The Orient-Institut Istanbul is a research institute of the

Max Weber Foundation The Max Weber Foundation (Ger. Max Weber Stiftung) is a German humanities research organisation based in Bonn and funded by the German Federal Government. It is composed of ten independent institutes: *Ten German Historical Institutes * German Forum ...

based in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

, Turkey. It studies Ottoman, Mediterranean and Turkish culture, history and society. It was separated from the

Orient-Institut Beirut The Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB) ( ar, المعهد الألماني للأبحاث الشرقية) is one of ten German Humanities Institutes Abroad which belong to the Max Weber Foundation. The OIB was established in 1961 by the Deutsche Morge ...

as an independent institute in 2009.

References

2009 establishments in Turkey Historiography of the Ottoman Empire Historiography of Turkey Max Weber Foundation Research institutes in Turkey {{org-stub