TÜBA Honorary Member Prof. Karpat Has Passed Away

TÜBA Honorary Member Prof. Karpat Has Passed Away

World famous historian, Academy Honorary Member Prof. Dr. Kemal Haşim Karpat was buried on February 25 at the Fatih Mosque. He was the founding chairman of the Central Asian Studies Association and coordinator of the University of Wisconsin Central Asian Studies Program. Prof. Karpat died at the age of 96 on February 20, 2019 at the Madison Hospital in Wisconsin, USA, on February 20, 2019 due to age-related multiple organ failure.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also attended the ceremony on 25 February at the Rectorate Building of Istanbul University (IU). President Erdoğan said that the death of the scholar is like the death of the world. He also added that becoming scholar rank is the biggest of ranks and today, we are experiencing the sadness of such a loss. Prof. Karpat was buried in Fatih Mosque after funeral pray.