Greek Patriarch Bartholomew awarded for environmentalism

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    Greek Patriarch Bartholomew awarded for environmentalism
    "Istanbul’s Boğaziçi University has announced that it will award two prominent figures with honorary doctorates, namely Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew for his efforts on environmentalism and scholar Dr. İsmail Beşikçi for his work on the Kurdish issue.

    With the award, Bartholomew will receive an honorary doctorate from a university in Turkey for the first time, in a ceremony scheduled to take place on Dec. 19. Beşikçi, meanwhile, received his award yesterday at a ceremony on the Boğaziçi University campus.

    According to the university, Beşikçi was awarded “for his extraordinary contributions to the improvements in social sciences in Turkey and abroad.”