Ekrem Akurgal
Ekrem Akurgal was born on March 30, 1911. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Ekrem Akurgal
Ekrem Akurgal (March 30, 1911 – November 1, 2002) was a Turkish archaeologist. During a career that spanned more than fifty years, he conducted definitive research in several sites along the western coast of Anatolia such as Phokaia (Foça), Pitane (Çandarlı), Erythrai (Ildırı) and old Smyrna (Bayraklı Höyük, the original site of the city of Smyrna before the city's move to another spot across the Gulf of İzmir).