Founder of the Department

Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, originally from the Aşudu village of Darende (Malatya), was born in 1932 in Maraş, where his father settled because he was a merchant. His father is Mustafa Efendi, known by the nickname "Dikbıyık", and his mother is Zekiye Hanım.

After his father Mustafa Efendi died, the family returned to their hometown from Maraş and settled in the village of Aşudu. Hacıeminoğlu spent his childhood here with the legends, folk tales, Muhammediyes and hymns he listened to from the elders of the family and the notables of the village.

Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, who started his education in Aşudu village, after completing primary school here, starts secondary school in Darende, but completes secondary school in Osmaniye. He then attends the free boarding Adana Boys' High School. Şevket Kutkan, the literature teacher he met here, made him interested in Turcology.

Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu came to Istanbul in 1954 to continue his education. Hacıeminoğlu, who continued his education here after passing the tests at Çapa Higher Teachers' School, entered the Department of Turkish Language and Literature at Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters, and graduated from there in 1959.

After graduating from school, he worked as a literature teacher at Bitlis High School for six months and at Osmaniye High School for one year. Returning to the school from which he graduated in 1960, he started to work as an assistant in the Turkish Language Department. He became a doctor in 1963 with his thesis titled "Kutb's Hüsrev ü Şirin and Language Specialties", associate professor in 1970 with the thesis "Prepositions in Turkish Language", and professor in 1982 with the presentation of "Verbs in Turkish Language in terms of Structure".

After becoming a doctor, Hacıeminoğlu, who worked abroad for a while, went to Baghdad in 1972 with an assignment to teach at the Turcology Department of Baghdad University. However, when he saw that there was no Turcology Department here, Turcology teachers were giving auxiliary courses to the students of other departments, and the first thing he did was to establish the Turcology Department. After staying here for two years, he returns to Istanbul and continues his old job. He worked in London between September 1976 - March 1977, and in Germany and Switzerland in August-December 1982.

After leaving Istanbul University in 1983, Hacıeminoğlu started various activities. In 1985, he established the Department of Turkish Language and Literature within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Trakya University. Two years later, Hacıeminoğlu, who enabled the opening of Master's and Doctorate programs at the Social Sciences Institute, starts to work as the director of this unit.

Having worked at Trakya University for nine years, Hacıeminoğlu returned to Istanbul University in 1994. However, he retired in 1996 due to the deterioration of his health. After a while, he attains the mercy of the Right on 26 June 1996. His grave is in Edirnekapı Martyrs' Cemetery in Istanbul.

Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu's scientific studies are especially in the field of Turkish language and Turkey Turkish. Hacıeminoğlu, who examines the bond between language and nation in terms of structure and meaning, is an important scientist who has revealed the logical principles and word families of the Turkish language. In addition to his scientific studies, he has various articles in the field of art, culture and literature.

1. Lehcetü’l-hakāyık (Yeni harflere aktarmıştır) (Ankara 1962).
2. Kutb’un Hüsrev ü Şirin’i ve Dil Hususiyetleri (İstanbul 1968).
3. Dokuz Işık’da Eğitim Sistemi (Ankara 1971).
4. Türk Dilinde Edatlar (İstanbul 1972).
5. Milliyetçi Eğitim Sistemi (İstanbul 1972).
6. Türkçenin Karanlık Günleri (İstanbul 1972).
7. Fuzûlî (İstanbul 1972).
8. Milliyetçilik-Ülkücülük-Aydınlar (Ankara 1975).
9. Türkiye’nin Çıkmazları (İstanbul 1975).
10. Yeni Bir Dünya (Hikaye Kitabı) (İstanbul 1976).
11. Yapı Bakımından Türk Dilinde Fiiller (baskı yeri yok, 1984).
12. Karahanlı Türkçesi Grameri (Ankara 1996).
13. Harezm Türkçesi ve Grameri (Ankara 1997).