Ahmet Refik Altınay
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Ahmet Refik Altınay | |
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| Born | 1881 |
| Died | 1937 |
| Occupation | professor |
Ahmet Refik Altınay (1881 – 1937) was a Turkish historian, academic, writer and poet, who gave history lectures at Darülfünun after the First World War.[1][2]
Life
Altınay attended Vişnezade Primary School,
After World War I, Ahmet Refik wrote Two committees two massacres (İki Komite iki Kitâl), an account of the massacres during the War. Though Refik writes about massacres conducted on both sides, he concludes that the massacres against the Armenians were an attempt by the Turkish government to "destroy the Armenians".[4]
Later in life, Altınay worked on the Turkish History Committee, serving as head of the committee from 1924 to 1927. In 1932 Altınay attended the I. History Conference. Altınay was discharged from Darülfünun in 1933. He died in 1937.
See also
- Witnesses and testimonies of the Armenian Genocide
References
- ^ [1] Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine Ahmed Refik (Altınay) Historian and Educator of the Last Period of Ottoman and History Education
- ^ "AHMET REFİK, Altınay".
- ISBN 9758455184.
1918 yılında İstanbul Darülfünûn Osmanlı Tarihi öğretmenliğine, 1919 yılında Türkiye Tarihi Müderrisliğine atandı.
- ISBN 1-57181-666-6.
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