{"id":16497,"date":"2009-12-14T21:50:14","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T19:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=16497"},"modified":"2023-04-06T10:25:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T07:25:50","slug":"israelis-win-turkish-prize-for-financial-history-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2009\/12\/14\/israelis-win-turkish-prize-for-financial-history-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Israelis win Turkish prize for financial history research"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JAMIE ROMM <\/span><\/p>\n

While Israel and Turkey’s diplomatic relations have suffered since Operation Cast Lead, cultural and academic ties between the two countries are getting a boost this week.<\/p>\n

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The historical Imperial Ottoman Bank building in Ankara, Turkey.<\/p><\/div>\n

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On Tuesday, Israeli-born author and Hebrew University Prof. Ruth Kark, along with co-author and geographer Dr. Joseph B. Glass, will be awarded $15,000 for their research on the development of banking in Ottoman Palestine.<\/p>\n

The prize, awarded to winners of the Best Monograph in the Competition for Research on the History of Banking and Finance, 2008-2009, is sponsored by the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Center, the European Association for Banking and Financial History and the History Foundation of Turkey.<\/p>\n

In their book, Sephardi Entrepreneurs in Jerusalem: The Valero Family 1800-1948, <\/em>Kark and Glass present readers with a look at one of Jerusalem’s founding families, the Valeros, who were responsible for establishing the first private bank in Israel.<\/p>\n

The book, however, is not just a look at the family’s history, said Kark.<\/p>\n

“It’s a rare glimpse at the day-to-day lives of Jews living in Ottoman-ruled Palestine, and a look at entrepreneurship in the Middle East during this time in history,” she said.<\/p>\n

Glass has a doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem<\/span> and has authored five books and numerous articles.<\/p>\n

Kark, a professor of geography at the Hebrew University, has written and edited 20 books and over 200 articles on the history and historical geography of the region.<\/p>\n

The competition aims to promote academic research on Turkish banking, finance and economic history<\/span>, from Ottoman times to the present, and to establish a tradition in this field.<\/p>\n

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