Bilge Umar
Encyclopedia
Bilge Umar is a Turkish
writer, researcher and jurist born in Karşıyaka
, İzmir
in Turkey
.
He did his studies in Istanbul University
Law School, where he also worked, after graduation in 1958, as an assistant
and received his doctorate degree in 1962, with a thesis entitled Annulment Suit under Turkish Enforcement-Bankruptcy Law becoming an Associate Professor in 1967. Then he moved back to İzmir and held various managerial posts in İzmir's Ege University
, as aside a career as an academician. He became one of the founders of the university's Law School, where he became the deputy to the dean
, and a full professor in 1970. Prof. Dr. Bilge Umar is currently the Head of the Department of Public Law
of Yeditepe University
(İstanbul
) Faculty of Law and is teaching "Civil Procedure Law" and "Appeal Procedure and Arbitration".
As much as his studies in various legal matters, he came to be known in Turkey for his popular books on ancient history (particularly on ancient cities in Turkey
).
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
writer, researcher and jurist born in Karşıyaka
Karsiyaka
Karşıyaka is a district of İzmir Province in Turkey. It is part of the Greater Metropolitan Area of İzmir, in other words a metropolitan district, the second largest after Konak in terms of population, and it is almost entirely urbanized at the rate of 99,9 per cent, with corresponding high levels...
, İzmir
Izmir
Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
.
He did his studies in Istanbul University
Istanbul University
Istanbul University is a Turkish university located in Istanbul. The main campus is adjacent to Beyazıt Square.- Synopsis :A madrasa, a religious school, was established sometime in the 15th century after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. An institution of higher education named the...
Law School, where he also worked, after graduation in 1958, as an assistant
Graduate assistant
A graduate assistant is a position who serves in a support role at a university, usually while completing post-graduate education. The individual typically assists professors or with instructional responsibilities as teaching assistants, coaches with an athletic team, or university department...
and received his doctorate degree in 1962, with a thesis entitled Annulment Suit under Turkish Enforcement-Bankruptcy Law becoming an Associate Professor in 1967. Then he moved back to İzmir and held various managerial posts in İzmir's Ege University
Ege University
Ege University is a public university in İzmir, Turkey. It was founded in 1955 with the Faculties of Medicine and Faculty of Agriculture...
, as aside a career as an academician. He became one of the founders of the university's Law School, where he became the deputy to the dean
Dean (education)
In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
, and a full professor in 1970. Prof. Dr. Bilge Umar is currently the Head of the Department of Public Law
Public law
Public law is a theory of law governing the relationship between individuals and the state. Under this theory, constitutional law, administrative law and criminal law are sub-divisions of public law...
of Yeditepe University
Yeditepe University
Yeditepe University is a foundation university situated in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 1996, Yeditepe University now claims to be the largest of the 27 foundation universities in Turkey....
(İstanbul
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...
) Faculty of Law and is teaching "Civil Procedure Law" and "Appeal Procedure and Arbitration".
As much as his studies in various legal matters, he came to be known in Turkey for his popular books on ancient history (particularly on ancient cities in Turkey
Anatolia
Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...
).
Books
- AeolisAeolisAeolis or Aeolia was an area that comprised the west and northwestern region of Asia Minor, mostly along the coast, and also several offshore islands , where the Aeolian Greek city-states were located...
/ Bir Tarihsel Coğrafya Araştırması ve Gezi Rehberi (A historico-geographical research and a guidebook) ISBN 975-10-1714-9 - BithyniaBithyniaBithynia was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine .-Description:...
/ (A historico-geographical research and a guidebook), ISBN 975-10-2193-6 - Börklüce, ISBN 975-10-1970-2
- IoniaIoniaIonia is an ancient region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey, the region nearest İzmir, which was historically Smyrna. It consisted of the northernmost territories of the Ionian League of Greek settlements...
/ (A historico-geographical research and a guidebook), ISBN 975-10-1604-5 - İlkçağda Türkiye Halkı (Prehistorical peoples in Turkey), ISBN 975-10-1426-3
- İzmirIzmirIzmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
1950-1999, ISBN 975-521-097-0 - İzmir'de Yunanlıların Son Günleri (Last days of GreeksGreeksThe Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....
in İzmir), 1974 AnkaraAnkaraAnkara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
, - Karadeniz Kapadokyası Pontus (PontusPontusPontus or Pontos is a historical Greek designation for a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in modern-day northeastern Turkey. The name was applied to the coastal region in antiquity by the Greeks who colonized the area, and derived from the Greek name of the Black Sea: Πόντος...
, the CappadociaCappadociaCappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in Nevşehir Province.In the time of Herodotus, the Cappadocians were reported as occupying the whole region from Mount Taurus to the vicinity of the Euxine...
of the Black SeaBlack SeaThe Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
), ISBN 975-10-1570-7 - CariaCariaCaria was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionian and Dorian Greeks colonized the west of it and joined the Carian population in forming Greek-dominated states there...
/ (A historico-geographical research and a guidebook), ISBN 975-10-1465-4 - CiliciaCiliciaIn antiquity, Cilicia was the south coastal region of Asia Minor, south of the central Anatolian plateau. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Byzantine empire...
/ (A historico-geographical research and a guidebook), ISBN 975-10-1571-5 - LydiaLydiaLydia was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern Turkish provinces of Manisa and inland İzmir. Its population spoke an Anatolian language known as Lydian....
/ (A historico-geographical research and a guidebook), ISBN 975-10-1712-2 - Lykia / (A historico-geographical research and a guidebook), ISBN 975-10-1502-2
- Trakya (ThraceThraceThrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...
), ISBN 975-10-2008-5 - TroyTroyTroy was a city, both factual and legendary, located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, southeast of the Dardanelles and beside Mount Ida...
/ (A historico-geographical research and a guidebook), ISBN 975-10-1882-X - Türkiye Halkının Ortaçağ Tarihi / Türkiye Türkleri Ulusunun Oluşması (History of the people of Turkey in the Middle AgesMiddle AgesThe Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
/ Formation of a Turkish Nation in Turkey), ISBN 975-10-1225-2 - Türkiye'deki Tarihsel Adlar (Historical names around Turkey), ISBN 975-10-0539-6
- Türkiye'deki Tarihsel Anıtlar (Historical monuments around Turkey), ISBN 975-10-0846-8
- Yunanlıların ve Anadolu Rumlarının Anlatımıyla İzmir Savaşı (The war around İzmir as told by Greeks and HellenicGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
AnatoliaAnatoliaAnatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...
ns), ISBN 975-10-1826-9 - Ege'nin Kapadokyası Bafa Gölü (Lake BafaLake BafaLake Bafa or Lake Bafa Nature Park is a lake and a nature reserve situated in southwestern Turkey, part of it within the boundaries of Milas district of Muğla Province and the northern part within Aydın Province's Söke district...
, the Cappadocia of the AegeanAegean SeaThe Aegean Sea[p] is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...
Region)
Translations
- Niebelungerlied, Les chansons de Roland, Alexiades, and other.