Mehmet Genç

The president of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK), Prof. Dr. Yekta Saraç, became the chief adviser to the president upon the expiration of his term, while Marmara University Rector Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar has been appointed as a member and president of YÖK, according to a presidential decree published on the Official Gazette.

World-renowned Ottoman historian Mehmet Genç has passed away at the age of 87.

Genç, a retired professor of Marmara University, was receiving treatment for lung cancer.

Genç graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences in 1958.

The economy is recovering but for this recovery to be permanent, structural reforms must be made, according to many experts. This is what the World Bank is saying. So is the head of the Turkish Business and Industry Association (TÜSİAD), Erol Bilecik: "We have reached the end of growth based on loans or abundance of liquidity in the Turkish economy."

The Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards 2015 were handed out on Dec. 9 by President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an at a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Ankara. 

This year's recipients of the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards honoring Turkish culture and art, are announced The Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards 2015 will be presented to Münir Özkul in the field of cinema, Orhan Gencebay in the field of music, Rasim Özdenören in the fields of literature, Mehmet Genç in the field of social sciences and history and Hüseyin Kutlu in the fie