11 Great Turkish Scientists That Should Never Be Forgotten

It doesn’t matter who the scientists are or where they come from. Indeed, science is spoken all over the world. a universal language Actually. Our Turkish scientists, some of whom we know closely and who from afar, make us proud by making themselves known to the world.

Success on every continent has one thing in common: perseverance. As we see the achievements of these important names, which we tried to convey to you as much as possible through this series, we remember that we should strive harder in the name of science. Without further ado, let’s get to know the next guests in our series.

Niyazi Berkes

He left a mark in Turkish sociology and passed away in 1988. Niyazi BerkesHe opened his eyes to the world on 21 October 1908 in Cyprus. After completing his primary and secondary education in Cyprus, he graduated from Istanbul Erkek High School in 1928. Between 1928-1931 He studied philosophy and sociology at Darülfünun Faculty of Literature, Department of Philosophy. In 1935, he became a sociology assistant at Istanbul University Faculty of Letters.

He went to America in the same year. University of Chicago School of Social Sciences Department of SociologyHe continued his postgraduate studies in. When he returned to Turkey in 1939, he became an associate professor of sociology at the Ankara Faculty of Language, History and Geography, and then, in 1952, a professor of sociology at the Faculty of Graduate Studies at Mc Gill University, Canada. On August 31, 1975, he received the title of international professor emeritus. He made his mark in history with his research that broadened our horizons in the field of history and sociology.

Ekrem Akurgal

Akurgal, who obtained many archaeological findings and continued his research until his death, was born in 1911. Just like after high school Like İhsan Ketin, he was one of the students sent to Germany for education with the support of the state. After studying archeology in Germany, he received the title of Ordinary Professor at the Faculty of Language, History and Geography of Ankara University in 1957.

He is in the Aegean with his current names. Foça, Çandarlı, Çeşme-İldırı, Erytrai and Smyrna It is an important name that reveals ancient cities. He has published numerous works in various languages ​​on Ancient Greek, Hittite and Ancient Anatolian Civilizations. He was also a founding member of the Turkish Human Rights Institution Foundation. He left us in 2002.

Metin Sitti

Metin Sitti, the first Turkish scientist in the Max Planck Institute, one of the most prestigious research institutions in the world, which is the continuation of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society founded by Albert Einstein, was appointed as the director in 2017. Awarded the Rahmi Koç Medal of Science in 2018, Prof. Dr. Metin Sitti, now it aims to use the small robots it has developed in treatments in hard-to-reach areas.

Ergi Deniz Ozsoy

Ergi Deniz Ozsoy, He is a Turkish evolutionary biologist and geneticist. He is one of the most important actors of the correct understanding and popularization of evolutionary biology in Turkey. Today he also studied Hacettepe University Department of BiologyHe is the head of the department.

Özsoy, who has many studies on evolutionary biology, genetics, genomics and quantitative genetics. Özsoy is also interested in the history of evolutionary biology, the philosophy of evolution and the philosophy of biology. He has articles published in Turkey and abroad on these subjects.

Ali Demirsoy

Born in 1945 in Yuva Village, Ali Demirsoy graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Science, Department of Natural Sciences. Demirsoy, who has developed himself in the field of biology and carried out various studies, completed a part of his education in Germany. Later University of Hamburg by winning the Humboldt scholarshipHe worked at research institutes in Paris and London. Demirsoy, who carries out studies in the style of research, essay and scientific novel, made people love zoology with his textbook “Basic Rules of Life”.

Taxonomic studies on the faunal bees of Mantodea, Odonata, Caelifera, Blattodea, Dermeptera, Scorpionidae, Hirundina in Turkey are her specialty. He is the most popular and active scientist in our country on evolution.

Rahmi Trust

Bachelor’s (1970), Master’s (1973) and Doctorate (1976) degrees in Physics Rahmi Güven, who graduated from Middle East Technical University, METU Physics Department, He worked at Boğaziçi University Mathematics Department, TUBITAK Basic Sciences Research Institute and Işık University; He has conducted postdoctoral research at the Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Texas at Austin and Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universitaet Wien. He specializes in classical and quantum theory of gravity. Although he worked in many different schools in our country, he also represented us abroad.

In Italy, he was elected as an associate member for the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste in 1991-1996 and a senior associate member in 2000-2007. He has received many awards such as Tübitak Science Award, Outstanding Achievement Award, Incentive Award. Also in 1997 Turkish Academy of Sciences’neither principal member was elected.

Seza Ozen

Seza Özen, a professor at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, specializes in pediatric rheumatology and pediatric nephrology. It has 25,000 citations and numerous awards and over 500 international articles. Özen is also one of the top 100 academics in the world academics list compiled by Stanford University last year.

Based in Italy, which brought together 1000 scientists from nearly 70 countries in 2018. He also won the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Medicine Award. The fact that she has achieved such success as a woman in the world of science makes us proud.

Ismail Cakmak

Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences faculty member Prof. Dr. Ismail Cakmak, He became the first person from Turkey to be included in the list of 2022 Most Influential Scientists. While it ranks 7th in the world in the Agriculture-Agronomy slice branch, it is also ranked as 2,538 in the study in which more than 8 million scientists participated. was ranked.

Cakmak, whose 228 articles have been published, TUBITAK Science Award in 1999IFA-Fertilizer Industries Association International Plant Nutrition Award in 2005, Australia-Crawford Fund “Derek Tribe” medal in 2007, Germany-Alexander von Humboldt Foundation “Georg Forster Research Award” in 2014, International Plant Nutrition Institute in 2016 – He is the recipient of the Science Award and the World Academy of Sciences Agricultural Science Award in 2016.

Veysi Erkcan Ozcan

After graduating in 1999, Veysi Erkcan Özcan graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Physics. Completed his PhD in Physics. He started his career as a Research Assistant at Stanford University in 1999. Research Assistant in Physics at University College LondonBetween 2011 and 2017, he became an assistant professor, associate professor and professor in the Department of Physics at Boğaziçi University and still continues his duty.

As exploratory analysis, precision measurements and their interpretation, especially in large colliders, as well as small experimental/industrial accelerators and particle detector physics in experimental particle physics conducting research.

Huseyin Yilmaz

Perhaps the most surprising and proud story of success is Hüseyin Yılmaz. His life, which he started as a shepherd, continues in the world of science when he was discovered by chance. Dr. Yılmaz was born in Acıpayam on August 13, 1924, and died on January 27, 2013. He is a deceased physicist in Cambridge, USA..

Working especially on the theory of gravity, Yılmaz later focused on color perception and speech perception. In the 1960s, he developed a new theory of color perception based on Edwin Land’s views on the Theory of Evolution. But his work, which we all heard and made the most noise, was published in 1958. his theory of gravity. In this theory, he concentrated on generalizing Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity’s explanation of weak fields.

Bahattin Baysal

Bahattin Baysal is one of our important scientists with his contributions to polymer chemistry. In fact, it would be more accurate to say that polymer chemistry came to Turkey thanks to him. After completing his education at Istanbul University Faculty of Science after high school, Baysal became an associate professor in the USA.Kinetics of Chain Reaction Polymerizations’ Graduated with the thesis topic. Later, he came to the country and started to work as an associate professor of physical chemistry. Another important detail we need to know about Baysal is that he pioneered the establishment of science high schools in Turkey, which train very important scientists today.