Fahir İz

Fahir Iz (30 April 1911 – 5 July 2004) was a Turkish scholar of literature and professor emeritus of the Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations Department (NELC) at the University of Chicago. He also served as director of the Institute of Turkology at Istanbul University and the head of Cultural Affairs of the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD). His academic career spanned Turkey, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, and he was known for his work on both classical and contemporary Turkish literature.

Early life and education Iz was born in Istanbul in 1911. He attended the Italian High School, the French College Saint-Michel, and the Galatasaray Lycée in 1933. He graduated from the Turkish Language and Literature Department of the Higher Teacher Training School in 1938.

İnalcık noted that the book was planned as the first in a multi-volume series accompanying İz's history of old Turkish literature. The volume contains an introduction and a large selection of texts arranged by genre, including religious works, historical narratives, epic traditions, and folk stories.

He died in Istanbul on 5 July 2004 at 93.

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