Prof. Ekmeleddin İHSANOĞLU

Category: Red Apple Science Award

Prof. Ekmeleddin İHSANOĞLU| President of the Institute of Turkish History of Science

He was born in 1943 in Cairo, Egypt. He studied science in An Sham University where he received his BSc. He had pursued his academic studies at Al-Azhar University in Egypt and at University of Exeter in UK. He received his PhD from the Faculty of Science at Ankara University in 1974. He became a professor in 1984. He had been general director of IRCICA Islamic History, Art and Culture Research Center and head of History Department at Istanbul University Faculty of Literature. He had been Secretary General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) between 2004 and 2013. He was awarded with “Medal of Distinguished State Service” by President of Republic of Turkey; “Independence Medal of the First Order” by King of Jordan; “Certificate of Honor and Distinction” by OIC and “Medal of Distinction of the First Order”. Besides his mission at UNESCO and Harvard University, as a member of various science institutions, he published many books and articles in various languages about history of science, Turkic Culture, Islam - West Relations and Turkish - Arab Relations. He is married with three children.