Order of Merit of the Republic of Turkey

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Type State Orders Established 7 August 1988		Status Currently constituted

Eligibility Foreign scientists, academics, artists and intellectuals Awarded for "Given to people who foreign nationals in recognition of their contributions for international promotion and glorification of the Republic of Turkey in science and arts." First induction 8 June 1990 Josef Jakob Heinrich Otten

The Order of Merit of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Liyakat Nişanı) is awarded by the President of Turkey with approval of the Prime Minister upon the proposal of the relevant members of the Cabinet considering the opinions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History.

The order is awarded to foreign scientists, academics, artists and intellectuals in recognition of their contributions to international promotion and celebration of the Republic of Turkey in science and arts.

Recipients of the Order of Merit

8 June 1990 – Germany : Joseph Jacob Heinotten

8 June 1990 – Austria : Clemens Holzmeister

25 October 1996 – Germany : Rupert Wilbrandt

25 October 1996 – Austria : Wilhelm Leitner

25 October 1996 – Germany : Annemarie Schimmel

28 August 1997 – Hungary : Geza Feher

28 August 1997 – Hungary : Gerö Gyözü

28 August 1997 – Hungary : Geza David

20 November 1997 – Ireland : Ninette de Valois

14 January 1998 – France : Jean-Paul Roux

14 January 1998 – France : Robert Mantran

14 January 1998 – Japan : Yuzo Nagata

14 January 1998 – Japan : Shoichiro Toyoda

14 January 1998 – Japan : Isao Yonekura

14 January 1998 – Azerbaijan : Kamil Veli Nerimanoğlu

14 January 1998 – Azerbaijan : Tofig Ismayilov

14 January 1998 – United States : Justin McCarthy

14 January 1998 – United States : Stanford Shaw

14 January 1998 – United Kingdom : Bernard Lewis

14 January 1998 – United Kingdom : Andrew Mango

14 January 1998 – United Kingdom : Geoffrey Lewis

14 January 1998 – Ukraine : Omeljan Pritsak

14 January 1998 – Ukraine : Roziya Galiyevna Mukminova

14 January 1998 – Kyrgyzstan : Bubina Oruzbayeva

14 January 1998 – Russia : Edhem Tenişev

14 January 1998 – Ukraine : Gubeydolla Aydarov

13 February 1998 – Austria : Bert G. Fragner

13 February 1998 – Turkmenistan : Oraz Yağmur

14 February 1998 – France : André Clot

5 October 1998 – Italy : Augusto Sinegra

9 October 1998 – United Kingdom : Patrick Kinross

9 October 1998 – Egypt : Nasrullah Mübeşşir el-Tırazi

9 October 1998 – Egypt : Hüseyin Mucib el-Mısri

1 January 1999 – Kazakhstan : Abdimalik Nisanbayev

4 January 1999 – Egypt : İbrahim El-Mouelhy

3 June 2008 – Japan : Sachihiro Omura

20 October 2008 – Sweden : Lars Johanson

20 October 2008 – Hungary : András Róna-Tas

20 October 2008 – United States : Robert Dancoff

20 October 2008 – United States : Walter G. Andrews

20 October 2008 – Russia : Viktor Guzev

11 June 2014 – Greece : Evangelia Balta

11 June 2014 – Germany : Suraiya Faroqhi

11 June 2014 – United States : Cornell Fleischer

11 June 2014 – Canada : Feridun Hamdullahpur

11 June 2014 – Hungary : György Hazai

11 June 2014 – Netherlands : Machiel Kiel

11 June 2014 – Bosnia and Herzegovina : Fehim Nametak

11 June 2014 – Russia : Dimitri Mihailoviç Nasilov

11 June 2014 – United States : Julian Raby

11 June 2014 – Austria : Claudia Römer

11 June 2014 – Japan : Tadashi Suzuki

11 June 2014 – Tunisia : Abdeljelil Temimi

11 June 2014 – People's Republic of China : Abudurexıti Yakufu

11 June 2014 – United States : Feroz Ahmad

References

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