On his Twitter account, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shared a post on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of Halil İnalcık’s passing.
In his post, Erdoğan said: “On the fourth anniversary of his passing, I commemorate with mercy and gratitude Prof. Halil İnalcık, the ‘doyen’ who shed light on history with his works.”
Erdoğan’s post also featured İnalcık’s photo and his saying: “The West has never forgotten the conquest of Istanbul and Hagia Sophia.”