Necati GÜLTEPE

He was born in Erzincan in 1951, completed primary and secondary education in Erzincan, graduated from Istanbul University, Literature Faculty, History Department in 1975. In 1971, he started to work in İstanbul City Public Libreray and then worked as Deputy General Manager in Head Office of Prim Ministry State Archives. Gültepe, who dedicated his life to archive researches, has many articles and researches that have been published in diverse in periodicals and written many books: Ebu-suud, Kemalpaşazade, Ahmet Cevdet Paşa, Mimar Sinan’ın Türklüğüne Dair and Turancılık Tarihi’nin Kaynakları. In addition to these books, he has also many editorial works such as Osmanlı Fermanları, Osmanlı Devleti ile Kaf-kasya-Türkistan-Kınm Hanlıkları Arasındaki Münasebetler, Azerbaycan ile Osmanlı Devleti Arasındaki Münasebetlere Dair Arşiv Vesikaları, Arşiv Belgelerine Göre Kafkasya and Anadolu’da Ermeni Mezalimi.