AZERBAIJAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES CONFERS HONORARY DOCTORATE ON PROF. HALÄ°L Ä°NALCIK
Professor Halil İnalcık, renowned historian and founder of Bilkent University's Department of History, received an honorary doctorate from the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences on November 7 at Mithat Çoruh Auditorium. Prof. Yaqub Maxmudov, president of the Institute of History at the Academy, conferred the doctorate on Prof İnalcık on behalf of the Academy at a ceremony attended by many, including Mustafa İsen, the secretary general to the president of the Turkish Republic; Azerbaijan's ambassador to Ankara; Prof. Ali Doğramacı, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President of the University; Rector Abdullah Atalar; as well as faculty members, scholars, historians and a large number of students.
