It was realized that Archaeologist Prof. Dr. Ahmet Coşkun Özgünel, who performed a significant function in unearthing the Salamis Ruins, one of the vital values of the nation, and made important contributions to the event of Turkish archaeology within the final 50 years, handed away.
Turkish Minister of Tradition and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy introduced the dying of Prof. Dr. Ahmet Coşkun Özgünel.
Minister Ersoy famous the next in his assertion on his social media account:
“We have now misplaced a veteran professor who made important contributions to the event of Turkish archaeology within the final 50 years. Ankara College School of Language, Historical past and Geography, Division of Classical Archaeology retired college member Prof. Dr. Ahmet Coşkun Özgünel will now be remembered for the scholars he skilled and his invaluable works within the discipline of archaeology.”
Ersoy wished God's mercy upon Özgünel, who, along with the archaeological excavations he performed in Çanakkale Gülpınar between 1980 and 2019, additionally headed the TRNC Salamis excavations between 1998 and 2012, and supplied his condolences to his household, family members and the complete archaeological group.
We have now misplaced a veteran professor who made important contributions to the event of Turkish archaeology within the final 50 years.
Ankara College School of Language, Historical past and Geography, Division of Classical Archaeology retired educational member Prof. Dr. Ahmet Coşkun Özgünel is now a professor of archaeology who has skilled his college students… pic.twitter.com/wu0lV4iGnu
— Mehmet Nuri Ersoy (@MehmetNuriErsoy) August 28, 2024
