Atatürk International Peace Prize

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The Atatürk International Peace Prize (Turkish: Atatürk Uluslararası Barış Ödülü) is an award delivered since 1986 to award real people and organizations who have made memorable contributions to world peace in accordance of Kemal Atatürk's quotation, "Peace at Home, Peace in the World".^[1] It has been created during the presidency of coup leader Kenan Evren,^[2] by the Atatürk Association for Culture Language and History.^[3] The award is to be awarded to candidates nominated by members of non-governmental organizations, the Senate of Turkish universities and also the Secretary Generals of the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. The President of Turkey as well as the speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey can also present candidates.^[1] After the prize was not awarded for 13 years after 2000, in 2013 it was decided to award it only every five years.^[4] An award was to be given in 2015,^[4][5] but was no ceremony is documented. The next award is planned to be given in 2020.^[1]

Laureates

Laureates of the Atatürk International Peace Prize

Year	Laureate		Position	Comments
1986		Joseph Luns	Secretary General of NATO
1987		Richard von Weizsäcker	President of Germany
1989		Takahito Mikasa	Japanese prince and academic	At the award ceremony, he stated that world peace can only be achieved after poverty is eliminated.[6]
1990		Kenan Evren	President of Turkey	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.[4]
1992		Nelson Mandela	President of South Africa	Nelson Mandela created an uproar in Turkish society when he did not accept the prize. Following this decision, the newspaper Hürriyet published an issue with the headline "Ugly African" (Turkish: Çirkin Afrikalı).[7] Mandela changed his mind and accepted the award in 1999.[8]
1995		Turkish Red Crescent	Turkish NGO
1996		UNICEF	Children emergency fund of the United Nations
1997		Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina	peacekeeping force of NATO	For their achievements in maintaining peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1999		Heydar Aliyev	President of Azerbaijan	Several of his policies were inspired by Atatürk.[9]
2000		Rauf Denktaş	President of the Turkish Republic of Cyprus

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