In 1994, he returned to Turkey and founded history department at Bilkent University where he is still teaching. Between 19 he taught Ottoman history at the University of Chicago. In 1972, he was invited by the University of Chicago. He lectured in various universities in the United States as a guest professor. He entered the same school as an assistant, then he became assistant professor in 1946 and after his return from lecturing in the University of London for a while, he became a professor in the same department in 1952. His PhD thesis was on the Bulgarian question in the late Ottoman Empire. He completed his PhD in 1943 in the same department. He attended Balıkesir Teacher Training School, and then Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Department of History where he graduated from in 1940. His birthday is unknown but İnalcık chose for his birthday.

Both volumes will be fundamental to any future discussion of any aspect of Ottoman history.He was born in Istanbul to a Crimean Tatar family, which left Crimea for Constantinople in 1905. Each volume examines developments in population, trade, transport, manufacturing, land tenure and the economy, and extensive apparatus and bibliographic information is provided for students and others wishing to pursue the subject in more detail. The second volume, written by Suraiya Faroqhi, Bruce McGowan, Donald Quataert and Sevket Pamuk, continues the story to 1914. The text of volume one is by Halil Inalcik, covering the period 1300-1600. The breadth of range and the fullness of coverage make these two volumes essential for an understanding of contemporary developments in both the Middle East and the post-Soviet Balkan world.

The authors provide a richly detailed account of the social and economic history of the Ottoman region, from the origins of the Empire around 1300 to the eve of its destruction during World War One. This major contribution to Ottoman history is now published in paperback in two volumes: the original single hardback volume 1994 has been widely acclaimed as a landmark in the study of one of the most enduring and influential empires of modern times. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS An Economic And Social History Of The Ottoman Empire by Halil Inalcik

The Ottoman Empire by Halil İnalcık