İlber Ortaylı
İlber Ortaylı | |
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İlber Ortayli in Preveza in 2009 | |
| Born | 21 May 1947 |
| Citizenship | Turkish |
| Alma mater | Ankara University University of Chicago |
| Known for | History of the Ottoman Empire History of Turkey Seljuk Empire |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History |
| Doctoral advisor | Halil İnalcık |
İlber Ortaylı (Turkish: [ˈilbæɾ oɾˈtajɫɯ]; born 21 May 1947) is a Turkish historian and professor of history of Crimean Tatar origin at the MEF 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.