Ahmet Şimşirgil is a Turkish academic. He is a professor

Professor

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 of Ottoman history on the historical period which extends from the conquest of Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

 in the Faculty of Science and Literature at the Marmara University

Marmara University

Marmara University is a public university in Turkey. Situated in Istanbul, Marmara University has succeeded in becoming the second largest university in the whole country...

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He has prepared and published the memories of Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha as "Kaptan Paşa'nın Seyir Defteri" (The Logbook of the Captain Pasha) by Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı

Babiali Cultural Publications

Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı is a publishing company based in Istanbul, Turkey. The company publishes many different kinds of books and also Haber Kuşağı , an online newspaper....

, a Turkish publishing house based in Istanbul.