Turkish Historical Society

History

In 1930 the Committee for the study of Turkish History (Türk Tarihi Tetkik Heyeti) was established with the support of the Turkish Hearths. In 1931 the Association for the Study of Turkish History (Türk Tarihi Tetkik Cemiyeti) was founded, which in 1935 was renamed in Turkish Historical Society. in 1940, the Turkish Historical Society arose to an association working for the public interest. On 11 August 1983, it was elevated to a constitutionally protected institution under the Atatürk High Institution of Culture, Language and History (Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu, AKDTYK*)*.

According to Turkish historian Doğan Gürpınar, by the 2000s the THA's "main function became the production and reproduction of the official line to counter Armenian allegations, in addition to publishing numerous monographs on Turkish history following a Rankean-cum-statist methodology and perspective."

Publications

In 1930 the book Türk Tarihinin Ana Hatları (The Mainlines of Turkish History) which emphasized the ability of Turks was published under the auspices of the Committee for the study of Turkish History This book, printed only 100 times, formed the basis for the Turkish History Thesis, which posited that Turks emigrated in several waves to China, India, Northern Africa and Europa to populate the areas and bringing the native people there civilization. In 1932 it released a four-volume history text for all secondary schools in Turkey upon request of the Ministry of Education. The text claimed that the ancient Turks have already had the ideas of nationality and the Turkish race.

The institute releases a regular bulletin called Belleten.

Presidents

The institution's first president was Tevfik Bıyıklıoğlu.{{cite web |access-date = 2008-07-25 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080725080038/http://www.ttk.org.tr/index.php?Page=Sayfa&No=182 |archive-date = 2008-07-25

In July 2008 its president Yusuf Halaçoğlu was dismissed.{{cite news |access-date = 2008-07-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080731145415/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=148347&bolum=102 |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2008-07-31 |access-date = 2008-07-25

In 2009, the president of the organization falsely claimed:

Göçek notes that Halaçoğlu does not speak all the languages in the archives that he purportedly consulted and many of the claims he made are not just false but actually impossible.

Presidents by the following years

• Tevfik Bıyıklıoğlu (1931-1932)
• Prof. Dr. Yusuf Akçura (1932-1935)
• Hasan Cemil Çambel (1935-1941)
• Ord. Prof. Dr. Şemsettin Günaltay (1941-1961)
• Ord. Prof. Dr. Şevket Aziz Kansu (1962-1973)
• Ord. Prof. Dr. Enver Ziya Karal (1973-1982)
• Ord. Prof. Dr. Sedat Alp (1982-1983)
• Prof. Dr. Yaşar Yücel (1983-1992)
• Prof. Dr. Neşet Çağatay (deputy) (1992-1993)
• Prof. Dr. İbrahim Agah Çubukçu (deputy) (1993)
• Prof. Dr. Yusuf Halaçoğlu (1993-2008)
• Prof. Dr. Ali Birinci (2008-2011)
• Prof. Dr. Bahaeddin Yediyıldız (deputy) (2011-2012)
• Prof. Dr. Mehmet Metin Hülagü (2012-2014)
• Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali Beyhan (deputy) (2014-2015)
• Prof. Dr. Refik Turan (2015-2020)
• Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yaramış (2020-present)

References

References

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