The Atatürk International Peace Prize () is an award delivered since 1986 to award people and organizations who have made memorable contributions to world peace in accordance with

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Peace at Home, Peace in the World The slogan "Peace at home, peace in the world" (, rendered today as due to Atatürk's language reforms) was first pronounced by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on 20 April 1931 to the public during his tours of Anatolia. This stance was later integrate ...

". It was created during the presidency of coup leader

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, by the Atatürk Association for Culture, Language and History. The award is given to candidates nominated by members of non-governmental organizations, the Senate of Turkish universities and also the secretaries general of the

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and the

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. The

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as well as the speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey can also present candidates. After the prize was not awarded for 13 years after 2000, in 2013 it was decided to award it only every five years. An award was to be given in 2015, but was no ceremony is documented. The next award was planned to be given in 2020, but again was not awarded after all. It is now next planned for 2025.

Laureates

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, , - , 1989 , , Takahito Mikasa , Japanese prince and academic , At the award ceremony, he stated that world peace can only be achieved after poverty is eliminated. , - , 1990 , ,

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, The fact that Kenan Evren was awarded with the prize is seen by some as the reason for why Nelson Mandela has not accepted the prize. , - , 1992 , Mandela 1991

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, Nelson Mandela created an uproar in Turkish society when he did not accept the prize. Following this decision, the newspaper ''

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'' published an issue with the headline "Ugly African" (). Mandela changed his mind and accepted the award in 1999. , - , 1995 , ,

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References

Turkish awards Peace awards Awards established in 1986