Sakip Sabanci International Research Award

Sakip Sabanci International Research Award

Topic for 2008 Competition:
The Ottoman Legacy for Contemporary Turkish Culture, Institutions, and Values

The Award is jointly administered by the Brookings Institution and the Trustees of Sabanci University, Istanbul.

The deadline for submissions is Thursday, 31 January 2008.

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Applicants are urged to submit essays scrutinizing reflections of Ottoman legacy on contemporary Turkish culture and/or institutions and/or values. Essays from a variety of disciplines, including - but not necessarily limited to - international relations, political science, law, sociology, history, public administration, literature are encouraged.

The selection committee will give priority to those submissions which have the potential for publication by a leading publishing house.

The Sakip Sabanci International Research Award includes $20,000 for the first prize, $10,000 for the second, and $5,000 for the third. An independent, international jury will select the prize winners.

Conditions for the competition are:

• All entries must be new and original works, not published previously in any form.
• Essays must be approximately 8000 words, including title, citations, and footnotes.
• Entries must be submitted in English by means of e-mail, in the form of an attached Word or PDF document to the following two addresses simultaneously:
  sabanciaward@sabanciuniv.edu
  amoffatt@brookings.edu
• Essays must also be mailed to the following address:
  Istanbul Policy Center
  Sabancy University Campus
  Orhanly - Tuzla, 81474
  Istanbul, Turkey
• Each submission must include the following information: Entrant's name, institution, mailing and e-mail address and phone number.
• The deadline for submissions for the 2008 Award is strictly 31 January 2008.