List of Turkish Nobel laureates

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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.

Contents

YearImageLaureateBornFieldRationale
2024 Acemoglu 2016 (3x4 cropped).png Daron Acemoglu [1] [2] [a] 1967 in Turkey Economics "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity" [3] [4]
2015 Aziz Sancar 0060.jpg Aziz Sancar [5] 1946 in Turkey Chemistry "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair" [6]
2006 Orhan Pamuk 2009 Shankbone.jpg Orhan Pamuk [7] 1952 in Turkey Literature "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures" [8]

Nominations

Here are people who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize but did not win.

YearImageLaureateBornField
2018

2020

 Garo paylan 2.jpg Garo Paylan [9] [b] 1972 in TurkeyPeace

1970
1971
1972
1973

 Daglarca 1030107.JPG Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca [10] 1914 in Ottoman EmpireLiterature
1969 Feza Gursey.jpg Feza Gürsey [11] 1921 in Ottoman Empire Physics
1967 Inonu Ismet (cropped).jpg İsmet İnönü 1884 in Ottoman EmpirePeace
1934 Ataturk1930s.jpg Mustafa Kemal Atatürk [12] 1881 in Ottoman Empire Peace
1932 Kemal cenap2.jpg Kemal Cenap Berksoy [13] 1875 in Ottoman Empire Physiology or Medicine
1910 Ittihat ve Terakki amblemi.jpg Committee of Union and Progress Peace

Laureates with Turkish linkage

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Turkish citizen of Armenian descent
  2. ↑ Turkish citizen of Armenian descent

References

  1. ↑ "2025 Nobel Ekonomi Ödülü'nün sahipleri belli oldu – DW – 13.10.2025". dw.com. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "2025 Nobel Ekonomi Ödülü sahipleri açıklandı | Son dakika ekonomi haberleri". bloomberght.com. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "The Prize in Economic Sciences 2024". www.kva.se. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. October 14, 2024. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  4. ↑ "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024". Nobel Foundation. October 14, 2024. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Nobel Kimya Ödülü'nü Türk asıllı Aziz Sancar kazandı (Aziz Sancar kimdir) - Son Dakika Haberleri". hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "I was the idiot of the family, but I won a Nobel prize: Orhan Pamuk". hurriyetdailynews.com. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "Nobel Prize in Literature 2006". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  9. ↑ "Garo Paylan nominated for Nobel Peace Prize – Public Radio of Armenia". en.armradio.am. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  10. ↑ "Literary Hub » The full list of writers nominated for the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature includes just one woman". lithub.com. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  11. ↑ "FEZA GÜRSEY ARCHİVE | Library | Rare Books And Historical Archives". buarchives.bogazici.edu.tr. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  12. ↑ "30 Ağustos Zafer Bayramı: Venizelos, Atatürk'ü Nobel Barış Ödülü'ne aday gösterirken ne demişti? - BBC News Türkçe". bbc.com. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  13. ↑ "Ord. Prof. Dr. Kemal Cenap Berksoy" (PDF). nobelmedicus.com. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
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