Halil Berktay (born August 27, 1947) is a Turkish historian at Ibn Haldun University and was columnist for the daily Taraf.
His father, Erdoğan Berktay, was a member of the old clandestine Communist Party of Turkey.
As a result of this influence, Halil Berktay remained a Maoist for two decades before he became "an independent left-intellectual".
[4] Berktay's research areas are the history and historiography of Turkish nationalism in the 20th century.
[5] In September 2005, Berktay and fellow historians, including Murat Belge, Edhem Eldem, Selim Deringil, convened at an academic conference to discuss the fall of the Ottoman Empire.