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Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf Üniversitesi (FSMVÜ) was established in Istanbul in 2010 through the consolidation of five endowments under the General Directorate of Foundations of the Republic of Türkiye. These endowments are the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Han Vakfı, Sinan Ağa bin Abdurrahman Vakfı, Nurbanu Valide Sultan Vakfı, Hatice Sultan Vakfı, and Abdullahoğlu Hacı Abdülaziz Ağa Vakfı. Alongside Bezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi, it is one of two universities under the General Directorate of Foundations. I

Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin (1924–2018) is a scholar who researched, documented, and transmitted the history of Islamic sciences through written works to future academic literature. Born in Bitlis, Sezgin received training in Arabic-Persian philology at Istanbul University, conducted extensive studies on manuscripts, and played a pivotal role in institutionalizing the history of science through institutes and museums he established in Türkiye and Germany. Birth, Family Origins, and Childhood (1924–194

In the historiography of science, Eurocentric narratives for a long historical period have evaluated scientific development as a linear and progressive trajectory extending from Ancient Greece to the European Renaissance. This approach confined the production of scientific knowledge to specific geographic and cultural centers, often positioning the Islamic scientific tradition as merely an intermediate stage responsible for transmitting ancient knowledge.George Saliba, How Did the Islamic Scient