Bilge Umar (1936 – 8 July 2023)[1] was a Turkish writer, researcher and jurist.
Bilge Umar was born in Karşıyaka, İzmir, Turkey in 1936.
He completed his studies at the Istanbul University Law School, where he also worked, after graduation in 1958, as an assistant.
Umar received his doctorate degree in 1962, with a thesis entitled Annulment Suit under Turkish Enforcement-Bankruptcy Law, before becoming an associate professor in 1967.
He became one of the founders of the university's Law School, where he became the deputy to the dean, and a full professor in 1970.