Theodore Makridi Bey (1872–1940) was an Ottoman and Turkish -Greek archaeologist who conducted the first excavations of theHittite capital,Hattusas. He was the second director of theIstanbul Archaeological Museum (then Imperial Ottoman Museum) afterOsman Hamdi Bey.^[1]

He undertook excavations in Hattusas together withHugo Winckler in 1906–1907 and 1911–1912. He was reportedly inept in controlling the excavations and unable to prevent theft of found items.^[1]

He continued to be employed by the state and pursued archeological excavations after the declaration of theTurkish Republic.^[2]

• 1872 births
• 1940 deaths
• 20th-century Greek archaeologists
• 20th-century Greek scientists
• 20th-century scientists from the Ottoman Empire
• Greeks from the Ottoman Empire
• Archaeologists from the Ottoman Empire
• Constantinopolitan Greeks
• Archaeologists from Istanbul
• Hattusa

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