Oktay Aslanapa
Oktay Aslanapa (born December 17, 1914 in Kütahya , † April 1, 2013 in Istanbul ) was a Turkish art historian in the field of Islamic art .
After an examination by the Turkish Ministry of Education , Aslanapa got permission to go to Germany, where he became a student at the Philipps University in Marburg .
In 1943, he traveled with his teacher, the Austrian art historian Ernst Diez , in Turkey . In 1948 he was with his work "Osmanli Devrinde Kütahya Cinileri" (about "Kütahya tiles in the Ottoman period") doctorate . Aslanapa explored his hometown of Kütahya and organized much archaeological work that took place with the participation of his students.
He was a member of the German Archaeological Institute . He died in 2013 at the age of 98.
Web links
- Literature by and about Oktay Aslanapa in the catalog of the German National Library
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| SURNAME | Aslanapa, Oktay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kütahya , Ottoman Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 2013 |
| Place of death | Istanbul , Turkey |