He was born in Istanbul to a Crimean Tatar family, which left Crimea for Constantinople in 1905. His birthday is unknown but İnalcık chose 26 May 1916 for his birthday. He attended Balıkesir Teacher Training School, and then Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Department of History where he graduated from in 1940. He completed his PhD in 1943 in the same department. His PhD thesis was on the Bulgarian question in the late Ottoman Empire. He entered the same school as an assistant, then he became assistant professor in 1946 and after his return from lecturing in the University of London for a while, he became a professor in the same department in 1952. He lectured in various universities in the United States as a guest professor. In 1972, he was invited by the University of Chicago. Between 1972 and 1993 he taught Ottoman history at the University of Chicago. In 1994, he returned to Turkey and founded history department at Bilkent University where he is still teaching. In 1993, he donated his valuable collection of books, journals and off-prints on the history of Ottoman Empire to the library of Bilkent University. He has been member president of many international foundations. He is a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Department of Historical Sciences. He is also a member of the Institute of Turkish Studies.
Series
Books
The Ottoman Empire - Sultan, Society and Economy
2018
The Ottoman Empire
1300-1600
1973
Studies in the History of Textiles in Turkey
2008
Osmanlı ve Modern Türkiye
2013
Osmanlı Tarihinde İslâmiyet ve Devlet
2016
Devlet-i Aliyye - Ayanlar, Tanzimat, Meşrutiyet
2019
İki Karanın Sultanı İki Denizin Hakanı Kayser-i Rum - Fatih Sultan Mehemmed Han
2019
Devlet-i ‘Aliyye - Tagayyür ve Fesâd (1603-1656)
Bozuluş ve Kargaşa Dönemi
2014
The Middle East & The Balkans Under The Ottoman Empire
Essays On Economy & Society
1993
Kuruluş ve İmparatorluk Sürecinde Osmanlı
Devlet, Kanun, Diplomasi
2011
Osmanlı'da Devlet, Hukuk, Adalet
2000
The Ottoman Empire and Europe - The Ottoman Empire and Its Place in European History
2017
Şair ve Patron
Patrimonyal Devlet ve Sanat Üzerine Sosyolojik Bir İnceleme
2003
Tarihçilerin Kutbu
Halil İnalcık Kitabı
2005
Atatürk ve Demokratik Türkiye
2009
Osmanlı Tarihinde Efsaneler ve Gerçekler
2015
Has-Bagcede Ays u Tarab by Halil Inalcik
2011
Devlet-i ‘Aliyye #5
2021
R?nesans Avrupasi
T?rkiye'nin Bati Medeniyetiyle ?zdeslesme S?reci by Halil Inalcik
2011
Millî Mücadele Tarihi
2022
موجز تاريخ العثمانيين
2022
Devlet-i Aliyye - Köprülüler Devri
2019
Osmanlılar
Fütühat, İmparatorluk, Avrupa ile İlişkiler
2010
İmparatorluktan Cumhuriyete
2018
An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1914 2 Volume Paperback Set
1997
Devlet-i ‘Aliyye - Klasik Dönem (1302-1606)
Siyasal, Kurumsal ve Ekonomik Gelişim
2009
An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1600
1997
