Şerif Mardin
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Şerif Mardin was a prominent Turkish sociologist and political scientist known for his influential analyses of Ottoman-Turkish modernization, religion, and center–periphery relations in Turkish society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Şerif Mardin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1423688 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Şerif Mardin Context triple: [Istanbul University, hasNotableAlumni, Şerif Mardin]
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A.
Kerim Bey
Kerim Bey is a charismatic and resourceful MI6 ally in the James Bond series, best known for assisting Bond in Istanbul in the film and novel "From Russia, with Love."
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B.
Rauf Ilwan
Rauf Ilwan is a character in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "The Thief and the Dogs," known as a former mentor who betrays the protagonist, Said Mahran.
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C.
Uluch Ali
Uluch Ali was a 16th-century Ottoman admiral and corsair, famed as one of the principal Ottoman commanders at the Battle of Lepanto and later Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral) of the Ottoman fleet.
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D.
Feridun Zaimoglu
Feridun Zaimoglu is a German-Turkish author and artist known for his influential novels, essays, and plays that explore migration, identity, and multicultural life in Germany.
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E.
Edip Cansever
Edip Cansever was a prominent 20th-century Turkish poet known for his modernist, introspective, and often experimental verse that helped shape contemporary Turkish poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Şerif Mardin Target entity description: Şerif Mardin was a prominent Turkish sociologist and political scientist known for his influential analyses of Ottoman-Turkish modernization, religion, and center–periphery relations in Turkish society.
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A.
Kerim Bey
Kerim Bey is a charismatic and resourceful MI6 ally in the James Bond series, best known for assisting Bond in Istanbul in the film and novel "From Russia, with Love."
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B.
Rauf Ilwan
Rauf Ilwan is a character in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "The Thief and the Dogs," known as a former mentor who betrays the protagonist, Said Mahran.
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C.
Uluch Ali
Uluch Ali was a 16th-century Ottoman admiral and corsair, famed as one of the principal Ottoman commanders at the Battle of Lepanto and later Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral) of the Ottoman fleet.
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D.
Feridun Zaimoglu
Feridun Zaimoglu is a German-Turkish author and artist known for his influential novels, essays, and plays that explore migration, identity, and multicultural life in Germany.
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E.
Edip Cansever
Edip Cansever was a prominent 20th-century Turkish poet known for his modernist, introspective, and often experimental verse that helped shape contemporary Turkish poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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person ⓘ political scientist ⓘ social theorist ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in political science ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1927-02-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Istanbul
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Turkey ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Turkey ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2017-09-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Johns Hopkins University
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London School of Economics ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ |
| employer |
American University of Beirut
ⓘ
Ankara University ⓘ Bogazici University ⓘ
surface form:
Boğaziçi University
Columbia University ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ Sabancı University ⓘ |
| familyName | Mardin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Ottoman studies
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modernization theory ⓘ political science ⓘ religion and politics ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| givenName |
Sherif
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surface form:
Şerif
|
| influenced |
research on center–periphery relations in Turkey
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studies of Turkish political Islam ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analyses of Ottoman-Turkish modernization
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center–periphery model of Turkish politics ⓘ studies on Islam and Turkish society ⓘ work on Turkish political thought ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
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Turkish ⓘ |
| memberOf | Turkish Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Şerif Mardin self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Turkish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Center-Periphery Relations: A Key to Turkish Politics?
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Religion and Social Change in Modern Turkey ⓘ The Genesis of Young Ottoman Thought ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Istanbul ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor of political science
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professor of sociology ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Islamic movements in Turkey
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Turkish modernization ⓘ Young Ottomans ⓘ civil society in Turkey ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Şerif Mardin Description of subject: Şerif Mardin was a prominent Turkish sociologist and political scientist known for his influential analyses of Ottoman-Turkish modernization, religion, and center–periphery relations in Turkish society.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.