Nevzat Yalçıntaş honored at Aydınlar Ocağı gathering in Konya

The Aydınlar Ocağı organization hosted a Selçuklu Tuesday Talk in Konya to commemorate the late Prof. Dr. Nevzat Yalçıntaş. Opening remarks were made by Aydınlar Ocağı president Dr. Mustafa Güçlü, who noted that all Aydınlar Ocağıs are independent and that Yalçıntaş had previously led the Istanbul chapter for ten years.

Speaker Mustafa Sinan Ümit recounted Yalçıntaş’s biography: born in 1933 in Keskin, Ankara, he graduated from Ankara Trade High School in 1951, earned a degree from Istanbul Higher School of Economics and Trade in 1954, and completed a doctorate at the University of Ceaen in France. He later pursued post‑doctoral work at the London School of Economics, returned to Turkey to work as a researcher at the State Hydraulic Works, and rose through academic ranks to become professor in 1970. He held senior positions in the State Planning Organization, TRT, and the Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and served as head of research at the Islamic Development Bank’s institute in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Yalçıntaş was fluent in French, English and Arabic and was described as an international figure and a prominent thinker.