Won Goethe Medal (2025).
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Osman Kavala
Mehmet Osman Kavala is a Turkish economist, businessman, philanthropist, and political activist. Kavala is the founder and chair of the board of Anadolu Kültür, an Istanbul-based nonprofit arts and culture organization. In 2019, he received the European Archaeological Heritage Prize from the European Association of Archaeologists for his efforts to protect and preserve significant examples of cult…
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business · Turkish businessperson and philanthropist · businessperson · patron of the arts · human rights defender · entrepreneur · philanthropist · also Osman Kavala, Mehmet Osman Kavala, Kavala
Born 2 October 1957 · Q42281686
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2025· 1 entry
2022· 3 entries
Hyperallergic: Turkish Philanthropist Osman Kavala Sentenced to Life in Prison
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Yahoo: Osman Kavala, prisoner who became embroiled in Turkey's row with West
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bianet: Interim ruling: Osman Kavala’s arrest to continue
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2021· 1 entry
Yahoo: Osman Kavala, prisoner embroiled in Turkey's standoff with West
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2020· 2 entries
Hyperallergic: Turkish Activist and Arts Philanthropist Osman Kavala Nears 1,000 Days in Prison
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bianet: Arrest of Osman Kavala to Continue
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2019· 2 entries
Awarded European Archaeological Heritage Prize (2019).
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Received the European Archaeological Heritage Prize from the European Association of Archaeologists for his efforts to protect and preserve significant examples of cultural heritage in danger in Turkey and the Ayşenur
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2018· 1 entry
The foundation ceased all its activities in Turkey
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2013· 1 entry
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan initiated the peace talks to end armed conflict between Turkey and the PKK
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1985· 1 entry
Co-founded Ana Publishing with Nazar Büyüm and Selahattin Beyazıt, which published AnaBritannica (the Turkish version of Encyclopædia Britannica), Britannica Compton's, and Temel Britannica
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1984· 1 entry
Co-founded BILSAK (Science Art Culture Services Society), which promoted discussions around gender and ecology
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1983· 1 entry
Co-founded the publishing house İletişim Yayınları
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1957· 1 entry
Born 1957-10-02.
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