11 amazing Turkish scientists who should never be forgotten who they are

By global educational standards, very few of our young people become scientists compared to the population of our country. We know that developed countries hunt these brains wherever they are in the world. A young man who grew up in Turkey, after a certain point may have to go abroad. We are sure that a very important part of these people, who have toiled for the development of mankind, would not want to leave our country.

It is not necessary to be interested in science to follow scientific developments. This is actually the duty of every citizen. Do we know what Turkish scientists are working on, how they achieved success and what contributions they made to humanity? The more we get to know them, the more inspiration we have to work with.

You may have heard of some of the Turkish scientists on our list, but rest assured there are a few you’ve never heard of.

Astrophysicist Feryal Special:

Feryal Özel, one of the most prominent scientists of the astronomy world today, has a successful career. Ozel, whose mother and father are doctors, graduated from the Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics at Columbia University after completing Üsküdar American High School. He took second place. He completed his master’s degree at the Niels Bohr Institute in Denmark and his doctorate at Harvard University, which had a major impact on his dissertation.

After working as a researcher at NASA, Özel gave astrophysics lectures at the University of Arizona. She is also the winner of the 2013 Maria Goeppert Prize awarded by the American Astrophysical Society to the most successful astrophysicists. He is also one of the members of the Turkish Academy of Sciences.

Molecular biologist Aziz Sancar:

Aziz Sancar, who struggled with educational impossibilities and led by example by achieving successes that made our chest swell, was born in the Savur district of Mardin. Probably most of our citizens had never heard of his name until he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine of Istanbul University, Sancar turned to molecular biology. He created the agenda with his theses at the universities of Texas and Yale. He has published 288 scientific articles and 33 books on topics such as DNA repair, biological clock and cancer treatment.

in 2015 with his work to map out how damaged DNA is regenerated by cells. He got the Nobel Prize.

Mathematician Cahit Arf:

With an image on the back of our 10 TL banknotes ordinaryus prof. dr. Cahit Arf is known for his work in the field of mathematics. He is the owner of the mathematical invention known in the scientific world as Arf Constant, Arf Rings or Arf Helix. Together with the German mathematician Helmut Hesse, he developed the Hesse-Arf theory. Cahit Arf, who had put a lot into his 87 years of life, died in 1997 due to a serious heart condition.

Historian Disaster Inan:

Afet Inan, Atatürk’s adopted daughter, is one of the top social scientists raised by the young republic. After completing Bursa Teacher’s School for Girls, at age 17 Inan, who started teaching, was sent abroad to study language after being discovered by Ataturk.

With his education one of the best historians in the country. When Afet Inan returned to Turkey, he played an important role in the establishment and opening of the Turkish Historical Association. Afet Inan, who also continues to teach, continued his academic education and became a professor of history in 1950, but died in 1985.

Does Disaster Hodja look familiar somewhere?

Dermatologist Hulusi Behçet Uz:

with his work “Medical Scholar” Hulusi Behçet, who rose to fame as a famous man, was the son of Ahmet Behçet, one of Atatürk’s friends. He started his education in Beirut, where his father was on duty. He then worked to become a doctor until he graduated from the Military Medical School. He continued his education at the Gülhane Military Hospital. During World War I and the War of Independence, he worked as a dermatologist in hospitals in Edirne, Eskişehir and Kırklareli.

Uz, who developed in Europe until 1933 and began to apply what he learned in Turkey, founded the Clinic for Skin Diseases and Syphilis at the Medical Faculty of Istanbul University. Continuing his academic life, Uz The first Turkish academic to receive the title of professor it happened. In the medical world, he has been working on an unknown disease since Hippocrates. Today, that disease is known as Behçet’s disease, Tristymtom Behçet.

Sumerologist Historian Muazzez İlmiye Avalanche:

Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, who has produced world-famous studies on the Sumerians, one of the most mysterious societies in human history; An expert on Sumerian, Akkadian and Hittite languages. He has more than 13 books on the languages, cultures and beliefs of the same societies. Avalanche had a big impact, especially with the book History Begins with Sumer. He is today a 108-year-old plane tree.

Sociologist Şerif Mardin:

Şerif Mardin, one of the Turkish scientists who proved that science is not just about numbers, social Sciences He brought many concepts to Turkey during his studies in the field. After Galatasaray High School, he graduated from Stanford University, Department of Political Science. He made his name by studying Ottoman history at the same university. He returned to the Faculty of Political Science of Ankara University in 1954 and began to use his experiences there. After a short political career, he founded the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of Boğaziçi University, Department of Sociology.

In 2007, almost everyone heard it “neighborhood pressure” Şerif Mardin first brought up the term. Mardin’s contributions are undeniable at the point where the social sciences have reached the scientific level in Turkey today.

Physics engineer and inventor Canan Dağdeviren:

Canan Dağdeviren, one of the new generation of Turkish scientists, He is the first Turk to be a member of the Harvard University Young Academy. Dağdeviren worked as a researcher at MIT Media Lab on wearable technology, next-generation flexible electronic devices and circuits and invented the wearable heart chip that can detect skin cancer.

Biochemist Naşide Gözde Durmuş:

Durmuş, who is 38 years old, is battling an illness he experienced as a child. Stanford University He became a research assistant at the Department of Biochemistry of the Faculty of Medicine. The young scientist, who all succeeded in his goal, made a name for himself with his studies on early detection of cancer. Described by the MIT Technology Review as “a pioneering leader in medicine and biology.”

Doctor Turkan Saylan:

Türkan Saylan is one of the most influential doctors and researchers in the history of Turkish medicine. He was the head of the Department of Dermatology at the Faculty of Medicine of Istanbul University, where he started in 1963. in 1976 began his research into leprosy, In 1986, as an internationally recognized researcher, he was awarded the Gandhi Prize in India. Saylan, who attaches great importance to the place of women in education, took social initiatives for this. In 1989, he founded the Contemporary Life Support Association, of which he was a longtime president. Türkan Saylan died on May 18, 2009.

Physicist Mete Atature:

at the University of Cambridge working on quantum physics Prof. Dr. Mete Atatüre contributes to science at the school where Stephen Hawking grew up. Atatüre, who measured the sound of light and went down in history with his team, thinks the chances of finding another life form in another corner of the universe are very high.

Chemist Oktay Sinanoglu:

Oktay Sinanoğlu, who passed away in 2015, not only with his works in the field of chemistry, He is also known for his thoughts on the Turkish language. Sinanoğlu, whose father was consul general in Italy, returned to Turkey at a young age and continued his education there. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1955. The following year he did his master’s degree at MIT, where he won a scholarship. Sinanoğlu is still the youngest scientist to become a professor of chemistry at Yale University. He also served as an advisor to many scientific institutions and universities in Japan and Turkey. He also worked on many suggestions for the originalization and purification of Turkish.