He is the son of political journalist Burhan Asaf Belge (who was once married to Hungarian-American socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor from 1937 to 1941), nephew of Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, and the grandson of a former governor of Bursa.
Joachim Murat | Murat | Murat Boz | Société Franco-Belge | Murat Zyazikov | Compagnie Maritime Belge | Bourg-Murat | Prince Murat | Murat Reis | Murat Karayalçın | Murat Günak | Murat Belge | Khadzhi-Murat Yandiyev |
In September 2005, Berktay and fellow historians, including Murat Belge, Edhem Eldem, Selim Deringil, convened at an academic conference to discuss the fall of the Ottoman Empire.