List of Turkish Nobel laureates
The following two Turkish have got Nobel Prize:
Laureates
| Year | Name | Category | Awarded for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Orhan Pamuk | Literature | "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures" [1] |
| 2015 | Aziz Sancar | Chemistry | "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair" [2] |
Laureates with Turkish linkage
- Giorgos Seferis, 1963 Nobel laureate born in Ottoman Empire
- Mother Teresa, 1979 Nobel Peace Prize laureate born in Ottoman Empire
- Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize laureate, whom later had Turkish citizenship.
Nominations
The official nominations are declared 50 years after nomination. The following list contains nominations up to 1964.
| Year | Name | Category | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Committee of Union and Progress | Peace | [3] |
| 1932 | Kemal Cenap Berksoy | Medicine | [4] |
| 1934 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | Peace | Shortlisted[5] |
See also
- List of Turkish people
- List of Nobel laureates
- List of Nobel laureates by country
- List of Asian Nobel laureates
References
- ↑ "Orhan Pamuk gets Nobel Prize as second Muslim".
- ↑ "Turkish scientist shares Nobel Prize with American and Swedish".
- ↑ "Nomination Database". Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ "Nomination Database". Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ "Nomination Database". Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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