News

AZERBAIJAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES CONFERS HONORARY DOCTORATE ON PROF. HALİL İNALCIK

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.