List of Turkish Nobel laureates
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To date, a total of three people of Turkish origin and Turkish citizenship have won the Nobel Prize. The first of these was Orhan Pamuk in 2006. A list of these individuals is provided in the table below.
| Year | Image | Laureate | Born | Field | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Daron Acemoglu[1][2][a] | 1967 in Turkey | Economics | "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity"[3][4] |
| 2015 |  |
Aziz Sancar[5] | 1946 in Turkey | Chemistry | "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair"[6] |
| 2006 |  |
Orhan Pamuk[7] | 1952 in Turkey | Literature | "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures"[8] |
Here are people who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize but did not win.
| Year | Image | Laureate | Born | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018
2020 |
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Garo Paylan[9][b] | 1972 in Turkey | Peace |
|
1970 |
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Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca[10] | 1914 in Ottoman Empire | Literature |
| 1969 |  |
Feza Gürsey[11] | 1921 in Ottoman Empire | Physics |
| 1967 | .jpg) |
İsmet İnönü[12] | 1884 in Ottoman Empire | Peace |
| 1934 |  |
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk[13][c] | 1881 in Ottoman Empire | Peace |
| 1932 |  |
Kemal Cenap Berksoy[14] | 1875 in Ottoman Empire | Physiology or Medicine |
| 1910 |  |
Committee of Union and Progress[15] | Peace |
Laureates with Turkish linkage
- Giorgos Seferis, 1963 Nobel laureate born in Ottoman Empire[16]
- Mother Teresa, 1979 Nobel Peace Prize laureate born in Ottoman Empire[17]
- Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize laureate, whom later had Turkish citizenship.[18]
