The Parlar Foundation was created in 1981 in

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to promote science and technology and its industrial applications. It was named after the late Professor Mustafa N. Parlar, a Dean of Engineering at the

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. The Parlar Foundation presents several annual awards, including a Service to Science and Honour Award, a Science Award, and a Service Award. Recipients of the Science Award include the distinguished Turkish philosopher

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, the noted international scientists

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Erol Gelenbe,

Celâl Şengör Ali Mehmet Celâl Şengör (born 24 March 1955) is a Turkish geologist. He is currently on the faculty at Istanbul Technical University, Department of Geological Engineering. Şengör is a (foreign) member of the American Philosophical Society ...

, and the noted historian

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