The life and career of nationalist icon, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, will be the focus when President Erdogan of Turkey receives an honorary degree at the Jamia Milia Islamia on Monday.
President Erdogan who landed in the capital on Sunday evening will be hosted at the Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium of the Jamia Milia Islamia where Vice-Chancellor Lt. Gen. (Retired) M.A. Zaki will confer the Degree of Doctor of Letters to him, stated an announcement from the university.
Ansari was one of the leading lights of the freedom movement who also led the People’s Mission to Ottoman Empire during 1912-1913.
The former Ambassador of Turkey Burak Agcapar authored a book on Ansari recounting the episode when he led the mission to Turkey during the Balkan war.
In recent years, Jamia Milia Islamia has emerged as an important centre for studies in Turkish language and culture.
