Adnan Adıvar
Abdülhak Adnan Adıvar (* 1882 in Gelibolu , † July 1, 1955 in Istanbul ) was a Turkish politician, writer, historian and physician. He wrote books on the history of science in the Ottoman Empire. Adıvar was also a supporter of the women's movement in Turkey , which was emerging at the time.
In 1905 Adıvar graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Istanbul and traveled to Berlin , where he received further training in internal medicine. After the restoration of the Ottoman constitution in 1908 by the Young Turks , whom Adıvar was close to, he returned to Istanbul. At the age of thirty, Adıvar was appointed dean of the medical faculty. He worked in the Ottoman Red Crescent during the Turkish Italian war , the Balkan wars and the First World War . In 1917 he married the writer Halide Edip Adıvar . After the defeat of the Ottomans in the war and the occupation of Istanbul by the Allies in 1920, the couple joined the Ataturk resistance movement . Between 1920 and 1923, Adıvar was Minister of Health, Minister of the Interior and Deputy President of the Grand National Assembly . After the founding of the republic in 1923, Adıvar founded the Terakkiperver Cumhuriyet Fırkası party with others . He did not hesitate to criticize the government and Ataturk. Adıvar feared a dictatorship because of Ataturk's political power. In 1925 the party was banned. Disappointed, Adıvar left the country for Vienna , where his wife was being treated. In 1926 Adıvar was accused, along with others, of planning an assassination attempt on Ataturk. So he stayed abroad until 1939, where he devoted himself to philosophy and the history of science. He wrote and taught in England and France .
After his pardon and return to Turkey, he was a member of the Turkish parliament between 1946 and 1950. In Turkey, the couple were highly decorated as veterans of the revolutions of 1908 and 1923. The couple had no children.
Books
Adnan Adıvar's most important work was the French-language La Science Chez les Turks Ottomans (Paris, 1939), in which he wrote about Ottoman scholars and scientists from the 14th to 19th centuries. In 1943 he expanded and translated the book into Turkish ( Osmanlı Türkleri'nde İlim ). Another important work was a book on religion and science. Adnan Adıvar was the head of the translation of the Encyclopaedia of Islam (EI1) into Turkish ( İslâm Ansiklopedisi ). He wrote the introduction and several articles. He also translated works by the philosopher Bertrand Russell .
Web links
- Literature by and about Adnan Adıvar in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gurol Irzik: Turkish Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science , p. 3. Springer, 2005. ISBN 140203332X
- ↑ Doctor Aldülhak Adnan Adivar , Halide Edib Adivar (ed.), Istanbul 1956.
- ^ "A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements And Feminisms", Francisca de Haan, Krasimira Daskalova, Anna Loutfi, 2006, ISBN 9637326391
- ^ Medical History in Turkey: A Review of Past Studies and Recent Researches, Feza Günergun , Chair for History of Science, Faculty of Letters Istanbul University, 34459 Beyazıt - Istanbul
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adıvar, Adnan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adıvar, Abdülhak Adnan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish politician, historian, medic and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gelibolu |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1955 |
| Place of death | Istanbul |