Ünal Nalbantoğlu, a professor of sociology and an expert in the field of aesthetics and ethics at Ankara’s Middle East Technical University, or METU, died of unknown causes Wednesday. He was 64.
Nalbantoğlu first joined METU as an undergraduate in the 1970s. After completing his master’s degree at the University of London and his doctorate at Hacettepe University, he returned to METU in 1980 as an academic at the Department of Sociology. He had lectured at the University of California-Berkeley’s sociology and urban planning departments between 1983 and 1990. He then returned and worked at METU until his retirement in 2010.
An expert on Martin Heidegger and the Frankfurt school, Nalbantoğlu authored several books on philosophy, aesthetics and ethics, fine arts and music.
A funeral service was held Thursday in the Şabanözü district of Çankırı following a memorial service at METU.
Nalbantoğlu first joined METU as an undergraduate in the 1970s. After completing his master’s degree at the University of London and his doctorate at Hacettepe University, he returned to METU in 1980 as an academic at the Department of Sociology. He had lectured at the University of California-Berkeley’s sociology and urban planning departments between 1983 and 1990. He then returned and worked at METU until his retirement in 2010.
An expert on Martin Heidegger and the Frankfurt school, Nalbantoğlu authored several books on philosophy, aesthetics and ethics, fine arts and music.
A funeral service was held Thursday in the Şabanözü district of Çankırı following a memorial service at METU.
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