Teoman Duralı
Turkish philosopher (1947–2021)
Şaban Teoman Duralı (7 February 1947 – 6 December 2021) was a Turkish philosopher, thinker and academic at the Department of Philosophy, Ibn Haldun University. He wrote many articles and books and was widely published in areas such as history of philosophy, history of biology, linguistics, political philosophy and the Philosophy of war.
Life
Duralı was born on 7 February 1947 at Kozlu, Zonguldak, to a Turkish father, Sabih Duralı, and German Hilda (née Kohlschmidt) Duralı. He finished his primary education at Zonguldak and Ankara. He completed his secondary education from TED Ankara College Foundation School. In 1973 he graduated from the Department of Philosophy at Faculty of Arts, Istanbul University. He attained his PhD in philosophy in 1977 on the philosophy of biology.
Academic career
Duralı started his teaching career at Istanbul University in 1975, and became a professor in 1988. While at Istanbul University he went on visiting professorships to International Islamic University Malaysia in 1992–93 and University of Vienna. He also visited various Central Asia countries such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan on a research trip in 1996.
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