Şükrü Halûk Akalın

Şükrü Halûk Akalın (born 22 January 1956) is a retired Turkish academic and bureaucrat who served as head of the Turkish Language Association (TLA) from 2001 to 2012.

Early life and education Akalın was born in Adana on 22 January 1956. He received a bachelor's degree in Turkish language and literature from Istanbul University in 1979. He holds a PhD in Turkish language, which he obtained from Istanbul University in May 1987. He was a faculty member at Hacettepe University in Ankara. Since 2017 he has been a member of the editorial board of the Metafizika, an international journal of philosophy and interdisciplinary studies.

Publications Akalın published numerous articles on Turkish language in different scientific journals. In addition, he is the author of several books, some of which are given as follows:

Ebü'l-Hayr-ı Rumi, Saltuk-nâme I (1987), Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ankara Ebü'l-Hayr-ı Rumi, Saltuk-nâme II (1988), Ministry of Culture and Tourism, İstanbul Ebü'l-Hayr-ı Rumi, Saltuk-nâme III (1990), Ministry of Culture, Ankara Şor Sözlüğü (Dictionary of Shors) (1995), (with N. N. Kurpeşko), Adana Anayurttan Atayurda (From motherland to forefatherland) (1995), Adana Eski Anadolu Türkçesi (Old Anatolian Turkish) (1995), third edition, Adana