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Semavi Eyice

 * ... that Istanbul University Professor Semavi Eyice is regarded as the pioneer of the Byzantine studies in Turkey?
 * Reviewed: Codex Vaticanus Latinus 3868

Created/expanded by Alessandro57 (talk). Self nom at 12:27, 30 March 2012 (UTC)



Interesting enough, reliably and properly sourced, recently created/expanded 5x in the last 5 days. Looks good :).


 * Symbol question.svg'm not so sure. The source for the fact in the hook is the website of a library named after the guy. It wouldn't be surprising if the guy being the pioneer in that field is just hyperbole.--Carabinieri (talk) 12:15, 5 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg This is not 100% correct. The website belongs to a private research foundation which got his books and created with them a large library. But this is not the point: Eyice founded the Byzantine Art Department at Istanbul University (which is the most important public University in Turkey, and at that time was the most important University altogether) and became the first professor of the chair of Byzantine Art. To check his importance, you can for example take the Bildlexikon of Müller-Wiener, the standard work about Byzantine and Ottoman architecture in Istanbul, and - disregarding the enormous number of citations of his works - try to find another Turkish scholar of the same epoch who is mentioned there at all. Writing that he was the pioneer of Byzantine studies in Turkey is not an hyperbole, but rather an underestimation of his contribution in the establishment of Byzantine Art studies in Turkey. Until not many years ago, actually he was the only renowned Turkish expert in this field, period. during the last years I have been writing here a few contributions about Byzantine Buildings in Istanbul, and his handbook belongs still now to the standard works about this subject. That's why I think that I owed him this article. Bye, Alex2006 (talk) 15:15, 11 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm not saying that the statement is untrue. What I'm saying is that this is not an appropriate source for that kind of statement.--Carabinieri (talk) 16:36, 11 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I got your point. Well, I will try to find another more "neutral" source for this statement, otherwise I will change the hook. Thanks, Alex2006 (talk) 09:07, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I added three more references, which mention that he is "regarded as the pioneer of the Byzantine studies in Turkey". I guess these references are sufficient to conter the objection of Carabinieri. CeeGee (talk) 19:07, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg A fellow Turkish Wikipedian found two more references for the hook. I hope that now it is ok. Alex2006 (talk) 05:48, 13 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Hook is well cited now. Ready to go. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:48, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Alex2006 (talk) 08:58, 25 April 2012 (UTC)