Ekrem Akurgal
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Prof. Dr. Ekrem Akurgal Dr. h.c. mult. |
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| Born |
March 30, 1911 Tulkarm, Beirut Vilayet, Palestine, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | November 1, 2002 (aged 91) İzmir, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Education | Archaeology |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Known for | Research on ancient civilizations in Anatolia |
| Spouse(s) | Meral Akurgal |
| Awards |
Great Cross of Merit with star (1979) Goethe Medal (1982) Commendatore of the Order of Merit of the Republic (1987) French Légion d'honneur Officier (1987) |
Ekrem Akurgal (March 30, 1911 – November 1, 2002) was a Turkish archaeologist. During a career that spanned more than fifty years, he conducted definitive research in several sites along the western coast of Anatolia such as Phokaia (Foça), Pitane (Çandarlı), Erythrai (Ildırı) and old Smyrna (Bayraklı höyük, the original site of the city of Smyrna before the city's move to another spot across the Gulf of İzmir).
He was born on March 30, 1911 in the town of Tulkarm in the Beirut Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (today a Palestinian city in the West Bank), where his mother's family owned a large farm. He descended from a family of Ottoman intellectuals and religious men, several of whose members had assumed the office of mufti, the highest title of the Islamic clergy in a given region, for the Ottoman province of Herzegovina. His family moved back to İstanbul when he was two years old. For some time, they resided in another family farm, this time near Akyazı. He received his first education from his father's sister and her husband, who taught literature in Darülfünun (Istanbul University today).
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