities by University Ranking by Academic Performance in 2021. The university has two main c ...

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. He served as the head of the department of Turkish language and literature at Hacettepe University. Since 2017 he has been a member of the editorial board of the '' Metafizika'', an international journal of philosophy and interdisciplinary studies.

Publications

Akalın published numerous articles on Turkish language in different scientific journals. In addition, he is the author of several books, some of which are given as follows: * ''Ebü'l-Hayr-ı Rumi, Saltuk-nâme I'' (1987), Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ankara * ''Ebü'l-Hayr-ı Rumi, Saltuk-nâme II'' (1988), Ministry of Culture and Tourism, İstanbul * ''Ebü'l-Hayr-ı Rumi, Saltuk-nâme III'' (1990), Ministry of Culture, Ankara * ''Şor Sözlüğü'' (Dictionary of Shors) (1995), (with N. N. Kurpeşko), Adana * ''Anayurttan Atayurda'' (From motherland to forefatherland) (1995), Adana * ''Eski Anadolu Türkçesi'' (Old Anatolian Turkish) (1995), third edition, Adana

References

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