Distinguished Service Award of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Distinguished Service Award
TypeMedal
Awarded forIn recognition of the achievements related to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Date1989
CountryFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Presented by Foreign Minister
StatusCurrently awarded
Website mfa.gov.tr

The Distinguished Service Award of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkish : Dışişleri Bakanlığı Üstün Hizmet Ödülü) is civil award issued by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [1]

Contents

The award consists of a gold medal set and a certificate signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The legal basis of the award is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directive No. 155 dating from 14 November 1989. [2]

Criteria

The award is given to locals and foreigners who have demonstrated exceptional success in explaining Turkey in the world stage, in the successful implementation of its foreign policy, in the protection and development of its interests, and in the promotion of its history, language, culture and art. The award is also given to those who have done admirable services in other matters falling within the scope of the Ministry's duties and responsibilities.

Nomination and approval procedures

Nominations for the Distinguished Service Award are normally initiated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. However, officials at deputy ministry or higher level who wish to recommend an individual or organization for this award may do so by submitting a memorandum of justification, cleared by the Director General, to the Ministry.

Recipients

The following people and organizations have been awarded: [2]

DateNameNotes
1989Dr. John P. McGovern American allergist and investor
1989 Feyyaz Tokar Turkish journalist
1989 Dieter Schmidt
1989 Pierre Dubois
1989 Nejat Seyfullah Taşhan
1989 İlhan Çevik
1989 Hanns Seidel Foundation
1990 Gunnar Jarring Swedish diplomat
1990 Robert Arzano
1991 Şarık Tara
1991Dr. Nejat Eczacıbaşı Turkish chemist and entrepreneur
1991Prof. Dr. William Hale British scholar
1991Prof. Dr. Mümtaz Soysal Turkish political scientist
1991 Jak Kamhi  [ tr ]
1991Prof. Halil İnalcık
1991Prof. Geoffrey Lewis British scholar
1997 Şakir Eczacıbaşı
1997Prof. Anna Masala
1998 Wim Antoon Mateman
1998 Frederic Bennett
1998 Takashi Morinaga
1998 Toshiyuki Fujiwara
1999 Chinghiz Aitmatov Kyrgyz author
1999 Cha Hak Koo
1999 Syed Yusuf
1999 Albert de Vidas
2000Prof. Dr. Talat Halman
2000Prof. Dr. İhsan Doğramacı Turkish paediatrician,
2001 Süleyman Demirel Former president of Turkey
2001 Necati Münir Ertegün Turkish cypriot jurist
2001Turkish diplomats who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust They are mentioned with the then titles
2001Those who have been wounded during their duty in the Ministry They are mentioned with the then titles
2001Prof. Dusanka Lukaç
2001 Hugo Gobbi
2001Prof. Pierre Oberling French Historian
2001Prof. Kraus Kreiser
2001 Karl Grabbe
2001Prof. Ekrem Čaušević  [ bs ]Bosnian linguist
2001 Michele Nicolas
2001 Marthe Bernus-Taylor
2001 Annie Berthier
2001 Jacques Tobies
2001 Teresa Batesti
2001 Hubert Astier
2001 Béatrix Saule
2001 Jean-Paul Desroches  [ fr ]French archaeologist
2001 Nevin Menemencioğlu
2001 Henri Adam
2001 Hemachandra Wijeratne Sri Lankan diplomat
2001Dr. Lee Si-Hyung
2001 Emile Noel
2001 David Levy Israeli politician
2001 Francisco Uribe Laso
2001 Nihat Boytüzün
2001 Alexendre Misk
2002 Ahmet Ertegün
2002 Elias Mendoza Habersberger
2002Prof. Marc Waelkens
2002 Manas University
2002 Erik Cornell
2002 Sture Theolin
2002 Henrik Liljegren
2002 Mustafa Arhan
2002 Şeref Arhan
2002 Sabahattin Arhan
2002Dr. Andrew Mango
2002Prof. Salahi Sonyel  [ az ]Turkish Cypriot historian
2002Dr. Sachihiro Omura Japanese archaeologist
2002 Ahmet Çalık
2002 Erol Tabanca
2002Prof. Manfred Korfmann German archeologist
2002 Edzard Reuter German businessperson
2002 Michael Ackermann
2002 Saduman Gürbüz
2002Dr. Aydın Yurtçu
2002 Demir Delen
2002 Natalya Baranova
2002Prof. Jean-Paul Roux French Turkologist
2002 Gökşin Sipahioğlu
2002Dr. Demir Fırat Önger
2002 Jean Pierre Salvetat
2002 Sandra Fei
2002Prof. Hazai György  [ hu ]Hungarian Turkologist
2002Union of Jews from Türkiye in Israel
2002 Bruce Ruxton
2002 Vezhdi Rashidov
2002 Hans Christian Krüger
2002 Heinrich Klebes
2002 Otto von Habsburg
2002 Sim Jae-Duck South Korean congressman
2002 Nüzhen Önen
2002 Sevim Önen
2003Dr. Elías Mendoza Habersperger
2003Feni Atatürk High School in Dhaka
2005Prof. Jaemahn Sulh
2005Dr. Fatih Birol
2005Prof. Dr. Erik-Jan Zürcher Dutch Turkologist
2005 Antony Burgmans
2006Dr. Till Becker
13 March 2006Prof. Dr. Nurhan Atasoy [3]
13 March 2006Dr. Filiz Çağman  [ tr ] [3] Turkish historian
13 March 2006Dr. Nazan Ölçer  [ tr ] [3] Turkish art historian
2007Prof. Masanori Naito  [ ja ]Japanese sociologist
7 April 2007Prof. Dr. Oktay Aslanapa  [ tr ] [4] Turkish academic
2007Prof. Pedro Martínez Montávez  [ es ]Spanish historian
2008 Ly Seppel Estonian poet
2009 Mehmet Aykut Eken
2009 Harry Blackley
2009 Mohammed Al-Wohaibi [5] Omani Ambassador
2010Prof. Bernt Brendemoen  [ de ]Norwegian Turkologist
2010 Abdulwahab Mahmoud Sheikh Saudi Arabian Consul General
18 December 2014 Nabil Maarouf [6] Palestinian ambassador
27 December 2014 Muhammad Haroon Shaukat [7] Pakistani ambassador
3 May 2016 Bonnie Joy Kaslan Honorary Consul General in San Francisco
4 October 2017 Düsen Kaseyinov  [ az ] [8] Secretary General of TURKSOY
5 October 2017 Irina Bokova [9] Bulgarian Director-General of UNESCO
5 November 2017 Justin Rose [10] English professional golfer
13 August 2018 Ömer Engin Lütem [11] Turkish ambassador
13 August 2018 Bilal Şimşir  [ tr ] [11] Turkish ambassador
13 August 2018 Ertuğrul Apakan [11] Turkish ambassador
5 December 2018Prof. Dr. Stanislav Stachowski Polish Turkologist
5 December 2018Prof. Dr. Tadeusz Majda Polish Turkologist
18 May 2019Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler [12] Cuban historian
12 October 2020 Sami Kohen [13] Turkish journalist
20 November 2020 Yeşim Meço Davutoğlu [14] Turkish philanthropist

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