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Economist and Political Scientist Timur Kuran to Deliver the Merih Celasun Memorial Lecture The 3rd Merih Celasun Memorial Day event will host students and friends of Celasun including prominent academics.
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ANKARA – TEPAV has been organizing Memorial Day events in commemoration of Professor Merih Celasun, who offered critical solutions for Turkey’s economic problems with his studies on economic policy driven by scientific thought. The third event of the annual series will be held on Monday, 27 May 2013.

This year’s memorial lecture will also be delivered by a renowned academics, Prof. Dr. Timur Kuran, Professor of Economics and Political Science, and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University. Professor Kuran will deliver a presentation titled “Institutional Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East: Political Legacies of the Islamic Waqf.”

Merih Celasun Memorial Day events, first held in 2010, invite prominent international academics to deliver lectures on the structural problems of the Turkish economy. The previous lectures were delivered by Dani Rodrik and Daron Acemoğlu.

The winner of “Merih Celasun 2012 Award” to be announced

The winner of the 2nd TEPAV Merih Celasun Award also will be announced at the Memorial Day. The Award Ceremony will take place following the memorial speeches and lecture. The theme of the 2012 Merih Celasun Award was “demographic trends in Turkey and economic repercussions.” The study that was selected upon the jury’s evaluation will be announced at the Memorial Day.

The winning study will be introduced and discussed with a panel session on Tuesday, 28 May 2013. The TEPAV Merih Celasun Award aims to support and promote academic research on Turkey.

The “Memorial Day” events host students and friends of Professor Celasun including prominent academics and are open to everyone interested in the Turkish economy.

Please click here for the invitation letter and event program.

You can visit the Merih Celasun Award page for more about the previous events.

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