Fahir Iz

Fahir Iz (30 April 1911 – 5 July 2004) was a Turkish scholar of literature and professor emeritus of the Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations Department (NELC) at the University of Chicago. He also served as director of the Institute of Turkology at Istanbul University and the head of Cultural Affairs of the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD). His academic career spanned Turkey, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, and he was known for his work on both classical and contemporary Turkish literature. Provided by Wikipedia