Müderris Dr. Âkil Muhtar Bey'in "Darülfünunumuz Hakkında Bazı Mülahazat" Adlı Risalesi

Authors : Emre Dölen

Pages : 69-88

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Publication Date : 2003-12-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :The second half of the 19th  century witnessed a number of attempts to  establish in Istanbul, an institution of higher education aiming the instruction of the civilians. Founded in 1900, the "Darülfünun­i Osmanî”  (Ottoman  University) lived for about three decades. The University Reformation of 1933, abolishing the Darülfünun, paved the way for the  establishment of the present  day Istanbul University. The Darülfünun was much discussed during the first decades of the 20th  century and attempts were made to secure its reformation. Dr. Akil Muhtar [Özden] (1877- ­1949), professor of pharmacodynamy at Darülfünun’s Medical  Faculty, was  also involved in these debates. His  20­page pamphlet  titled  Darülfünunumuz Hakkında Bazı Mülahazât (Memorandum on the Darülfünun, Istanbul 1924), exposed his critics regarding the organisation, the teaching staff and the location (at Haydarpaşa) of this institution and put forward the measures  to be taken for its reformation.
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