{{Short description|Turkish historian (1889–1976)}} {{Expand Russian|date=July 2016|topic=bio}} [[File:Валиди,Инан,Таган.png|thumb| Abdulkadir Inan (centre) with [[Zeki Velidi Togan]] (left) and [[Galimyan Tagan]] (right)]]
'''Abdülkadir İnan''' ({{langx|ru|Абдулкадир Инан}}; {{langx|ba|Әбделҡадир Инан|Äbdelqadir İnan}}; 26 September 1889 – 1 October 1976, [[Istanbul]]) was a Turkish historian and folklorist of [[Bashkirs|Bashkir]] background. He was the author of over 350 scientific articles.
== Early life and education == He was born into the Qazböri family of the Ulu Qatay tribe in the village Çigay, close to [[Yekaterinburg|Jekaterinburg]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Çagatay|first=Saadet|date=1959|title=Abdülkadir Inan: Fünfzig Jahre wissenschaftlichen Wirkens|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41926645|journal=Central Asiatic Journal|volume=5|issue=2|pages=151–162|jstor=41926645|issn=0008-9192}}</ref> He received his primary education in Çigay and in 1905 he entered vocational school in Troick from which he graduated in 1914.<ref name=":0" /> Following he was a teacher for secondary education in the [[Russian Empire]], and served in the army of the [[Russian Empire]] during [[World War I]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Szurek|first=Emmanuel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b-W9wgEACAAJ|title=Kemalism: Transnational Politics in the Post-Ottoman World|publisher=[[I.B. Tauris]]|year=2019|isbn=978-1-78813-172-8|editor-last=Clayer|editor-first=Nathalie|pages=282–285|language=en}}</ref> From 1908 onwards he wrote articles for the ''Vakit'' in [[Orenburg]]. Initially focusing on education, he soon expanded into ethnography and folkloric heritage of the Bashkirs.<ref name=":0" />After the end of WWI he stayed in [[Moscow]] and [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] until 1919, where he worked in libraries.<ref name=":0" /> In 1919, he founded a Society for the Research of the Bashqiri heritage and folklore in [[Ufa]].<ref name=":0" /> He was involved in the early Soviet government of the Bashkir areas. Due to difficulties with the local Government he left for [[Tashkent|Tachkent]], where he wrote for the newspaper ''Ackoy.''<ref name=":0" /> In 1923 left the [[Soviet Union]] over [[Ashgabat]], [[Pahlavi dynasty|Iran]], [[Afghanistan]] and [[India]] to Europe where he worked in libraries in [[Paris]] and [[Berlin]].<ref name=":0" />
== In Turkey == He finally settled in [[Turkey]] in 1925<ref name=":1" /> where he became an assistant to [[Mehmet Fuat Köprülü|Mehmed Fuad Köprülü]]<ref name=":0" /> and was involved in the development of the [[Sun Language Theory]].<ref name=":1" /> Between 1928 and 1932 he was a member of the Scientific Commission in the {{Interlanguage link|Türk Halk Bilgisi Derneği|lt=Turkish Folkloric Association|tr}}. In 1933, he was appointed as the head specialist<ref>{{Cite book |last=Türk Dil Kurumu |url=http://archive.org/details/turk-dili-tetkik-cemiyeti-bulteni |title=Türk Dili Tetkik Cemiyeti Bülteni |publisher=Türk Dil Kurumu |year=1934 |volume=8 |location=Ankara |page=22 |language=Tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |year=1936 |title=TDK Arşiv |url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPlpRYmWAAAzUmV.jpg |publisher=Türk Dil Kurumu |language=Tr |format=JPEG |publication-place=Ankara}}</ref> of the [[Turkish Language Association]] and in 1935 he assumed as a Professor in [[Turkology]] at the [[Ankara University|University of Ankara]].<ref name=":0" />
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