Professor Sedat Alp

Professor Sedat Alp (1913, Veroia - October 9, 2006, Ankara) was the first archaeologist in Turkey with a specialization in Hittitology, and is among the foremost names in the field. 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Veria is also a settlement in the prefecture of Laconia, see Veria (Laconia), Greece Veria (Greek: Βέρροια) , also called Veroia or Verroia, Latin: Berroea, has a population of about 35,000. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Istanbul. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Relief of Suppiluliuma II, last known king of the Hittite Empire The Hittites were an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language, and established a kingdom centered at Hattusa (Hittite URU) in north-central Anatolia from the 18th century BC. In the 14th century BC, the Hittite empire was...

Sedat Alp was born in Karaferye, present-day Veroia in Greece. His family moved to Turkey as a result of the exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey in 1923. In 1932, he earned a state scholarship opened under the personal auspices of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and was sent to the University of Leipzig (he later transfered to the University of Berlin) to study prehistory, history, Hittitology, Sumerology, Assyriology, ancient Anatolian languages and cultures, as well as archaeology in general. Having earned his doctorate in the University of Berlin, he returned to Turkey in 1940 and started to teach Hittitology within Ankara University's Faculty of Languages, History and Geography (DTCF). He became the dean of the faculty in 1959, continuing at the same time his work in the field. One of his most notable discoveries was the mound of Maşathöyük, which in the quantities of Hittite cuneiform tablets was second only to the Hittite capital at Hattusas modern Boğazkale, near Çorum. Cartoon The 1923 Exchange of Populations between Greece and Turkey refers to the first large scale population exchange, or agreed mutual expulsion in the 20th century. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (IPA: ; 1881–November 10, 1938), until 1934 Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasha, Turkish army officer and revolutionary statesman, was the founder and the first President of the Republic of Turkey. ... The University of Leipzig (Universität Leipzig), located in Leipzig in the Free State and former Kingdom of Saxony, is one of the oldest universities in Europe. ... There is no institution called the University of Berlin, but there are four universities in Berlin, Germany: Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin) Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der... The term prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history) is usually used to describe the period before written history became available. ... Sumer (or Shumer, Sumeria, Shinar, native ki-en-gir) formed the southern part of Mesopotamia from the time of settlement by the Sumerians until the time of Babylonia. ... Akkad (or Agade) was a city and its region of northern Iraq) between Assyria to the northwest and Sumer to the south. ... Anatolian can refer to: Someone or something from Anatolia The Anatolian Shepherd Dog This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Bold textSUCK ON THAT MUTHA FUCKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech/discourse) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Ankara University is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Relief of Suppiluliuma II, last known king of the Hittite Empire The Hittites were an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language, and established a kingdom centered at Hattusa (Hittite URU) in north-central Anatolia from the 18th century BC. In the 14th century BC, the Hittite empire was... The cuneiform script is one of the earliest known forms of written expression. ... Hattusa (also known as Hattusas or Hattush) was the capital of the Hittite Empire. ... BoÄŸazkale is a district of Çorum Province, Turkey. ... Çorum is a town in the Corum Province of Turkey. ...

Outside Turkey, Prof. Alp was awarded the Italian Commandatore of the Order of Merit of the Republic in 1957, the Order of Merit of the Presidency of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1972, the French College of France medal in 1980, the German Great Cross of Merit with star and the Grande Ufficiale Order of Merit of the Italian Presidency of the Republic in 1991. From 1997 he held an honorary doctorate at the University of Würzburg, and from the following year was made a member of the British Academy and, for the contributions he made to the promotion of knowledge on the region´s historical treasures, an honorary citizen of the city of Çorum in north-central Anatolia, where the Hittite capital was situated. He died in Ankara. There are currently five Italian orders of merit that recognize contributions to the Italian nation. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Federal President (German: Bundespräsident) is Germanys head of state. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The Collège de France is a higher education teaching and research establishment located in France. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Bundesverdienstkreuz (the official name is Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) is the only general Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... There are currently five Italian orders of merit that recognize contributions to the Italian nation. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum) is a degree awarded to someone by an institution that he or she may have never attended, it may be a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree - however, the latter is most common. ... [ recorded in this] The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. ... The British Academy is the United Kingdoms national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. ...

Some of Prof. Alp's published works

• Untersuchungen zu den Beamtennamen im Hethitischen Festzeremoniell, Leipzig, 1940.
  
• The Hittite Hieroglyphic Inscription of Şırzı, Ankara University, DTCF Dergisi, 1947, p. 153-158. (with Prof. Hans Gustav Güterbock)
  
• Military Instructions of the Hittite King Tuthaliya IV (?). Belleten XI, nr. 43, 1947 p. 403-414.
  
• La désignation du Lituus eiı Hittite, Journal of Cuneiform Studies, I, 1947, p.164-175.
  
• GIS kalmuš"Lituus" and HUB. BI "Earring in the Hittite Textes, Belleten XII, nr. 46, 1948, p. 320-324.
  
• Die Soziale Klasse der NAM.RA-Leute und ihre hethitische Bezeichnung, Jahrbuch für Kleinasiatische Forschung I, 1950-51, p.113-135.
  
• Bemerkungen zu den Hieroglypen des Hethitischen Monuments von İmamkulu, Symbolae Hrozny I, Archiv Orientalni XVIII, 1950, p. 1-8.
  
• Zur Lesung von manchen Personnennamen auf den hieroglyphenhethitischen Siegeln und Inschriften. Ankara 1950.
  
• On the Occasion of a new book concerning the Hittites. Ankara University, DTCF Dergisi, X, 1952, p.249-256.
  
• The N (N)-formations in the Hittite Language, Belleten 18, sayı 72, 1954, p.449-467.
  
• Die Lage von Šamuha, Anatolia (Anadolu) I, 1956, p. 77-80.
  
• Zu den Körperteilnamen im Hethitischen, Anatolia (Anadolu) II, 1957 p.1-48
  
• Eine hethitische Bronzestatuette und andere Funde aus Zara bei Amasya, Anatolia (Anadolu) VI, 1961/1962, p. 217-243.
  
• Kaniš= Aniša = Niša = Nysa, Erken Hitit Çağının bir Başkenti, Belleten 27, nr. 107, 1963, p. 366-376.
  
• Kaniš =Aniša = Niša Eine Hauptstadt der frühhethitischen Periode, Belleten 27, nr. 107, 1963, p. 376-386.
  
• Frühbronzezeitliche Marmoridole aus Südwestanatolien, Belleten 29, nr. 113, 1965, p.9-14.
  
• Eine goldene Gesichtmaske vom zweiten Vorchristlichen Jahrtausend aus "Anatolien", Belleten 29, nr. 113, 1965, p. 19-23.
  
• Die Libationsgefässe "Schnabelkanne" und "Armförmiges Gerât" und Ihre Hethitischen Bezeichnungen, Belleten 31, nr. 124, 1967, p. 531-549.
  
• Zylinder-und Stempelsiegel aus Karahöyük bei Konya, Ankara 1968. T.T.K. Yayınları: Dizi-V, No. 26, XVI + 310 s. 276 Abbildungen im Texte, 254 Tafeln.
  
• Ein hethitisches Stempelsiegel aus der Umgebung von Afyonkarahisar und ein Knopfsiegel aus Yazırhöyük bei Nevşehir, Festschrift P. Meriggi, 1970, p. 1-6.
  
• Eine weitere Hieroglypheninschrift aus Emirgazi und ein Rollsiegel mit Hieroglyphenlegenden aus dem Gebiet von Adıyaman, südöstlich von Malatya, Festschrift Heinrich Otten, 1973 p. 11-15, 1975.
  
• Ištar auf dem Karahöyük, presented to Prof. Mansel, 1974, p.703-707.
  
• Eine neue hieroglyphenhethitische Inschrift der Gruppe Kızıldağ-Karadağ aus der Nähe von Aksaray und die früher publizierten Inschriften derselben Gruppe, Anatolian Studies Presented to Hans Gustav Güterbock on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday, 1974, p. 17-27.
  
• Die Hethiter in Anatolien, Das Parlament 1976,
  
• Remarques sur la géographie de la région du Haut-Yeşilırmak d'après les tablettes hittites de Maşathöyük, Florilegium Anatolicum, Mélanges offerts à Emmanuel Laroche, Paris, 1979 p.29-35.
  
• Die Lage der Kultstadt Hanhana, Festschrift Elmar Edel, Bamberg 1979, p. 13-16.
  
• Das hethitische Wort für "Palast", Studia Mediterranea I, Piero Meriggi dicata I, 1979, p. 17-25.
  
• Die hethitischen Tontafelentdeckungen auf dem Maşat-Höyük, Belleten 44, nr. 173, 1980, p. 254-59.
  
• Beiträge zur Erforschung des hethitischen Tempels, Kultanlagen im Lichte der Keilschrifttexte, Ankara 1983. Turkish Historical Society Publication: Serie - VI, Nr. 23 XXXIV + 382 s.
  
• Zum Wesen der kultischen Reinigungssubstanz tuhhueššar, Festschrift A. Kammenhuber.
  
• Die Lage der hethitischen Kultstadt Karahna, Festschrift Kurt Bittel
  
• E. Neufeld, The Hittite Laws, Journal of Cuneiform Studies VI, 1952, s.93-98.
  
• B. Rosenkranz, Beiträge zur Erforschung des Luwischen, Bibliotheca Orientalis XI, 1954, s.208-209.
  
• Th. Beran, Die hethitische Glyptik von Boğazköy I, Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 66, 1971, s. 362-364.