Prof. Dr. Osman Turan Special Awards

Osman Turan Awards include special awards to be given to the students of KTU History Department by the family of the late Prof. Dr. Osman Turan through the Turan Foundation. These awards will be given regularly at the end of each year. They will be given to students who graduate from the department as first, second and third, taking into account their grade point averages at the end of seven semesters during the academic year. There are two important considerations for the presentation of the award: The student must not have received any disciplinary punishment during the education process and must not have violated the ethical rules.

The awards were given for the first time to the graduates of 2023-2024 and were presented in the form of a laptop for the first, a tablet for the second, and a smart watch for the third.

Osman Turan's Life

Osman Turan was born in 1914 in Çaykara district of Trabzon. He attended primary school in Çaykara, and completed high school in Trabzon and Ankara. In 1940, he graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Language and History-Geography. In 1941, Turan received the title of doctor with his thesis titled "Twelve Animal Turkish Calendar", and in 1944 he became an associate professor and started to teach Turkish-Islamic History. He conducted research in London and Paris between 1948 and 1950 and was promoted to professor in 1951. In 1954, he was elected as an MP from the Democratic Party's Trabzon list and remained in this position until May 27, 1960. In 1964, he was elected Vice President of the Justice Party and in 1965 he was again elected as an MP from Trabzon, but in 1969 he withdrew from politics completely. In 1972, Osman Turan retired as a professor and passed away on January 17, 1978.

KTU History Department Prof. Dr. Osman Turan Special Awards found their owners.

During the 2023 - 2024 Academic Year, Prof. Dr. Osman Turan Special Awards, organized in cooperation with KTU History Department and Osman Turan Foundation, found their owners. Our students Güliz Ersoy, Şeyma Bayrak and Yiğit Kocaman, who graduated from KTU Department of History, received their awards from the hands of Prof. Dr. Hikmet Öksüz, Prof. Dr. M. Alaaddin Yalçınkaya, Prof. Dr. Uğur Üçüncü. We congratulate our students and wish lifelong success to all our graduating students.

Click here for the 1st Osman Turan Special Awards of KTU History Department.