Bilge Umar (born 1936) is a Turkish writer, researcher and jurist born in

Karşıyaka Karşıyaka () is a district of İzmir Province in Turkey. The district extends for twelve kilometres along the northern and eastern coastline of the tip of the Gulf of İzmir. Its centre is at a distance of to the north from the traditional cen ...

İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban aggl ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. 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 Ege University or Aegean University ( tr, Ege Üniversitesi) is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to start courses in İzmir and the ...

, 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

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, and a full professor in 1970. Prof. Dr. Bilge Umar is currently the Head of the Department of Public Law of

Yeditepe University Yeditepe University is a private foundation university situated in Istanbul, Turkey. Established by the Istanbul Education and Culture Foundation ( tr, İstanbul Eğitim ve Kültür Vakfı, İSTEK Vakfı) in 1996, Yeditepe University now claims t ...

(

İstanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_in ...

) 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

Books

Aeolis Aeolis (; grc, Αἰολίς, Aiolís), or Aeolia (; grc, Αἰολία, Aiolía, link=no), was an area that comprised the west and northwestern region of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), mostly along the coast, and also several offshore islan ...

/ Bir Tarihsel Coğrafya Araştırması ve Gezi Rehberi (''A historico-geographical research and a guidebook'') * Bithynia / (''A historico-geographical research and a guidebook''), * Börklüce, * Ionia / (''A historico-geographical research and a guidebook''), * İlkçağda Türkiye Halkı (''Prehistorical peoples in Turkey''), *

1950-1999, * İzmir'de Yunanlıların Son Günleri (''Last days of

Greeks The Greeks or Hellenes (; el, Έλληνες, ''Éllines'' ) are an ethnic group and nation indigenous to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions, namely Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and, to a lesser extent, oth ...

in İzmir''), 1974

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

, * Karadeniz Kapadokyası Pontus (''

Pontus Pontus or Pontos may refer to: * Short Latin name for the Pontus Euxinus, the Greek name for the Black Sea (aka the Euxine sea) * Pontus (mythology), a sea god in Greek mythology * Pontus (region), on the southern coast of the Black Sea, in modern ...

, the

Cappadocia Cappadocia or Capadocia (; tr, Kapadokya), is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It largely is in the provinces Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde. According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Re ...

of the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Rom ...

''), *

Caria Caria (; from Greek: Καρία, ''Karia''; tr, Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid- Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionian and Dorian Greeks colonized the west of it and joined ...

/ (''A historico-geographical research and a guidebook''), *

Cilicia Cilicia (); el, Κιλικία, ''Kilikía''; Middle Persian: ''klkyʾy'' (''Klikiyā''); Parthian: ''kylkyʾ'' (''Kilikiyā''); tr, Kilikya). is a geographical region in southern Anatolia in Turkey, extending inland from the northeastern coa ...

/ (''A historico-geographical research and a guidebook''), * Lydia / (''A historico-geographical research and a guidebook''), * Lykia / (''A historico-geographical research and a guidebook''), * Trakya (''

Thrace Thrace (; el, Θράκη, Thráki; bg, Тракия, Trakiya; tr, Trakya) or Thrake is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe, now split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to ...

''), *

Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, south-west of Ç ...

/ (''A historico-geographical research and a guidebook''), * Türkiye Halkının Ortaçağ Tarihi / Türkiye Türkleri Ulusunun Oluşması (''History of the people of Turkey in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

/ Formation of a Turkish Nation in Turkey''), * Türkiye'deki Tarihsel Adlar (''Historical names around Turkey''), * Türkiye'deki Tarihsel Anıtlar (''Historical monuments around Turkey''), * Yunanlıların ve Anadolu Rumlarının Anlatımıyla İzmir Savaşı (''The war around İzmir as told by Greeks and Hellenic

Anatolia Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The ...

ns), * Ege'nin Kapadokyası Bafa Gölü (''

Lake Bafa Lake Bafa ( tr, Bafa Gölü) also known as Lake Çamiçi ( tr, Çamiçi Gölü) and in earlier times the Vafi Sea ( tr, Vafi Denizi) is a lake situated in southwestern Turkey, part of it within the boundaries of Milas district of Muğla Province ...

, the Cappadocia of the Aegean Region'')

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* Niebelungerlied, Les chansons de Roland, Alexiades, and other. {{DEFAULTSORT:Umar, Bilge Turkish non-fiction writers Academic staff of Yeditepe University Turkish legal scholars Turkish women academics Academic staff of Ege University 1936 births People from İzmir Living people Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni Academic staff of Istanbul University