Born: April 23, 1949, Balıkesir, Turkey.

Higher Education: PhD in Mathematics at University of California, Berkeley (California, United States of America).

Main Publications: 

• S. Akbulut (2016). 4-manifolds. Oxford University Press
• S. Akbulut, A solution to a conjecture of Zeeman, Topology, vol.30, no.3, (1991), pp. 513-515
• S. Akbulut, Scharlemann’s manifold is standard, Ann of Math., 149 (1999) pp. 497-510
• S. Akbulut, Cappell-Shaneson homotopy spheres are standard Ann. of Math., 171 (2010) pp. 2171-2175
• S. Akbulut, Cappell-Shaneson’s 4-dimensional s-cobordism, Geometry-Topology, vol.6, (2002), pp. 425-494
• S. Akbulut, A Fake compact contractible 4-manifold, Journal of Differential Geometry 33, (1991), pp. 335-356
• S. Akbulut, An exotic 4-manifold, Journ. of Diff. Geom. 33, (1991), pp. 357-361.

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• Akbulut cork.