Authorities declared 2019 year as FUAT SEZGİN year. Who is
Fuat Sezgin? Let’s learn about Fuat SEZGİN
--WHERE AND WHEN WAS HE BORN????
Fuat Sezgin was born in 24th October 1924 in Bitlis.He completed his high school education in
Erzurum and moved to İstanbul in 1943.
--WHICH UNIVERSITY DID HE STUDY?
He attended Istanbul Unıversıty The Faculty Of Oriental Studies.He had a favourite
lecturer:German Helmut Ritter.Helmut Ritter recommended him to study the Sciences of
İslamic Culture.
--WHEN DID HE BECOME An ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR?
In 1954.He finished his thesis on ‘’The Sources of Al Buhari’’He proved that Al Buhari was an
important scholar in İslamic C.ulture and that his studied relied on written sources rather than
oral ones.
--WHEN DID HE BECOME A PROFESSOR?
In 1965 he wrote a doctoral thesıs on Jabir Ibn Hayyam and became a professor in 1966
Fuat Sezgın wrote ‘’The Hıstory Of Arabıc Wrıtten Works’’.He wrote
17 volumes and died while he was writing the 18th..
--WHEN DID HE DIE?
He died on 30th June 2018 in İstanbul.
--MORE ABOUT FUAT SEZGİN:::
He won many honorary awards from many universities in Turkey and abroad.He mastered 27
languages.He deserves to be remembered as a distinguished academic person.