Prof. Dr. Ghadir Golkarian, lecturer at the Near East University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, was awarded by Tabriz Metropolitan Municipality.

According to press info released by the Directorate of Press and Public Relations Office of Near East University, the Association of Azerbaijani Authors and the General Directorate of Arts and Culture Affairs of Tabriz Metropolitan Municipality of East Azerbaijan Province awarded Prof. Dr. Ghadi Golkarian with a prize of 5000 Euro, a silverwork simurg painting and a plaque in recognition of his five years lasting efforts and research for preparing Azerbaijani Turkish-Persian General Dictionary.

The dictionary, which was copyrighted by Prof. Dr. Ghadir Golkarian, is in compliance with the standards of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) System that devised by International Phonetic Association . The dictionary also comprises the contemporary sets that currently used in North-South Azerbaijan.

The dictionary also covers sound features, term sub-syntagms, origin of words and grammatical features.
Near East University Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Golkarian was presented his award by the Mayor of Tabriz Metropolitan Municipality.