LOCALIZING WESTERN EXPERTISE: IHSAN DOGRAMACI, S. RASITHATIPOGLU, AND THE QUEST FOR SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTIN MODERN TURKEY<br>

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NOTES AND RECORDS-THE ROYAL SOCIETY JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, cilt.77, sa.3, ss.557-574, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 77 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1098/rsnr.2022.0008
  • Dergi Adı: NOTES AND RECORDS-THE ROYAL SOCIETY JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, Historical Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, zbMATH
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.557-574
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: history of medical sciences, history of development, history of agricultural sciences, history of Turkey
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This article discusses the dynamics between Western experts and local technocrats in Turkey in their quest for scientific development in the first decades of modern Turkey. Based on primary archival sources, it examines the work of Ihsan Dogramaci (d. 2010) and S. Rasit Hatipoglu (d. 1973), who led various projects in the fields of medical and agricultural development. Ihsan Dogramaci, a prominent scholar in the medical sciences, established a close partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation in the 1950s and led the establishment of Hacettepe University in the 1960s. S. Rasit Hatipoglu was an agricultural expert who worked closely with German scientists, was involved in developing the Higher Institute of Agriculture in Ankara in the 1930s and then served as minister of agriculture in the 1940s. The article notes that the transfer of Western science and institution-building required the appropriation of local knowledge, political and intellectual networks and a negotiation process that included global and national challenges.