Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu ( ekmeɫeddiŋ ihsɑnoɰlu , ; * 1943 in Cairo ) is a Turkish historian of science , was the long-time director of the OIC Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) in Istanbul and was Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Studies from 2005 to 2013 Conference (OIC). In 2014 he was a candidate for the 2014 presidential election in Turkey .
Origin and education
His father Mehmed Ihsan Efendi was born in Yozgat in 1902 . He completed his school education in Yozgat. He began his academic career in Istanbul and continued it one year after the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey in 1924 at the age of 24 in Cairo .
İhsanoğlu grew up in Egypt and studied natural sciences at Ain Shams University in Cairo from 1962 to 1966 , where he obtained a B.Sc. Degree obtained. During his studies he worked in the National Library in Cairo cataloging Ottoman manuscripts and books and taught Turkish language and literature. In the following years he worked in the chemistry department at al-Azhar University , where he received his Master of Science degree in chemistry in 1970 .
Scientific career
In 1970 he moved to Turkey and received his doctorate in organic chemistry from Ankara University in 1974 . This was followed by a stay as a research assistant at Exeter University in Great Britain from 1975 to 1977 . 1970 to 1980 he worked as a lecturer at the University of Ankara, since 1978 also at the Inönü University in Malatya .
In 1980 İhsanoğlu became General Director of the newly established Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), which is a sub-organization of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). IRCICA is based in the Yıldız Palace in Istanbul. In 1984 he founded the History of Science Department at Istanbul University and headed it until it was closed by the Turkish University Council YÖK in 2000. At the same time, he was director of the Turkish Society for the History of Science and the Museum and Documentation Center for the History of Science at Istanbul University. In 2003 he was visiting professor at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. He is a member of numerous national and international scientific organizations.
In December 2004, he was the first Turkish candidate to be elected Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
He was one of the 138 signatories of the open letter A Common Word between Us and You of October 13, 2007, which the personalities of Islam sent to "leaders of Christian churches everywhere" calling for a dialogue about commonalities between religions. It was a reaction to the respected Regensburg lecture that Benedict XVI. held on September 12, 2006 at the University of Regensburg. The “common word” ultimately led to the creation of the Catholic-Islamic Forum in Rome .
2014 presidential candidate and 2015 general election candidate
He was the jointly proposed candidate of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in the 2014 presidential election in Turkey, in which he lost 38.3 percent.
For the parliamentary elections in Turkey 2015 on June 7th, İhsanoğlu ran for the right-wing extremist party of the Nationalist Movement for Istanbul Province and was elected to the Grand National Assembly. He was re-elected in the new election in November that year .
Awards
İhsanoğlu has received numerous awards for his contribution to the history of science in the Ottoman Empire .
Honorary doctorates
- Mimar Sinan University (1994)
- Dowling College (1996)
- National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (2000)
- University of Sofia (2001)
- University of Sarajevo (2001)
- Tatarstan Academy of Science (2004)
- University of Padua (2006)
- University of Exeter (2007)
- Islamic University of Islamabad (2007)
- University of the Middle East (2008)
- Uşak Üniversitesi (2008)
- Islamic University Uganda (2008)
- Islamic University of Technology (2009)
- International Islamic University Malaysia (2010)
- Bashkir State Pedagogical University (2010)
- Bishkek Humanities University (2011)
medal
- Medal of Distinction of the First Order (1990) awarded by the Egyptian President
- Independence Medal 1st Class (1996) awarded by the Jordanian King
- Medal of Distinguished State Service (2000) awarded by the Turkish President
- Commandeur de l'Ordre National du Mérite (2002) awarded by the Senegalese President
- Commandeur de l'Ordre National du Lion (2006) awarded by the Senegalese President
- Medal of Glory (2006) awarded by the Azerbaijani President
- Medal of Glory (2006) awarded by the Russian President
- State Medal (2009) awarded by the Egyptian President
- Hilal-i Pakistan (2010) awarded by the President of Pakistan
Prices
- Koyré Medal (2007) from the Académie internationale d'histoire des sciences
- Darjah Kebesaran Setia Mahkota Prize (PSM) and the title of Tan Sri (2009) by the Malaysian King
- Peace and Dialogue Prize (2009) by the Rumi Forum
Fonts
- Tayyar Altıkulaç, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu: Al-Mushaf Al-Sharif: Attributed to Uthman Bin Affan. IRCICA, 2007
Web links
- Literature by and about Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu in the catalog of the German National Library
- Curriculum vitae on the website of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
- İhsanoğlu'nun babasının mezarındaki bu ayrıntıyı kimse görmedi
Individual evidence
- ↑ Feza Günergun : Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. A Biography, and Outline of His Scholary Contrubitions to History of Science.
- ↑ acommonword.com: A common word between us and you (summarized short form) (PDF; 186 kB)
- ↑ Christian W. Troll: "'Our souls are in danger'" , in: Die Zeit , No. 43 of October 18, 2007, p. 14.
- ↑ Erdogan promises "new era" after election victory , RP online from August 11, 2014
- ↑ a b c d globalpost.com: Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. Retrieved May 1, 2011
- ↑ a b c d e f Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu: A Culture of Peaceful Coexistence (PDF; 1.9 MB) accessed on May 1, 2011
- ↑ http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1345366.html
- ↑ http://www.oic-oci.org/topic_detail.asp?t_id=2305&x_key=doctorate ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.oic-oci.org/topic_detail.asp?t_id=1044&x_key=Honorary ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.usak.edu.tr/duyurular/2008/kasim_08/kongre.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k General Secretariat of the OIC: Biography of Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 1, 2011
- ↑ French academy awards Turkish diplomat Ihsanoglu ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , December 13, 2008
personal data | |
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SURNAME | İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish academic, diplomat and presidential candidate |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cairo |