Background
Ihsanoglu, Ekmeleddin was born on December 26, 1943 in Yozgat, Turkey. Son of Mehmed Ihsan and Seniye Ihsanoglu.
religious organization administrator
Ihsanoglu, Ekmeleddin was born on December 26, 1943 in Yozgat, Turkey. Son of Mehmed Ihsan and Seniye Ihsanoglu.
Bachelor of Science, Ain Shams University, 1966. Master of Science, Ain Shams University, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, Ankara University, Turkey, 1974.
Doctor (honorary), Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1994. Doctor (honorary), Dowling College, Long Island, 1996. Doctor (honorary), Academy of Sciences, Azerbaijan, 2000.
Doctor (honorary), University Sofia, Bulgaria, 2001. Doctor (honorary), University Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2001. Doctor (honorary), Institute History, Academy of Sciences, Tatarstan, 2004.
Doctor (honorary), University Padua, Italy, 2006. Doctor (honorary), University Exeter, England, 2007.
Instructor, researcher Ain Shams University, Cairo, 1966-1970. Instructor faculty science Ankara University, 1970—1979, associate professor, 1979-1980. Research fellow Exeter University, England, 1975-1977.
Director general Research Center for Islamic History, Art, Culture, Istanbul, Turkey, 1980—2004. Professor, head history of science department Istanbul University, 1984—2000. Secretary general Organization Islamic Conference, since 2005.
Founder, chairman Turkish Society for History of Science, since 1989. Vice chairman Al Furquan Islamic Heritage Foundation, since 1998. President International Union of History & Philosophy of Science, 2001—2006.
Visiting professor Ludwig Maximilian University, 2003.
Numerous organisations concerned with study of Islamic issues, including Middle E. Studies Association of N. America, Royal Academy, of Islamic Civilisation Research, Jordan, National Council for Translation of Studies and Research, Tunisia, Institute of Islamic Research, Istanbul, Institute Society for History of Arabic and Islamic Sciences and Philosophy, Paris etc.
Married Fusun Ihsanoglu, 1971. Children: Osman Tugrul, Emin Aziz, Orhan Mehmet.