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The Orient-Institut Istanbul is a research institute of the Max Weber Foundation based in Istanbul, Turkey. It studies Ottoman, Mediterranean and Turkish culture, history and society. It was separated from the Orient-Institut Beirut as an independent institute in 2009. [1]

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