Eminent Ottoman historian Engin Deniz Akarli dies aged 81

Eminent Ottoman historian Engin Deniz Akarli dies aged 81 Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 11/09/2026 - 10:33 Professor emeritus at Brown University, Akarli was known for his contributions to the legal, economic and political history of the Ottoman Empire Professor Engin Deniz Akarli taught classes on world economic history and Middle Eastern and Ottoman history (X/Bisav) Off One of the world’s leading scholars of Ottoman history, Engin Deniz Akarli, died in his home in Istanbul on Sunday, aged 81. Professor Akarli’s