List of Turkish Nobel laureates

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.

YearImageLaureateBornFieldRationale2024Daron Acemoglu1967 in TurkeyEconomics"for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity"2015Aziz Sancar1946 in TurkeyChemistry"for mechanistic studies of DNA repair"2006Orhan Pamuk1952 in TurkeyLiterature"who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures"

Nominations Here are people who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize but did not win. YearImageLaureateBornField2018 2020Garo Paylan1972 in TurkeyPeace1970 1971 1972 1973Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca1914 in Ottoman EmpireLiterature1969Feza Gürsey1921 in Ottoman EmpirePhysics1967İsmet İnönü1884 in Ottoman EmpirePeace1934Mustafa Kemal Atatürk1881 in Ottoman EmpirePeace1932Kemal Cenap Berksoy1875 in Ottoman EmpirePhysiology or Medicine1910Committee of Union and ProgressPeace1973Yasar Kemal1923 in TurkeyLiterature

Laureates with Turkish linkage Giorgos Seferis, 1963 Nobel laureate born in Ottoman Empire Mother Teresa, 1979 Nobel Peace Prize laureate born in Ottoman Empire Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize laureate, whom later had Turkish citizenship.

List of Turkish Nobel laureates

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