Greek Historian Honoured for contribution to studies of Greeks in Asia Minor

GREEK HISTORIAN HONOURED - published by the GreekNewsAgenda.gr on June 16, 2014

The badge of the Order of Excellence was presented by the President of the Turkish Republic Abdullah Gul to Evangelia Balta on June 11, for her contribution to the literature and culture of Greeks in Asia Minor.  Balta, a historian working at the National Research Foundation, is a leading scholar in Karamanlidka, a dialect of Orthodox Christians in Asia Minor which is based on the Turkish language and written with the Greek alphabet.

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For more information on Evangelia Balta - http://www.evangeliabalta.com/