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    Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
    March 23 2013


    MIT economist gets award at university
    ISTANBUL

    The big science and education award for `Outstanding Achievements'
    given by Kadir Has University has been given to world renowned
    economist Daron AcemoÄ?lu.

    The awards, given in honor of the late founder of the university,
    Kadir Has, for the ninth time this year, have been received by their
    owners at a ceremony held in March 22, the sixth anniversary of the
    death of Has.

    AcemoÄ?lu, who is a Turkish economist of Armenian descent living in the
    U.S., is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He
    is known and citied for his international works on political economy,
    economic development and the role of institutions over the economy.

    In addition to AcemoÄ?lu, the other big prize at the awards, the
    `Promising Science Person Award,' went to Sabancı University
    Engineering and Natural Sciences Faculty member Ali KoÅ?ar.

    Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew was also honored with a `Kadir
    Has University Friendship and Neighborhood' plaque during the
    ceremony.

    The chairman of the Kadir Has foundation Nuri Has, Kadir Has
    University Rector Mustafa Aydın, Istanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu,
    Fatih District Mayor Mustafa Demir and Bartholomew were among the
    attendees of the ceremony held in the university.
    March/23/2013

    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/mit-economist-gets-award-at-university.aspx?pageID=238&nID=43485&NewsCatID=344

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