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Greece is mourning influential philosopher, professor and author Christos Yannaras, who died on Saturday at the age of 89. Yannaras, who frequently lamented the decadent phenomena of Greek society and politics, famously said that "Greece is dead and we killed it." He was prolific in authoring essays on social and political themes, contributing to Kathimerini since 1993.

Prof. Oktay Sinano?lu, one of Turkey?s most prominent scholars who was known for his books on the Turkish language and became Yale University?s youngest professor of the 20th century, died early April 20 in the United States.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu tweeted on April 20 that Sinano?lu, who was born in the city of Bari in Italy in 1934, had passed away in Miami.