COUNTRY ARCHIVE · 1963—2024
Nobel Prize winners
from Turkey.
4 laureates associated by birthplace or headquarters, with 4 recipient awards across 3 Nobel categories.
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Winners associated with Turkey
4 total
- Aziz Sancar
Born in Savur, Turkey. Recognized “for mechanistic studies of DNA repair”.
- 2015Chemistry
- Daron Acemoglu
Born in Istanbul, Turkey. Recognized “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity”.
- 2024Economic Sciences
- Giorgos Seferis
Born in Smyrna, Turkey. Recognized “for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture”.
- 1963Literature
- Orhan Pamuk
Born in Istanbul, Turkey. Recognized “who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures”.
- 2006Literature
COUNTRY TRENDS
Awards by category and decade
Recipient-award counts
Prize category
- Chemistry
- 1
- Literature
- 2
- Economic Sciences
- 1
Award decade
- 2020s
- 1
- 2010s
- 1
- 2000s
- 1
- 1960s
- 1