SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
Turkish scientist to be awarded title of honorary Doctor of ANAS Institute of History
Baku, December 28 (AzeTAc). Turkish scientist Ilber Ortayli will be presented a diploma of honorary doctor of ANAS Institute of History named after A. Bakikhanov at the next assembly of the Scientific Council to be held on December 29.
The meeting will also see awarding of the Institute of History with an international diploma “Best Enterprises-2012” for scientific research activities.
Ilber Ortayli is a leading Turkish historian, professor of history at the Galatasaray University in Istanbul and at Bilkent University in Ankara. Since 2005 he has been the head of the Topkapı Museum in Istanbul.
He has published articles on Ottoman and Russian history, particular emphasis on cities and the history of public administration, diplomatic, cultural and intellectual history. In 2001, he collected the Aydın Dogan Foundation Award. He is a member of the Foundation for International Studies, the European-Iran Examining Foundation and the Austrian-Turkish Academy of Sciences. A biographical book on Ilber Ortaylı, “Zaman Kaybolmaz: İlber Ortaylı Kitabı,” was published by Nilgun Uysal in 2006.