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A Book Titled “An Unfinished Life...Dr. Burhan Nalbantoğlu” Presented to EMU Rector Prof. Dr. Osam

Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Rector Prof. Dr. Necdet Osam hosted Dr. Burhan Nalbantoğlu’s daughter Meltem Nalbantoğlu and authors of the book “An Unfinished Life... Dr. Burhan Nalbantoğlu”  Özgül Gürkut Mutluyakalı and Damla Soyalp in his office.

In their visit of courtesy Mutluyakalı and Soyalp presented the said book to Prof. Dr. Osam. The book tells the life story of Turkish Resistance Organization founding member, teacher, doctor, soldier, Republic of Cyprus House of representatives member, Turkish Federated State of Cyprus MP and TKP founding member  Dr. Burhan Nalbantoğlu.

During the visit, Meltem Nalbantoğlu also presented the book “I Wrote, too” authored by one of Dr. Nalbantoğlu’s close friends, former EMU Board of Trustees President and former EMU Medical Center Chief Physician Dr. Turhan Korun.

During the visit at which EMU Faculty of Health Sciences Dean Prof. Dr. Mehtap Malkoç, Department of Civil Engineering academic staff member Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Mustafa Ergil and Public Relations and Press Office Director (a.) Murat Aktuğralı were present, the authors relayed information about the book to EMU Rector Prof. Dr. Necdet Osam.

The authors stated that the book tells the story of Dr. Burhan Nalbantoğlu and sheds light onto the history of the Turkish Cypriot community. Rector Prof. Dr. Necdet Osam highlighted that EMU highly values the work of Cypriot authors.