Safiye Ali
Safiye Ali | |
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Born |
1891 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 1952 |
Education | Robert College |
Known for | First female Turkish medical doctor |
Medical career | |
Profession | Physician |
Institutions | Istanbul |
Safiye Ali (1891–1952) was a Turkish physician, the first Turkish woman to become a medical doctor. She was a graduate of Robert College in Constantinople (today-Istanbul). She treated the soldiers in the Balkan Wars, World War I and the Turkish War of Independence.. She studied medicine in Germany in 1916, and opened her office in Constantinople in 1922.[1][2][3]
Legacy
Her name is given to a family health center in Istanbul.[4]
References
- ↑ Abadan-Unat, Kandiyoti & Kıray 1981, 9
- ↑ Arda 2009, 11.
- ↑ Davis 1986, 266.
- ↑ "İstanbul Sağlık Müdürlüğü". Istanbulsaglik.gov.tr. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
Bibliography
- Abadan-Unat, Nermin; Kandiyoti, Deniz; Kıray, Mübeccel Belik (1981), Women in Turkish Society, BRILL, ISBN 90-04-06346-3 .
- Arda, Berna (2009), Anatolia; The Cradle of Modern Medicine (PDF), http://dergiler.ankara.edu.tr/: Journal of Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, 62(1)
- Davis, Fanny (1986), The Ottoman Lady: A Social History from 1718 to 1918, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0-313-24811-7 .
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