What I've seen, what I've experienced
By: Jak V. Kamhi ; edited by Heath W. Lowry
Contributors: Lowry, Heath W., 1942-
Series: Bahçeşehir University Press -- no: 92
Publisher: Bahçeşehir University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Beşiktaş, İstanbul [Turkey]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9786055461461
Subjects: Industrialists; Biography; Businessmen; Jews
Other titles: What I have seen, what I have experienced
Work titles: Gördürklerim, yaşadıklarım
Notes: "Bahçeşehir University Press No: 92"--T.p. verso.

KAMHI, JAK V. (1925 -), Turkish industrialist. Born in Istanbul, Kamhi graduated as an engineer from Yıldız Technical University, becoming chairman of the board of the Profilo Group of companies. He was an adviser to the prime ministry of Turkey for Turkey-EU and Turkey-U.S. relations. He was the founding chairman of the Quincentennial Foundation, which was established in 1989 with the purpose of celebrating the arrival of the Sephardim exiled in 1492 to the Ottoman lands; and he lobbied on behalf of the Turkish Republic, especially in the U.S., where Turkey was severely criticized for denying the Armenian genocide and for the infringement of human rights. He was given several awards, including the High Service Award from the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Légion d'Honneur, and the rank of commander in the National Order of Merit from the president of the French Republic and the commander of the Order of Spanish Civil Merit from the king of Spain.--Jewish Virtual Library.