sentences:  Adnan Kahveci was recognized very early as a child prodigy, having come first in a nationwide exam organized by the newspaper "Milliyet" among primary school students in 1961, in the entry exams for the select Kabataş High School in 1966, in another nationwide exam organized this time by the newspaper "Hürriyet" and among high school students, in the nationwide university entry exams in 1966 and in Istanbul University scholarship exams.He pursued his studies in electrical engineering in Purdue University in the United States and obtained his doctorate from University of Missouri where he went on to become a professor.After his return to Turkey, he was, for a time in the academic staff of Boğaziçi University.