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

Year 2003, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 69 - 88, 01.12.2003

Emre Dölen

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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Professor Dr. Âkil Muhtar’s memor andum on the Darülfünun

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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