Tahsin Yazıcı (scholar)
A Turkish scholar of Persian and Arabic literature / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tahsin Yazıcı (1922 – 20 November 2002) was a Turkish literary scholar who was active in the latter half of the 20th century, when he produced his critical edition of Aflākī's Manāqib al-ʿārifīn, a hagiography of the Mevlevi Order,[1] and other works focused on Persian mystic literature. He was also chief editor of the Turkish İslâm Ansiklopedisi for more than two decades.
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Tahsin Yazıcı | |
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Born | 1922 |
Died | 20 November 2002 |
Nationality | Turkish |
Known for | Literary scholarship |
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Alma mater | University of Istanbul |
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Yazıcı has been described as an "eminent scholar of Persian and Arabic literatures",[2] and his editions and translations of Mevlevi texts have been called "indispensable".[3]