Autor/-in: Ihsanoglu Ekmeleddin

Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. is a Turkish scholar and diplomat. He was the founder and chair of the first Department of the History of Science in Turkey at the University of Istanbul and has taught at the universities of Ankara, Exeter, Istanbul, and Munich. He is the founder of the IRCICA, the Turkish Society for the History of Science, and the International Union of history and Philosophy of Science (2001-2005). His written works include Turks in Egypt and Their Cultural Legacy,. Scientific Technology and Learning in the Ottoman Empire. , and The Islamic World in the New Century. A member of the Turkish Parliament and the Parliamentarian Assembly of the Council of Europe, Ihsanoglu was a candidate for president of the Republic of Turkey in 2014.