Dr Mehmet Mehdi Ilhan
Areas of expertise
- Language Studies Not Elsewhere Classified 200399
- Middle Eastern Literature 200523
- Historical Studies 2103
- Other History And Archaeology 2199
Research interests
Ottoman language, modern Turkish language, Ottoman and Turkish history and culture, and the history of Islam.
Biography
Dr Ilhan has a BA (Hons) in Arabic and Religious Studies from Leeds University, and a PhD in History from the University of Manchester. Dr. Ilhan is a specialist in History and Socio-economic History of the Ottoman Empire and History of Islam. He has taught Turkish Language at the University of Manchester, History at Ankara University, History and Turkish Language at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (in Arabic) and History at Al al-Bayt University of Jordan (in Arabic).
Prior to taking up his appointment at the Australian National University in 2003, Dr Ilhan was Professor and Chair of the Department of History, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (1989-2003). His most recent publication are "The Town of Çankiri: Its Population and Development" in Imber, C. and Kiyotaki, K (eds), Frontiers of Ottoman Studies, vol. 1, I.B. Tauris, London 2005, pp. 127-138; 'Çankiri in History: Insight from Ottoman Documents’ in Roger Matthews and Claudia Glatz (eds.): At Empires’ Edge: Project Paphlagonia, Regional Survey in North Central Turkey, London: British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 2009, pp. 227-238, and Ilhan, M. M. (ed.): Gallipoli: History, Memory and National Imagination, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu (Turkish Historical Society) 2014.
Publications
- Ilhan, M 2019, 'Introduction to "Migration and Cultural Interaction"', in Mehmet Mehdi Ilhan and Orhan Albayrak (ed.), Migration and Cultural Interaction, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey, pp. 1-15.
- Ilhan, M, Ilhan, M, Albayrak, O et al, eds, 2019, Migration and Cultural Interacton, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey.
- Ilhan, M 2019, 'Avustralya'da Turkler ve Turkce Ogretimi (Turks and Teaching Turkish in Australia)', in Mehmet Mehdi Ilhan and Orhan Albayrak (ed.), Migration and Cultural Interaction, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey, pp. 721-743.
- Ilhan, M 2019, 'Dobruca: Babadagi ve Mangalya'da Turk Nufusu ve Kultur Varliklari (Dobruja: Turkish Population and Cultural Heritages in Babadag and Mangalia)', in Mehmet Mehdi Ilhan and Orhan Albayrak (ed.), Migration and Cultural Interaction, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey, pp. 55-83.
- Ilhan, M 2018, 'Abd Allah Ibn Al-Zubayr and His Career as Caliph', The Journal of Rotterdam Islamic and Social Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 119-153.
- Ilhan, M 2017, 'A deserted Jewish Cemetery of Akhisar', Çekmece IZU Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (Journal of Social Science), vol. 4, no. 8-9, pp. 139-190.
- Ilhan, M 2017, 'Osmanli Suyollari: Diyarbakir Suyollarinin ve Çeşmelerinin Mahalle ve Sokaklara Dagilimi(Ottoman Water Conduits: The Water Conduits and Fountains of Diyarbakir and their Distribution to the Quarters and Streets/Avenues)', Çekmece IZU Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (Journal of Social Science), vol. 5, no. 10-11, pp. 69-116.
- Ilhan, M 2017, 'Introduction to Gallipoli Campaign 1915', in M Mehdi Ilhan, Mehmet Bulut and Ibrahim G Yumusak (ed.), Gallipoli Campaign 1915: History, Economy, Literature and Art, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey, pp. 17-41.
- Ilhan, M 2017, 'Broken Hill Attack 1915-Revisited: A Battle Fought for Gallipoli on Australian Soil', in M Mehdi Ilhan, Mehmet Bulut and Ibrahim G Yumusak (ed.), Gallipoli Campaign 1915: History, Economy, Literature and Art, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey, pp. 125-162.
- Ilhan, M, Ilhan, M, Bulut, M et al, eds, 2017, Gallipoli Campaign 1915: History, Economy, Literature and Art, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey.
- Ilhan, M 2015, 'Special Feature: Remembering Gallipoli in a Global Context', History Australia, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 25-35.
- Ilhan, M 2015, 'The Ottoman Archival Documents and Chronicles: Possible Errors in Translation and Transliteration', 5th International Conference on Arabic Language & Literature (ICALL 2015), ed. Asem Shehadeh Ali Saleh, Department of Arabic Language & Literature, KIRKHS, IIUM, Malaysia, pp. 491-506.
- Ilhan, M, ed., 2014, Gallipoli: History, Memory and National Imagination, Turkish Historical Society, Ankara Turkey.
- Ilhan, M 2014, 'Sources on Gallipoli Campaign: An interpretation', in Mehmet Mehdi Ilhan (ed.), Gallipoli: History, Memory and National Imagination, Turkish Historical Society, Ankara Turkey, pp. 23-39.
- Ilhan, M 2014, 'The Gallipoli Campaign: An overview', in Mehmet Mehdi Ilhan (ed.), Gallipoli: History, Memory and National Imagination, Turkish Historical Society, Ankara Turkey, pp. 7-22pp.
- Ilhan, M 2014, 'Introduction to Book "Gallipoli: History, Memory and National Imagination"', in Mehmet Mehdi Ilhan (ed.), Gallipoli: History, Memory and National Imagination, Turkish Historical Society, Ankara Turkey, pp. 1-4.
- Ilhan, M 2013, 'Naval Attack on Gallipoli: An Interpretation Based on Ottoman Documents', in Ibrahim Guran Yumusak & M. Mehdi Ilhan (ed.), Gelibolu: Tarih, Efsane ve Ani (Gallipoli: History, Legend and Memory), Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, pp. 51-65pp..
- Ibrahim, G & Ilhan, M, eds, 2013, Gelibolu: Tarih, Efsane ve Ani, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul.
- Ilhan, M 2013, 'Introduction to Book "Gelibolu"', in Ibrahim Guran Yumusak & M. Mehdi Ilhan (ed.), Gelibolu: Tarih, Efsane ve Ani (Gallipoli: History, Legend and Memory), Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, pp. 11-17.
- Ilhan, M. 2013 (ed. with I.G. Yumusak): Gallipoli: History, Legend and Memory, Istanbul Medeniyet University publication, Istanbul.
- Ilhan, M 2011, 'Onaltinci yuzyil'in ikinciyarisinda Kirsehir ve civarinda islenen suçlar uzerine bir degerlendirme (Deviant Acts in the Sixteenth Century Ottoman Empire: A case study of Kirsehir and bordering provinces)', in Mehmer Ozdemir (ed.), Ahilik Kulturu ve Kirsehir, Tasarim & Baski, Ankara, pp. 1461-1480.
- Ilhan, M 2011, 'Patrona Halil Isyani: Yayinlanmamıs bir Yazmanin Degerlendirilmesi. [Patrona Halil Uprising: A critical study of an unpublished manuscript]', in (ed.), Uluslararası Turk Kulturu Kongresi, Ataturk Culture Centre in Ankara, Konya Turkey, pp. 603-622.
- Ilhan, M 2010, 'Mayyafarikin'de Kahramanlik ve Fedekarlik' (Heroism and self-sacrifice at Meyyafarikin), [Translation of an Arabic article of Dr. Sa'd b. Muhammed Huzeyfe El-Ghamdi in El-Dare Nu'.
- Ilhan, M. 2010: (Translation article) 'Mayyafarikin'de Kahramanlik ve Fedekarlik' (Heroism and self-sacrifice at Meyyafarikin), [Translation of an Arabic article of Dr. Sa'd b. Muhammed Huzeyfe El-Ghamdi in El-Dare Nu.: 1 Year: 12 Shevval 1406 June 1986, pp. 78-98] in Tarih Arastırmaları Dergisi, Nu. 47, Vol. XXIX, Ankara March 2010, pp. 227*242.
- Ilhan, M 2009, 'Book review: Armenian Tigranekert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa', International Journal of Middle East Studies, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 136-138.
- Ilhan, M 2009, 'Cankiri in History: Insight from Ottoman Documents', in Roger Matthews and Claudia Glatz (ed.), At Empires' Edge: Project Paphlagonia, Regional Survey in North-Central Turkey, British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, London, pp. 227-238.
- Ilhan, M 2008, 'Research and Publications on Diyarbakır: the Ottoman Period', in Bahaeddin Yediyildiz & Kerstin Tomenenda (ed.), Osmanlı'dan Cumhuriyet'e Diyarbakır, Research Institute of Turkish Culture and Turkish, Ankara, pp. 49-74.
- Ilhan, M. 2008: "New Turks: Dramatizing Islam and the Ottomans in Early Modern England, by Matthew Dimmock, Aldershot and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2005, viii + 243 pages ISBN 0-7546-5022-7" (review) in Journal of International Studies, Vol. 29, No. 4, November 2008, pp. 427-432.
- Ilhan, M 2008, 'An Overview of the Ottoman Archival Documents and Chronicles', Tarih arastırmaları dergisi, vol. XXVII, no. 44, pp. 21-40.
- Ilhan, M 2008, 'The Management and Administration of Ottoman Water Conduits', Tarih arastırmaları dergisi, vol. XXvII, no. 44, pp. 41-66.
- Ilhan, M 2006, 'Some Pointers on the Importance of Personal Names in the Ottoman Detailed Cadastral Registers', Ankara Univesitesi Dil ve Tarih-Cografya Fakultesi, vol. 25, no. 40, pp. 41-58.
- Ilhan, M. 2006: (Book review) 'Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh. Small Players of the Great Game: the settlement of Iran's eastern borderlands and the creation of Afghanistan. London and New York: Routledge Curzon, 2004, (Book review) in Tarih Arastırmaları Dergisi, (Ankara Univesitesi Dil ve Tarih-Cografya Fakültesi) Vol. XXV/40 (2006). pp. 245-250.
- Ilhan, M 2005, 'The Town of Cankiri: Its Population and Development', in Colin Imber and Keiko Kiyotaki (ed.), Frontiers of Ottoman Studies: State, Province and the West, vol I, I B Tauris & Co Ltd, London, pp. 127-138.
- Ilhan, M 2005, 'Some Important Pointers from Ottoman cadastral registers of Cankırı', Türk Tarih Kongresi, vol. 14, pp. 361-395.
- Ilhan, M 2005, The Ottoman System of Ruling Minorities, Bulletin, CAIS, vol. 12, No. 2, p. 6.
- Ilhan' M. 2004: 'The Conquest of Istanbul: A Turning Point' in Bulletin, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (Middle East and Central Asia), Australian National University, Volume 11, Number 1 (2004), p. 9.
- Ilhan, M 2004, 'Turkish Population and Cultural Remains in Dobruca: Some tombstones of Babadag and Mangalya', Avusturalya da Elele, vol. 11, no. 33, pp. 22-24.
- Ilhan, M 2003, 'Varna at the End of the Sixteenth Century: Timar - Holdings and Population', in Halil Inalcik (ed.), Romano-Turcica 1, Les Editions Isis, Istanbul, pp. 51-75.
- Ilhan, M. 2003: 'Ziya Gokalp'in Tarih Metoduna Yaklasimi [Ziya Gokalp's Approach to the Methodology of History] in Akarca H. Dundar (editor): Ismail Bey Gaspirali ve Ziya Gokalp Sempozyumlari [Ismail Gaspirali and Ziya Gokalp Symposiums], Ankara: Turkk Kultur ve Sanatlari Ortak Yonetimi 2003. pp. 242-250
- Ilhan, M 2001, 'Artukids and Their Political Activities', Butun Yonleriyle Diyarbakır Sempozyumu, ed. S Beysanoglu, K Ozsezgin, M Ilhan, Neyir matbaacilik, Ankara, pp. 113-143.
- Ilhan, M 2001, 'Urfa and its environs in 1560s', Archivum Ottomanicum, vol. 19, pp. 5-68.
- Ilhan, M 2000, 'The Water Conduits and Fountains of Diyarbakir', in Dr Sevket Beysanoglu and M Sabri-Emin Nedret Isli (ed.), Diyarbakır: Muze Sehir, Yapi Kredi Kultur Sanat Yayincilik Ticaret ve Sanayi, Istanbul, pp. 246-251.
- Ilhan, M 2000, 'Cemetries of Diyarbakir: Rituals, Traditions and Some pointers', Acta Viennensia Ottomanica, ed. Markus Kohbach, Gisela Prochazka-Eisl and Claudia romer, IM Selbstverlag Des Instituts fur Orientalistik, Vienna.
- Ilhan, M 2000, 'The Cemeteries and Tombstones of Diyarbakir', in Dr Sevket Beysanoglu and M Sabri-Emin Nedret Isli (ed.), Diyarbakır: Muze Sehir, Yapi Kredi Kultur Sanat Yayincilik Ticaret ve Sanayi, Istanbul, pp. 258-267.
Projects and Grants
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- The silent wilderness speaks: the long history of Gallipoli and the Dardanelles (Secondary Investigator)