Safiye Ali

Safiye Ali
Born 1891
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died 1952
Known for First female Turkish doctor
Profession Doctor
Institutions Istanbul

Safiye Ali (1891–1952) was the first Turkish woman to become a medical doctor. She treated the soldiers in the Turkish War of Independence, the Balkan Wars, and in World War I. She studied medicine in Germany in 1916, and opened her office in Istanbul in 1922.[1][2][3]

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