deaths
July 6, 1975
Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (born 1905)
Reşad Ekrem Koçu
Reşad Ekrem Koçu was a Turkish writer and historian. His best known work is the unfinished Istanbul Encyclopedia, which recounts many tales of Istanbul from Ottoman times. Koçu and his colorful depictions of Ottoman Istanbul are celebrated in Orhan Pamuk's book Istanbul: Memories and the City.