İsmet Miroğlu (1944–1997) was a Turkish academic. He was a full professor at the Department of History of
Istanbul University
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.
Professor MiroÄŸlu was born in the
Bayburt
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. He was a graduate of the Department of History of
Istanbul University
Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...
in 1969 and was recruited as a research assistant within the same department. In 1974 he gained a degree of doctor of history (PhD) by his dissertation titled "The
Sandjak
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Banners were a common organization of nomad ...
of
Bayburt
Bayburt () is a city in northeast Turkey lying on the Çoruh River. It is the seat of Bayburt Province and Bayburt District.Turkish). In 1981, Miroğlu became an
associate professor
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of history by his dissertation on the
Sandjak
A sanjak or sancak (, , "flag, banner") was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans also sometimes called the sanjak a liva (, ) from the name's calque in Arabic and Persian.
Banners were a common organization of nomad ...
of Kemah. In 1989 he became a full professor.
Between 13 May 1987 and 31 December 1990, Professor Ä°smet MiroÄŸlu was the Director General of the Turkish State Archives, an institution attached to the Prime Minister's office of the
Republic of Turkey
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. He led the modernization and re-organization of state archives, which cover both the Ottoman and the
Republic
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periods of
Turkey
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.
On 31 December 1990 he left his position at the State Archives and returned to academic life at the
Istanbul University
Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...
. Besides his academic career, he was the founder and consultant of a monthly history journal in Turkish entitled ''Tarih ve Medeniyet'' (History and civilization). The first issue of this journal was published in March 1994. He spoke 4 languages including Ottoman Turkish, French, Persian and English.
Professor Ä°smet MiroÄŸlu died on 23 October 1997, after cancer treatment, in
Istanbul
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Istanbul
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, published a book on behalf of Miroğlu which is titled ''Bin Atlının Akınları'' (Campaigns of 1000 cavaliers). The book contains some short articles of Professor Miroğlu on Ottoman history.