Gerhard Dörfer is a German Turkologist and Altahist, best known for learning the Turkish language.
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| Birth name | Gerhard doerfer |
| Date of Birth | March 8, 1920 |
| Place of Birth | Koenigsberg |
| Date of death | December 27, 2003 (83 years) |
| Place of death | Goettingen |
| A country | Germany |
| Scientific field | Turkology |
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Biography
Görhard spent his childhood in Berlin and Konigsberg . After the war , in Berlin in 1949-1954, he enrolled in the Altai language courses. In 1955-1957 he worked at the University of Mainz . In 1960, he worked at the University of Gottingen .
In 1968–1973, he studied the Khalaj and Oguz languages . In 1975-1976, Gerhard worked at the University of Istanbul . In the course of his work, Gerhard refuted the concept of the similarity of the Altai languages.
Links
- Gerhard Dörfer on Altaika.ru website