Against Headwinds on the Lee Side : Memoirs of a Passionate Orientalist

__György Hazai__ was one of the eminent scholars of Turkology of the 20th-21st century. Inspired by Arminius Vámbéry, pupil of Gyula Németh, colleague of Tibor Halasi-Kun, Andreas Tietze, Louis Bazin, Alessio Bombaci, Barbara Kellner-Heinkele and so many others who have determined this field of research in the past century. He enhanced the scholarly methodology by introducing the numerological approach to linguistics. His devotion to the field has created a remarkable __œuvre__. It is with true love that we recommend this volume to the attention of those who are interested in the history of Turkology. We are offering an insight into the tough decades of the second half of the 20th century. The time when it was not easy for a scholar from Hungary to live for academia and remain human. As the author put it: __"You’ve got to stand your ground in heavy headwinds and also find the quiet lee side."__ Autobiography of one of the __doyens__ of Turkology. Many insights and perspectives on the career and background of the renowned Hungarian scholar with special ties between East and West, Germany's twofold capital Berlin being his main playfield during the cold war.

György Hazai was one of the eminent scholars of Turkology of the 20th-21st century. Inspired by Arminius Vámbéry, pupil of Gyula Németh, colleague of Tibor Halasi-Kun, Andreas Tietze, Louis Bazin, Alessio Bombaci, Barbara Kellner-Heinkele and so many others who have determined this field of research in the past century. He enhanced the scholarly methodology by introducing the numerological approach to linguistics. His devotion to the field has created a remarkable œuvre.

It is with true love that we recommend this volume to the attention of those who are interested in the history of Turkology. We are offering an insight into the tough decades of the second half of the 20th century. The time when it was not easy for a scholar from Hungary to live for academia and remain human. As the author put it: "You've got to stand your ground in heavy headwinds and also find the quiet lee side."

Table of Contents By Way of an Introduction I The Years Gliding By from Childhood to 1963 II The Years Gliding By—Berlin (1963–1982) III The Years Gliding By: Budapest (1982–1991) IV The Years Gliding By: Cyprus and Me (1992–2000) V The Years Gliding By: Back to Budapest (2000–2014) VI Encounters VII A Summary of my Activities as a Researcher and a Teacher Afterword The List of Hungarian Abbreviations Index