List of Turkish Nobel laureates
The following two Turkish have got Nobel Prize:
| 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] |
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
- 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.
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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