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İlber Ortaylı

Turkish historian

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born
1947
died
2026
age at death
78
known for
historian, university teacher, legal historian

1947 – 2026

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İlber Ortaylı was a Turkish historian and professor of history of Crimean Tatar origin at the Galatasaray University in Istanbul and at Ankara University and Bilkent University in Ankara. In 2005, he was appointed the director of the Topkapı Museum in Istanbul, until he retired in 2012.

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