Ekrem Akurgal
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Ekrem Akurgal (March 30, 1911 – November 1, 2002) was a
höyük, the original site of the city of Smyrna before the city's move to another spot across the Gulf of İzmir
).
Biography
He was born on March 30, 1911, in the town of
Islamic clergy in a given region, for the Ottoman province of Herzegovina. His family moved back to Istanbul 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).
Akurgal graduated in 1931 from
Berlinerisch
.
In 1957, he became a
University of Ankara. He worked mainly in the Aegean Region, starting the research on Phokaia (Foça), Pitane (Çandarlı), Erythrai (Ildırı) and old Smyrna (Bayraklı tumulus). He published numerous books on ancient Greek, Hittite and other ancient civilizations of Anatolia
.
Settled in İzmir since the seventies to pursue his work on the nearby sites with more effectiveness, Akurgal died on November 1, 2002, in İzmir. His work and legacy is being carried on by his wife, Meral Akurgal, an accomplished archaeologist herself and his closest assistant in his lifetime.
Awards
- 1961 Bordeaux University, France[1]
- 1972 Great Cross of Merit with star[1]
- 1981 German Goethe Medal[2]
- 1981 Turkish Republic Ministry of Culture Gran Award[1]
- 1986 Premio Internazionale "I Cavalli d'Oro di San Marco", Italy[1]
- 1987
Italian Commendatore of the Order of Merit of the Republic[3] - 1987 Légion d'honneurOfficier
- 1989 Honorary Doctorate University of Athens, Greece
- 1990 Honorary Doctorate University of Lecce, Italy
- 1990 Honorary Doctorate Anadolu University, Turkey
References
- ^ ISBN 975-479-031-0.
- ^ "GOETHE-MEDAILLE DIE PREISTRÄGER 1955 - 2013" (PDF) (in German). Goethe Institut. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" (in Italian). 27 December 1986. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
Bibliography
- Cyril Mango, Ekrem Akurgal, and Richard Ettinghausen. The Treasures of Turkey: The earliest civilizations of Anatolia Byzantium the Islamic Period. (1966), Editions d'Art Albert Skira, Geneva, 253 pp.
- Ekrem Akurgal (2002). Ancient Civilisations and Ruins of Turkey. ISBN 978-0-7103-0776-7.
See also
- Legion of Honour
- Legion of Honour Museum
- List of Legion of Honour recipients by name (A)
- List of foreign recipients of Legion of Honour by name
- List of foreign recipients of the Legion of Honour by country
- List of foreign recipients of the Legion of Honour by decade
External links
- doi:10.3764/AJA.109.3.561. Archived from the originalon 2013-01-17.
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