Marcel Erdal (born July 8, 1945) is a linguist and Turkologist, professor and head of the Turcology department at the Goethe University in Frankfurt. He graduated from Robert College (Istanbul) in 1963. Publications The Turkic Nagy-Szent-Miklos Inscription in Greek Letters, 1988 Old Turkic Word Formation: A Functional Approach to the Lexicon, 1991 Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften, 1993 A Grammar of Old Turkic, 2004 References External links Marcel Erdal's Profile at Frankfurt University Marcel Erdal at WorldCat Linguists of Turkic languages Linguists from Germany Living people 1945 births Academic staff of Goethe University Frankfurt Robert College alumni