Safiye Ali

Safiye Ali (2 February 1894 – 5 July 1952) was a Turkish physician, the first Turkish woman to become a medical doctor. She was a graduate of Robert College in Istanbul (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]

Safiye Ali
Born2 February 1894
Died5 July 1952(1952-07-05) (aged 58)
EducationRobert College
Known forFirst female Turkish medical doctor
Medical career
ProfessionPhysician
InstitutionsIstanbul

Legacy

Her name is given to a family health center in Istanbul.[4]

References

  1. Abadan-Unat, Kandiyoti & Kıray 1981, 9
  2. Arda 2009, 11.
  3. Davis 1986, 266.
  4. "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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