Mehmet Fuat Köprülü

All you want to know about Mehmet Fuat Köprülü

Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (December 5, 1890 – June 28, 1966), aka Köprülüzade, from the illustrious Köprülü family, was a Turkish politician and historian, known for his contributions to Ottoman history, Turkish folklore and language.

Biography

A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the government of Adnan Menderes as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1950 to 1955 and briefly as Deputy Prime Minister in 1956.

Works

As a historian his works included "Origins Of the Ottoman Empire", "The Seljuks of Anatolia: Their History and Culture According to Local Muslim Sources" and "Islam in Anatolia After the Turkish Invasion: Prolegomena". He is also the founder of one of the perspectives which try to understand the rise of the Ottoman tribe and the direction of its expansion. A "Mehmet Fuat Koprulu Scholarship Programme" has recently been set up to provide funds for Turkish students to undertake PhD study at the University of Cambridge.

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Fethi Çelikbaş
Samet Ağaoğlu		 Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
May 17, 1954–Dec 9, 1955		 Succeeded by
'
Preceded by
Necmettin Sadak		 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
1950–1955		 Succeeded by
Adnan Menderes
v • d • e
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey

Bekir Sami Kunduh • Ahmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu • Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk • İsmet İnönü • Şükrü Kaya • Tevfik Rüştü Aras • Şükrü Saracoğlu • Numan Menemencioğlu • Hasan Saka • Necmettin Sadak • Mehmet Fuat Köprülü • Adnan Menderes • Fatin Rüştü Zorlu • Ethem Menderes • Selim Sarper • Feridun Cemal Erkin • Hasan Esat Işık • İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil • Osman Olcay • Haluk Bayülken • Turan Güneş • Metin Esenbel • Gündüz Ökçün • Hayrettin Erkmen • Ertuğrul Ekrem Ceyhun • İlter Türkmen • Vahit Melih Halefoğlu • Mesut Yılmaz • Ali Bozer • Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin • Safa Giray • Hikmet Çetin • Mümtaz Soysal • Murat Karayalçın • Erdal İnönü • Coşkun Kırca • Deniz Baykal • Emre Gönensay • Tansu Çiller • İsmail Cem • Şükrü Sina Gürel • Yaşar Yakış • Abdullah Gül • Ali Babacan
Flag of Turkey
 This article about a Turkish politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
 This article about a historian is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Fuat_K%C3%B6pr%C3%BCl%C3%BC"

No comments have been added.



Your name:

City:

Country:

Your comments:

Security check *
(Please enter the number into adjoining box)

 

  • Ads

           
eXTReMe Tracker