Mustafa İnan
Turkish civil engineer (1911–1967)
Mustafa İnan (1911–1967) was a Turkish civil engineering academic.
Life
He was born in Adana. His mother was Rabia and father was Hüseyin Avni. At the end of the First World War, Adana was occupied by the French forces and his family had to move to Konya. At the end of the Turkish War of Independence the family returned to Adana and Mustafa continued his secondary education in Adana. In 1931 he took the first place in the entrance examinations of the Istanbul Technical University (then known as Engineering School). Later he was sent to Switzerland for advanced studies in the ETH Zurich (German: Eidgenössische Technische). After his doctorate thesis 1941, he returned to Turkey to continue academic studies in the Engineering School. In 1944, the school was renamed Istanbul Technical University and he became the associate professor of Mechanics and Strength.
After compulsory military service in 1944, he married Jale İnan, the first female archaeologist in Turkey.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6101179. VIAF identifies the subject as 29411194. The Library of Congress control number is nr93041342. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1911, 1967, 1931 and 1941.
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