Research award to Lars Johanson

Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Lars Johanson, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, and Uppsala University, Sweden, was awarded the Vilhelm Thomsen Medal of the International Turkic Academy for the study of Old Turkic. The distinction was handed over to him by the president of the Academy on the 30th of April 2018 at the international forum “Revival of Identity and Promoting Heritage″ organized by the UNESCO in Paris.