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Today Cemal Kafadar, professor of history, enters his new role as Koc Professor of Turkish studies. The Kocs--Turkey's most prominent business family--donated $1.75 million last February to endow the chair. The new post honors Vehbi Koc, founder of the dynasty...
Kafadar said he hopes the chair will lay a foundation for a stronger Turkish studies program by "provid[ing] continuity" and helping to "bring disparate activities together...
...Ottoman history has always been taught at Harvard in a manner of speaking," he said. "The chair means that the effort to bring [Turkish studies] under the curriculum has finally come to pass...
...Turkish Ambassador Nusret Kandemir, who attended the reception, said the chair represents an important step toward improving U.S.-Turkish relations...
...ambassador's attendance at the event was not part of an official state visit though the Turkish government did make a contribution toward the chair four or five years ago, Kafadar said...