Ahmet Taşağıl

Ahmet TAĞIL was born on February 14, 1964, in İlyasköy, Çiftlikköy district of Yalova. After completing his primary education in his village, he continued his secondary and high school education at İzmit Mimar Sinan High School. Tasagil graduated from Istanbul University, Department of History in 1985, and then went to Taiwan to study languages.

After his return to Turkey in 1986, he started his postgraduate studies at the same university. His master's thesis, prepared under the supervision of Gülçin Çandarlıoğlu, was accepted in 1988, and his doctoral thesis was accepted in 1991.

Tasagil, who started his academic career at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Department of History in 1987, became an associate professor in 1995 and a professor in 2001. In addition to various administrative duties at the university, he was a visiting professor at Ahmet Yesevi University in Kazakhstan in 1997-1998 and 1999-2000.

He worked at Manas University in Kyrgyzstan in 2004-2005. In addition to his academic studies, Tasagil carries out research in various countries of Central Asia and has been the Head of the Department of History at Yeditepe University since 2015. The historian, who received the State Medal of Honor awarded by Mongolia in 2006, is also a member of the Scientific Board of the Turkish Historical Society.

In his private life, the academician is married to Ayten Tasagil and has two children. His knowledge of foreign languages ​​is quite extensive and he has an advanced command of Chinese, French, English, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Russian. In addition, he has a deep knowledge of Persian and Mongolian, as well as a small amount of Turkish languages.

Known for his works in the field of history, TAĞIL's best-known works include "Bilge Khagan's Will", "Kaghanates of the Steppe: Huns, Tabgachs, Gokturks, Uyghurs" and "Gokturks" series. Apart from these books, he has authored many important publications such as "Turkish Sages", "The First Turks" and "The First Empire of the Steppes: Huns". He also contributed to compilations such as "Silk Road" and "The Adventure of Humanity".