Contributions of Foreign Scientists to the Higher Education Between 1933–1950 Years in Turkey

• Main Author: Yücel NAMAL
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bülent Ecevit University 2012-01-01
• Series: Yükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi
• Subjects: Republic; Higher education; Foreign scientists
• Online Access: http://higheredu-sci.org/pdf.php3?id=1551

The modernization in the higher education during the republic period in Turkey has begun with establishing the Istanbul University upon closing down the Darülfünun (Ottoman University) through university reform in 1933. Thus, following the university reform, it has been provided for many foreign scientist and academic members, who had escaped from Nazi Germany and had come to Turkey, to give lectures in İstanbul University. The studies of those foreign scientists have renewed the higher education both regarding the education and organization. As a result of the modern techniques in the education and training, has been started to be used and the number of books, in the University and in the libraries, have increased. In addition, the translated and copyrighted works have also been brought by those foreign scientists to the higher education.