Sevim Tekeli's works mainly focus on the history of Ottoman astronomy, particularly on the studied by the famous astronomer
Taqi al Din. When Professor Tekeli started her doctoral studies, it was very hard to find any scientific study and materials in
Turkey concerning the history of Ottoman science. She determined to overcome such problems.
Articles Some of her articles are given below: • (1970). Al Urdi's Article on the Quality of the Observations.
Araştırma 8. • (1980).The Observational Instruments of Istanbul Observatory.
Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Observatories in Islam, pp. 33,43. • (1985). The map of America by Pîrî Reîs.
New Dictionary of Scientific Biography. • (2008). Al-Khujandī, Abū Maḥmūd Ḥāmid Ibn Al-Khiḍr.
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. • (2008). Pirī Rais (or Re’is), Muḥyī Al-Dīn.
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. • (2008). Muḥyi ’L-Dīn Al-Maghribī.
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
Books (1975).
Modern bilimin doğuşunda Bizansʾın etkisi? = Is there any impact of Byzantine on the emergence of modern science?, First Edition, Ankara: Kalite Publishing. (2002).
16’ıncı yüzyılda Osmanlılarda saat ve Takiyüddin’in “mekanik saat konstrüksüyonuna dair en parlak yıldızlar = The clocks in Ottoman Empire in 16th century and Taqi al Din’s the brightest stars for the construction of the mechanical clocks. Second edition, Ankara: T. C. Kültür Bakanlıgi.{{cite web|title=Horology in Islam|url=http://www.ub.edu/islamsci/biblio/Horology.htm|publisher=Barcelona University Tekeli, Sevim et al. (2007).
Bilim tarihine giriş = An introduction to the history of science, Ankara: Nobel Publishing.{{cite web ==References==