Turan YAZGAN

Category: Red Apple Science Award

Prof. Dr. Turan YAZGAN | Deceased Chairman of Turkic World Research Foundation

He was born in 1938 Egirdir district of Sparta. He went to the Egirdir Zafer Elementary School in 1948, Istanbul Vefa Lyceum middle school in 1951, and graduated from Science Department of Kastamony lyceum with honours diploma. He worked five years as an “Economic researcher” and “Environment Planner” at the Ministry of Development and Housing. Magazines he published about Turkic world have reached hundreds of tomes.. Due to his works in Turkey and Turkic World, he was awarded with R.T. Presidency “Outstanding Service Award”, received numerous awards from various institutions and universities, his name is given to the streets, districts, parks and main streets, in his hometown Sparta/Egirdir to the Anatolian lyceum and main street on which it located, Institute in Chymkent/Kazakhstan, he was warded by Honorary Professor Title from the various universities of Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tatarstan, Azerbaijan and Turkey. Turan Yazgan is married and has three sons and five grandchildren.