Darülfünun: İlim Ve Demokrasi Müderris Hüsnü Hamid (Sayman) Bey’in Bildirisi

Year 2008, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 177 - 185, 01.12.2008

Şeref Etker

Abstract

Following the proclamation of the Republic, the Istanbul Darülfünun,
which was the only university in Turkey, went through a series of changes in its
organisation, staff and curricula. This reform reflected the educational policy of
the Ankara government at large, and its expectations from academics. The Dean
of the Faculty of Sciences Professor Hüsnü Hamid Sayman (1891-1975), an
active supporter of the new policies towards higher education, published a
declaration entitled Darülfünun: İlim ve Demokrasi (The University, Science
and Democracy) in 1925, discussing of the rôle of the university in the period of
social transition. 

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Professor H.H. Sayman’s declaration: The University, Science and Democracy

Abstract

Following the proclamation of the Republic, the Istanbul Darülfünun,
which was the only university in Turkey, went through a series of changes in its
organisation, staff and curricula. This reform reflected the educational policy of
the Ankara government at large, and its expectations from academics. The Dean
of the Faculty of Sciences Professor Hüsnü Hamid Sayman (1891-1975), an
active supporter of the new policies towards higher education, published a
declaration entitled Darülfünun: İlim ve Demokrasi (The University, Science
and Democracy) in 1925, discussing of the rôle of the university in the period of
social transition. 

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