Alps, Sedat

Sedat Alps ( Alp ; January 1, 1913 , Veria - October 10, 2006 , Ankara ) - Turkish archaeologist, hattologist. Professor, Doctor.

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Academic degree	( 1940 )
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He graduated from high school in Istanbul . He studied in Germany at the University of Leipzig and Berlin , in the latter he received a doctorate. In 1940 he returned to Turkey and began to teach at Ankara University , since 1949 a professor, in 1956-58. Dean

In 1982-1983 President of the Turkish Historical Society .

Honorary Doctor of the University of Wurzburg (1997).

Corresponding Member of the British Academy (1998) ^[4] .

Commander of the Order of Merit for the Italian Republic (1957), then the Great Officer (1991). He was awarded the Order of Merit to the Federal Republic of Germany (1972), then his Grand Cross (1991).