Zeki Velidi Togan

Zeki Velidi Togan

male, deceased (1970)
Turkologists, PhD, shura, Uyezd, madrassa, Turkistan
Zeki Velidi Togan village of Sterlitamak uyezd, today Bashkortostan. After his emigration to Turkey, his name was turkicized as "Zeki Velidi Togan"...
Mahmud Al-Kashgari

Mahmud Al-Kashgari

male, 1001 years old
Collection of Turkic words, Mahmud ibn Hussayn ibn Muhammad al-Kashgari, Turkologists, Medieval linguist, lyric poetry, uyghur
Mahmud ibn Hussayn ibn Muhammad al-Kashgari, born in 1008, was an early Turkic linguist of Turkic languages from the Kara-Khanid Khanate, born in...

Agop Dilaçar

male, deceased (1979)
Turkologists, linguistics, From Istanbul, armenian, turkish, Armenian of Turkey
Agop Martayan Dilaçar was an Armenian linguist specialized in Turkic languages and the first Secretary General and head specialist of the Turkish L...

Kadrî Of Pergamon

male
Turkologists, linguistics, Bergama, istanbul, turkish, Müyessire el-'Ulûm
Kadrî of Pergamon, 16th century Turkish linguist, author of the first grammar book on Ottoman language. Although not very much is known about the l...

Gerard Clauson

male, deceased (1974)
eton college, German, Old Etonian, turkish language, World War I, Buddhist…Turkologists
Sir Gerard Leslie Makins Clauson was an English civil servant, businessman, and Orientalist best known for his studies of the Turkish language....