Leading academic Abadan-Unat receives top Sabancı award for studies on Turkish migration

Leading academic Nermin Abadan-Unat has been awarded the jury's special prize at the prestigious Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards for her works on the nature and the impact of Turkish migration.  

In honor of the late Sakıp Sabancı, the honorary chairman of the board of trustees of Sabancı University, the awards were presented at a ceremony on April 10.  

He was commemorated with the prestigious awards on the 13th year of his passing.

The theme for this year's awards was "Europeans with Turkish Origin in Daily Life."

According to a follow-up release, the theme of the awards were determined due to Turkey's lagging behind in achieving its ambitious targets to reduce gender inequality in economic, political and social lives despite many endeavors and progresses. 

Abadan-Unat, 96, received the prestigious award for leading the studies both in Turkey and abroad on Turkish immigration. 

The three equally-weighted Essay Awards were given to Defne Kadıoğlu Polat, an independent researcher; Zeynep Selen Artan-Bayhan from the City University of New York; and Tolga Tezcan from Florida University for their distinguished work on Turkish immigrants. 

Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı and Sabancı University's President Ayşe Kadıoğlu presented the award to Abadan-Unat. 

In her speech at the award ceremony, Güler Sabancı praised contributions of Sakıp Sabancı to the Turkish economy and the innovative entrepreneurial culture of the country, noting that Sabancı University gained a well-deserved respected reputation in global rankings, which Sakıp Sabancı would have been very proud of. 

She noted that immigration movements had become one of the most significant...