What You Need to Know About Celal Şengör

Among the people whose words we should pay attention to in our country, there are especially scientists. One of the most important names among these people, Prof. Dr. Celal SengorToday we will try to get to know him better. The famous geologist, whose full name is Ali Mehmet Celâl Şengör, is a name that has received numerous awards with his works accepted by the whole world. We often see it in TV shows. prof. Dr. Celal Sengor, Someone who has dedicated his life to science.

Well, how much do we listen to Celal Şengör, who has such an intense knowledge under his tonton grandfather appearance and is one of the few names in the world in his field of geology? For years we warning against earthquakes We should care more about Şengör and scientists like him.

prof. Dr. Celal Şengör has been warning us against earthquakes for many years.

In this video from 2000 prof. Dr. Celal Şengör talks about the Istanbul earthquake after the 99 earthquake. Today, we still have not experienced this earthquake, but how serious the situation is is said by scientists like Şengör today, just as it was said that day.

Unfortunately, these statements have not been heard much until now. We do not know how much of it will be heard after today.

Celal Şengör is not just a name we see from earthquake to earthquake. In particular, they broadcast important information with the Teke Tek program, in which the trio of İlber Ortaylı and Fatih Altaylı participate.

Celâl Şengör, a professor of geology, has a vast knowledge pool outside of his field. He participated in the Teke Tek program with İlber Ortaylı. He shares with us very important information about raising the general cultural level of the Turkish people. Sometimes, even if we do not have an idea about what they are talking about, we realize that it is an important issue and find ourselves investigating.

Şengör is also a curious explorer who wants to experience everything in life.

We will talk about Celal Şengör’s biography below, but what lies behind him being such a successful scientist is actually his curiosity. animal feces even even eat their own excrement He is a curious name enough to share his experiences with people.

Although he is one of the few people in Turkey and even in the world about earthquake and geology, Prof. Dr. Celal Şengör is not included in the earthquake commission.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMMVtYGShUc

Many earthquakes have occurred in our country before. In the earthquake meetings held after these earthquakes, Prof. Dr. We saw the news that Celal Şengör was not invited. It’s not just about power Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality We did not see Celal Şengör at the Earthquake Science Committee held on February 15, 2023. Şengör had previously criticized the situation in a Zoom connection for not being invited to the earthquake meeting held after the Elazig earthquake.

Şengör, who spoke directly instead of hiding his thoughts, was sometimes criticized for this reason.

With his reactions, the way he speaks, the storytelling and more Celal Şengör, who has a unique nameHe says it directly, often without caring much about where what he’s saying is going. Even if these thoughts are true (most of the time true), there are times when they make some people uncomfortable. For this reason, there may be opposing views against Şengör from time to time.

He received a lot of backlash for his statements about harassing one of his students.

Celal Şengör made a statement about a female student during a Zoom meeting. In the video, Şengör made a speech to a female student. sexual harassment made explanatory statements. After this, the ITU Rectorate launched an administrative investigation, but it was concluded that there was no room for disciplinary punishment. prof. Dr. Celal Şengör, in the program “What’s Happening in Life”, with the transfer of Hakan Ural “I never consider this to be sexual harassment. I never see an anomaly in that. I do not find many of the reactions shown to me exaggerated.‘ he said.

Prof. who does not like as much as he loves. Dr. There are also some negative allegations about Celal Şengör within his field.

prof. Dr. There are some allegations about Celal Şengör. In one of them, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ercan stated that Celâl Şengör spoke out of his expertise and said, “He is a big earthquake fan. One day he said to me, ‘There will be a handsome earthquake in Istanbul, let it destroy everything so we can rebuild this city.‘ he said,’ he said.

There are also rumors that Şengör lied about the number of fault lines, and that he continued his own system by hindering scientific studies. However, let’s say that these are claims.

Let’s take a look at his biography. (We are telling you already, a long biography is waiting for you.)

Celal Şengör’s life is full of success. Şengör, who had problems in his education life until high school, embarks on an educational and career journey that opens to the world.

prof. Dr. Celal Şengör was born on March 24, 1955 in Istanbul as the child of a wealthy family.

Şengör graduated from Robert College in 1973 and graduated from the Department of Geology at the State University of New York at Albany in 1978. Afterwards, he completed his master’s degree from the same university in 1979 and received his doctorate from the same university in 1982. While all this was going on, Celal Şengör’s adventure at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) began in 1981. ITU Mining Faculty Şengör, who was appointed as an assistant to the General Geology Chair, received the President’s Award of the London Geology Society in 1984 and became an associate professor in the General Geology Department of the ITU Mining Faculty in 1986. Şengör, again in 1986 Received TÜBİTAK Science Award.

Şengör has a worldwide career.

Şengör, who devoted most of his life to science, received an honorary doctorate of science at the Faculty of Science of the University of Neuchâtel in 1988. There were no Turkish members until then. Academia Europaea’Şengör was accepted in 1990 and became a correspondent member of the Austrian Geological Service in the same year. When the dates came to 1991, by the Ministry of Culture “Information Age Award“He won.

In 1992, he was promoted to professor at ITU Mining Faculty, General Geology Department. Şengör, who became the youngest founding member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences in 1993, also became a member of the TÜBİTAK Science Board in the same year.

In 1994, he was elected a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

Şengör, who was elected as an honorary member of the French and American geology associations this year, is a member of the French Physics Society and the École Normale Supérieure foundation.Rammal MedalIn 1997, the French Academy of Sciences awarded the “Lutaud Prize”, a prestigious award in earth sciences.

He began to teach at major universities.

Afterwards, he began to lecture as a visiting professor at the world’s leading universities. in 1998 Collège de France’Şengör, who started to give lectures as a guest professor in the 19th century, organized a conference titled “The contribution of French geologists to the development of tectonics in the 19th century”. After this conference, he received the Collège de France medal on 28 May 1998. In 1999, the Geological Society of London, Prof. Dr. He gave Celal Şengör the Bigsby medal.

Şengör also held visiting professorships at Oxford University, California Institute of Technology and Salzburg Lodron-Paris University.

In 2000, he became the first Turk to be elected as a foreign member of the US National Academy of Sciences.

Apart from that, in 2013 Leopoldina Chosen as a member of the Nature Researchers Academy, Prof. Dr. Celal Şengör has many achievements that we cannot list here.

Celâl Şengör’s academic publications do not end with counting.

Şengör, who focuses on geology and tectonic He published 6 books, 175 scientific articles, 137 abstracts. In addition to this, he has published many popular science articles and 2 more books on fields such as history and philosophy. Dr. Şengör has nearly 300 essays.

You see; A valuable scientist who made us love science and history. The things he said, especially the earthquake issue, should be discussed and discussed by the managers.