İlber Ortaylı

İlber Ortaylı
Ortaylı in Preveza in 2009
Born(1947-05-21)21 May 1947
Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Allied-occupied Austria
Died13 March 2026(2026-03-13) (aged 78)
Istanbul, Turkey
CitizenshipTurkish
Alma materAnkara University (BA, PhD)
University of Chicago (MA)
Known forHistory of the Ottoman Empire
History of Turkey
Seljuk Empire
Scientific career
FieldsHistory
Doctoral advisorHalil İnalcık

İlber Ortaylı (Turkish: [ˈilbæɾ oɾˈtajɫɯ]; 21 May 1947 – 13 March 2026) was a Turkish historian and professor of history of Crimean Tatar origin at the Medipol University, Galatasaray University in Istanbul and at Bilkent University in Ankara. In 2005, he was appointed as the director of the Topkapı Museum in Istanbul, until he retired in 2012.

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