Mehmet Ismet Başaran

Mehmet Ismet Başaran (born August 1953) is a Turkish-born British chemical engineer and philatelist. He is an authority on the tughra (or toughra) stamps of 1863–65 of the Ottoman Empire and has won several gold medals for his collection of those issues. He has written two books on the stamps as well as a number of articles about them. He is a former fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London and president of the Oriental Philatelic Association of London.

Mehmet Ismet Başaran

Mehmet Ismet Başaran (born August 1953) is a Turkish-born British chemical engineer and philatelist. He is an authority on the tughra (or toughra) stamps of 1863–65 of the Ottoman Empire and has won several gold medals for his collection of those issues. He has written two books on the stamps as well as a number of articles about them. He is a former fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London and president of the Oriental Philatelic Association of London.