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Ali Nesin
Ali Nesin, born on November 18, 1957 in Istanbul, is a Turkish mathematician. He was awarded the 2018 Leelavati Award as one of the main contributors to the development of the Mathematics Village. Today, he is an instructor at Nesin Math Village.

Education and Academic Career
Nesin studied mathematics as an undergraduate at Université Paris 7 in France, graduating in 1981. He later finished his PhD at Yale University in 1985 and took teaching positions at various universities across the USA, among which were Yale University, University of California at Berkeley, and Notre Dame University.

In 1995, after the death of his father, he returned to Turkey to contribute to the development of mathematics. He became the director of the Nesin Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to taking in children and promoting their educational and personal development. For his teaching style, Nesin valued the development of mathematical reasoning and understanding over memorization. He criticizes the national university exams for emphasizing memorization over the understanding of concepts.

Contributions
From 2003 to 2013, Nesin was the editor-in-chief for Matematik Dünyası ("The World of Mathematics '' ), a monthly Turkish mathematics magazine geared towards the popularization of mathematics and the introduction of mathematical concepts to the public . He is also a part of the editorial committee of NTV-Bilim, a Turkish science journal. He has authored nine mathematical books, and several of his lecture notes have become recommended material by TÜBA. His main contribution, and the reason he was awarded the 2018 Leelavati Award was due to his contribution to the Mathematics Village. The citation on his award reads:"'...in recognition of his outstanding contributions and great achievements towards increasing public awareness of mathematics in Turkey, especially because of his tireless work in creating and developing the “Mathematics Village” as an exceptional, peaceful place for education, research and the exploration of mathematics for a wide range of people.'"