Istanbul, Turkey
Coordinates: 41.052116, 28.931999
Hüseyn Hilmi Işık was born in Eyüp, Istanbul. He was educated at “Halıcıoğlu Military High School,” and went on to become the first chemical engineer from Istanbul University, Faculty of Science in Turkey.
Hüseyin Hilmi was educated in science and religion. He began studying at the School of Chemical Engineering. He learned calculus from Von Mises, mechanics from Professor Prage, physics from Dember and technical chemistry from Goss.
He published one hundred and forty-four books, sixty are Arabic, twenty-five Persian, fourteen Turkish, and the remaining translated books consist of French, German, English, Russian, various Turkic languages as well as Bosnian, Albanian and other languages. His most important book is Tam İlmihâl Seadet-i Ebediyye. It was published in English under the title Endless Bliss.
He died on October 26, 2001 and was buried in the historical Eyüp Cemetery.
