Javad Heyat
Javad Heyat | |
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Baku, Azerbaijan | |
| Nationality | Iranian, Azerbaijani |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Surgery, writing |
Javad Heyat (
Varliq, which he established in 1979 in Tehran.[2] He was the recipient of numerous honorary degrees from universities in Turkey and the Republic of Azerbaijan
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Biography
Javad Heyat was born in 1925 in
Ayatollah Khamenei's personal physician when the latter was President of Iran (1981–1989).[1]
According to Gilles Riaux, Heyat was a "leading figure in the Iranian medical community", and a "recognized expert on Turkish affairs, in Ankara and elsewhere".[1]
Criticism
Heyat was a pan-Turkist.[3] He held a Turkish nationalistic position in his academic writings on history and literature. In his works, he claimed that Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi was Turkish.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Riaux 2018, p. 121.
- ISBN 978-1-136-15362-4. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ Kamrava 2017, p. 294 (note 68).
- ^ Lornejad & Doostzadeh 2012, pp. 88, 127, 135, 136, 137, 138, 142.
Sources
- Kamrava, Mehran, ed. (2017). The Great Game in West Asia: Iran, Turkey and the South Caucasus. Oxford University Press. p. 294 (note 68). ISBN 978-0190869663.
- Lornejad, Siavash; Doostzadeh, Ali (2012). Arakelova, Victoria; Asatrian, Garnik (eds.). On the modern politicization of the Persian poet Nezami Ganjavi (PDF). Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies.
- Riaux, Gilles (2018). "The Origins of the Protest Movement Against Ethnic Hierarchy: The Azerbaijani Cause in Iran". In Dorronsoro, Gilles; Grojean, Olivier (eds.). Identity, Conflict and Politics in Turkey, Iran and Pakistan. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0190934682.
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