ITIL (İtil), Abidin. Baku 1910 — 1980. Turkish Indologist. Student of Ruben at Ankara, Ph.D. 1944. At Ankara University: Started teaching Sanskrit in 1936 (under Ruben), Assistant in 1943-46, Docent from 1946, then Professor and Head of Department. Retired 1975.
Publications: Diss. “Bhavishyamahapuranam”, Ankara Universitesi Dil ve Tarih – Coğrafya Fakültesi 5, 1947, 33-50 (summary in Turkish and English).
– Translated Ruben’s History of Buddhism: Buddhizm tarihi. 170 p. Ankara Univ. Publ. 58, A. 1947.
– Sanskrit Kılavuzu. 164 p. Ankara 1963 (Sanskrit grammar).
– Transl. Pançatantra. 1964.
– On Turkish-Sanskrit linguistic contacts in ZDMG Suppl. 1, 1969, 799-803, full text as “Türkçe-Sanskrit. Arasında Linguistik Paraleller”, Doğu DUleri, Dil ve Tarih Coğrafya Fakültesi, Ankara 1970:1, 139-150; further articles in Turkish.
Sources: Turkish encyclopedia; www.oocities.org/hindoloji/hindoloji/turkiyede_hindoloji.
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