List of Turkish philosophers and scientists

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This is a list of notable Turkish philosophers and scholars .

A

• Ahmed Resmî Efendi, historian and diplomat
• Ahmet Cevdet Pasha, sociologist, legist and historian
• Ali Akansu – Electrical engineer
• Ismail Akbay – Engineer
• Selman Akbulut, mathematician
• Janet Akyüz Mattei – Astronomer
• Alev Alatlı, economist and philosopher
• Ahmet Alkan, economist
• Cahit Arf – Mathematician
• Aşıkpaşazade, historian
• Ayten Aydın, civil engineer and anthropologist

B

• Aykut Barka – Earth scientist
• Asım Orhan Barut, University of Colorado-Boulder physicist^[1]
• Turhan Baytop, botanist
• Hulusi Behçet, dermatologist, physician and scientist
• Orkut Büyükkökten, software engineer

C

• Katip Çelebi, historian,philosopher and geographer
• Tantek Çelik, computer scientist
• Erhan Çinlar, probabilist

D

• Hilmi Volkan Demir, scientist

E

• Gelenbevi Ismail Efendi, mathematician
• Yunus Emre, poet,mystic and philosopher
• Osman Nuri Eralp, veterinary scientist and microbiologist
• Ali Erdemir, scientist
• Elza Erkip
• Ayşe Erzan, theoretical physicist
• İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi, philosopher and mystic

F

• Molla Şemseddin Fenari, logician, Islamic theologian

G

• Erol Gelenbe, Computer scientist
• Feza Gürsey, mathematician and physicist

I

• Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Mathematician
• Ataç İmamoğlu, physicist
• Erdal İnönü, Physicist, politician
• Ahmet Mete Işıkara (1941-2013), seismologist

K

• İhsan Ketin (1914-1995], geologist
• Behram Kurşunoğlu (1922-2003), physicist
• Ioanna Kuçuradi (1936- ), Professor of Philosophy, President of Turkish Philosophy Association)
• Yalçın Küçük, socialist writer, philosopher, economist, historian and sovietolog

M

• Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf - Ottoman polymath: a scientist, astronomer, astrologer, engineer, inventor, clockmaker, watchmaker, physicist, mathematician, botanist, zoologist, pharmacist, physician, Qadi, Mosque timekeeper, Islamic philosopher, theologian and Madrasah teacher
• Ahmed Dede Müneccimbaşi, astronomer, astrologer and historian
• Mustafa Ali, historian
• Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Aga, historian
• Mehmet Öz, scientist, surgeon and author
• Mehmet Varol, scientist, molecular biologist

N

• Mustafa Naima, historian
• Matrakçı Nasuh, mathematician, historian, geographer, cartographer, swordmaster, and miniaturist
• Leyla Neyzi, anthropologist,sociologist and historian

O

• Hakkı Ögelman, physicist and astrophysicist

P

• İbrahim Peçevi, historian
• Kadrî of Pergamon, linguist

Q

• Ali Qushji, astronomer, mathematician, physicist and scientist

R

• Kemal Reis, cartographer
• Piri Reis, Ottoman cartographer and admiral
• Seydi Ali Reis, cartographer

S

• Şerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu, physician
• Muzafer Sherif, social psychologist
• Hoca Sadeddin Efendi, historian
• Aziz Sancar, biochemist
• Aydın Sayılı - Historian of science ^[2][3][4]
• Celâl Şengör – Geologist
• Mustafa Selaniki, historian
• Oktay Sinanoğlu (born 1935), theoretical chemist and molecular biolog

T

• Neyzen Tevfik, philosopher
• Semih Tezcan, civil engineer
• Mehmet Toner, cryobiologist, biomedical engineer^[5]

U

• Turgay Üzer, Georgia Institute of Technology Physicist^[6]

V

• Vamik Volkan (born 1932), psychiatrist and author

Y

• Nur Yalman, anthropologist
• Gazi Yaşargil – Father of modern Microneurosurgery
• Muhammed Hamdi Yazır - theologian
• Cem Yıldırım, mathematician
• Cemal Yildirim - Philosopher of Science

Z

• Qazi Zadeh, mathematician

References

1. ↑ Asim Orhan Barut
2. ↑ In Memory of Aydin Sayili
3. ↑ Aydin Sayili (1913-1993) At Work: His Scientific Biography
4. ↑ In Memoriam of Aydin Sayili: Biography and Account of his Scientific Activity
5. ↑ Harvard Üniversitesi'nde Türk Profesör
6. ↑ Homepages of Turkish Faculty Members