11 Notable alumni of
Health Sciences University
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Health Sciences University is 2907th in the world, 739th in Asia, and 26th in Turkey by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from Health Sciences University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Rıza Nur
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- surgeonwriterpolitician
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Rıza Nur was a Turkish surgeon, politician and writer. He was prominent in the years immediately after the First World War, where he served as a cabinet minister but was subsequently marginalised, and became a critic of Atatürk. His acclaimed autobiography Hayat ve Hatıratım was written from exile in France and Egypt as an alternative narrative to Atatürk's famous speech Nutuk that has dominated the historiography of Turkey. Like Halide Edib and Rauf Orbay, Rıza Nur's work is part of a body of early Republican literature that sought plurality in the increasingly authoritarian Turkish Republic.
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Refik Saydam
- Years
- 1881-1942 (aged 61)
- Occupations
- physicianpoliticianmilitary physician
- Biography
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İbrahim Refik Saydam was a Turkish physician, politician and the fourth Prime Minister of Turkey, serving from 25 January 1939 until his death on 8 July 1942.
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Besim Ömer Akalın
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- politiciangynaecologistmilitary personnelphysicianmilitary physician
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Besim Ömer Akalın was a Turkish social democratic politician and physician who established modern obstetrics and gynaecology in Turkey and was the director of the Turkish Red Crescent society. He first emphasized in Turkey the fact that nursing was a separate discipline and should be taught in a specialized program. Between 1935 and 1940, he served as a member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. His image was depicted on a former Turkish postcard stamp.
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Nevzat Tarhan
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- academicpsychiatristauthoruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Kaşif Nevzat Tarhan is a Turkish psychiatrist and Psychological warfare expert and neuropsychology expert.
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Cemil Topuzlu
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- physiciansurgeonpolitician
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Professor Cemil Topuzlu, also known as Cemil Pasha, was a Turkish social democratic politician who served two terms as mayor of Istanbul. During his time in office he oversaw major developments in the city, including the creation of Gülhane Park.
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Ahmet Fikri Tüzer
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- politician
- Biography
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Ahmet Fikri Tüzer was a Turkish politician, who was a member of the Republican People's Party and the acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey for two days from 7 July 1942 to 9 July 1942 (during the 12th government of Turkey). He was also the Minister of the Interior from 6 May 1942 to 16 August 1942.
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Cevdet Kerim İncedayı
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- politician
- Biography
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Cevdet Kerim İncedayı was an Ottoman-born Turkish army officer, politician and author.
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Mustafa Cantekin
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- politicianmilitary physician
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Mustafa Elvan Cantekin was a military physician of the Ottoman Army and a politician in the Republic of Turkey. He was one of the founding members of Vatan ve Hürriyet secret society, which was just one of the several organizations opposed to the regime of the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II.
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İbrahim Talî Öngören
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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İbrahim Tali Öngören was a Turkish military officer and politician.
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Akil Muhtar Özden
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- physicianpolitician
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Akil Muhtar Özden, was a Turkish physician known for being the pioneer of experimental pharmacology in Turkey. He was educated at the Medical School of Geneva, whereupon graduation worked at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and prepared a doctoral thesis on ‘‘Long Lasting Cerebrospinal Meningitis’. He carried out research on ‘chloralose’ and 'opium alkaloids’. In 1909, he was appointed to the Civil Medical School of Istanbul as a lecturer and embarked on a long career of medical teaching until his retirement in 1943. After his retirement, Özden continued working in the medical field and had a short stint as a senator in the parliament.
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Celalettin Muhtar Ozden
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- dermatologist
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Celalettin Muhtar "Celal" Özden was a Turkish dermatologist known for his work on dermatophytes. Often known as 'Djèlaleddin Moukhtar' in Europe, he served as a prominent military and civilian physician and a medical scholar in the last decades of the Ottoman Empire and the early history of Turkey.
