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Şükrü Hanioğlu

شكري هاني أوغلو

1955 CE · 1374 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Turkish historian of the late Ottoman Empire at Princeton University, where he chaired the Department of Near Eastern Studies from 2005 to 2014. Born at Antakya in 1955 and educated at Istanbul University, he is a leading scholar of the Committee of Union and Progress and the Young Turks; his works include Young Turks in Opposition (1995), Preparation for a Revolution (2001) and Ataturk: An Intellectual Biography (2011). He received the TUBITAK Service Award in 2010 and the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Award in 2012.

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Roles: Historian · writer
Region: Anatolia
Identifiers: Wikidata

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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: A. K. Fazlul Huq · Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani · Abbas Kiarostami · Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad · Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari

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Lived in: Istanbul

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Arap Camii, Istanbul· Gazi Atik Ali Pasha Mosque, Istanbul· Eski Imaret Mosque· Eyüp Sultan Mosque· Fenari Isa Mosque· Gul Mosque, Istanbul· Hagia Sophia· Hirami Ahmed Pasha Mosque, Istanbul

Sources

M. Şükrü Hanioğlu — English Wikipedia
Şükrü Hanioğlu — Turkish Wikipedia
Şükrü Hanioğlu — Wikidata

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islam.museum contributors. “Şükrü Hanioğlu”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sukru-hanioglu/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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