İbrahim Kafesoğlu (1914–1984) was a Turkish historian and academic who is known for his role in the development of the Turkish–Islamic synthesis.
[2] His thesis was entitled Büyük Selçuklu Sultanı Melikşah (Turkish: Malik Shah, Sultan of the Seljuk Empire), and his advisor was Mükrimin Halil Yinanç.
[3] Kafesoğlu was the major ideologue of the IH and had a significant role in the formulation of the Turkish–Islamic synthesis.
[4] To support his position Kafesoğlu added "Turks never founded an Islamic State because Turks kept their pre-Islamic Turkish understanding of sovereignty, social rights, and toleration in religious life, land regime and the military character for their states.
"[8] Kafesoğlu argued that the necessity condition for the scientific advancement and the welfare of people in Turkey was the enrichment of national culture.
[5] He opposed humanism regarding it as a threat on the grounds that it was not compatible with national culture and that it was a Western idea.
[9] Kafesoğlu described Turkish youth as "the bearer of a 4000-year-old history" and "the representative of a long and glorious struggle.