Semavi Eyice Passed Away

Semavi Eyice, Author of Amasra History, Passed Away

The author shed light on the first and most important historical periods of Amasra with his book Küçük Amasra History and Antiquities. Prof. Dr. Semavi EYICE He died due to organ failure at Maltepe University Faculty of Medicine Training and Research Hospital, where he was treated. May God have mercy on our author, we express our patience and condolences to his grieving family and relatives.

Biography of Semavi Eyice

Eyice, who is from Amasra, was born in Istanbul in 1923. His grandfather settled in Istanbul to educate his children. He received his primary education in French schools in Kadıköy. He graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1943.

Prof. Dr. Semavi Eyice, II. He went to Germany during the most violent days of World War II. He studied for two semesters at the Universities of Vienna and Berlin in 1944/1945. He returned home in mid-1945 and continued his education at Istanbul University. In 1948, he graduated from the Department of Art History with the thesis "Istanbul Minarets" and started his academic studies as an assistant. He became Associate Professor in 1952 with his thesis on archaeological excavations in Side, and Professor in 1964 with his thesis "Zaviyes". He served as the Head of the Department, which he started in 1964, at a separate Byzantine Art History Department established in the Faculty of Letters in 1963, until his retirement in 1991.

Art historian Eyice, one of the few authorities that comes to mind in Turkey when "Byzantine and Ottoman Art" is mentioned; He gave conferences at home and abroad and presented papers at congresses and meetings. Since 1946, when his first article was published, 15 books and more than 500 scientific articles and research have been published in Turkish and foreign languages.

Photos from the Amasra Semavi Eyice Speech and the Opening of the Monument

Galata and its Tower, Karadağ (Thousand Churches) and Archaeological Investigations Around Karaman, Bosphorus in the Byzantine Era, Byzantine Architecture in the Late Period, Byzantine Art in Turkey, Atatürk and Pietro Canonica, Hagia Sophia, Minarets of Istanbul, Notes from Old Istanbul, Istanbul Throughout History, He has works such as Bursa, Fatih Monuments with Photographs (with M.Tunay-B.Tanman), Istanbul Petit Guide, Istanbul: City of Domes, Semavi Eyice Gift: Istanbul Writings, Küçük Amasra History and Antiquities Guide.

For him; Prof. Dr. Yıldız Demiriz says, “No one knows Istanbul as well as she does.”

One of his students, Dr. Feridun Özgümüş also describes him as "He is a real professor."

Prof. prepared a bibliography about his works. Dr. Mahmut Şakiroğlu, on the other hand, is over 80 years old and although he is disturbed by his eyes, he says, "Even today, he works with the same energy, he often calls me and asks about new publications, we can expect work from him even at this age."

Video of Semavi Eyice, who was the guest of Habertürk's Teke Tek Program