Sabri Berkel


Sabri Fetah Berkel was a Turkish-Albanian modernist painter; he was one of the most important painters and academic personalities of the last century in Turkey.
Berkel was born in Skopje, where, in 1927, he completed high school at a French lyceum. From 1927 to 1928 he studied at an art school in Belgrade. From 1929–1935 he finished his studies at the Academy of [Fine Arts, Florence].
Berkel visited his country Albania in 1982 where he met with his family and parents. Berkel died in Istanbul.
A crater on Mercury was named after Sabri Berkel.