THE SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OF WALTHER PENCK (1888-1923) IN TURKEY
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- İstanbul Yerbilimleri Dergisi
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Abstract (2. Language):
During World War I, as a result of the alliance between Turkey and Germany, twenty scholars were invited from
Germany to teach at the faculties of Arts, Sciences, Law and Theology of the Istanbul Darülfünun (University). These scholars
signed 5 year term contracts with the Turkish government and started to teach in the academic year 1915-1916. However, they
left Turkey as soon as the war ended before their terms of contract ended. This paper aims to study the scientific activities of
Walther Penck who was entrusted with the teaching of geology and mineralogy in the Faculty of Science where he founded the
Institute of Geology (Arziyat Darülmesaisi). In the institute located within the Abdülkerim Pasha Mansion, he created a library
with books he provided from Europe and put together a collection of materials he gathered during his field studies and
excursions in Turkey. The present paper also introduces his publications in which he contributed to the tectonics of Asia Minor
and the geological formation of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles.
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Abstract (Original Language):
Birinci Dünya Savası yıllarında Osmanlı Devleti ile Almanya’nın müttefik olmasının getirdigi yakınlık sonucu
Darülfünun’un Fen, Edebiyat, Hukuk ve lahiyat Fakültelerinde 20 Alman ögretim üyesi görevlendirilmistir. Bu ögretim üyeleri
beser yıllık sözlesmelerle 1915-1916 ögretim yılında göreve baslamıslar ancak savasın sona ermesi ile birlikte 1918 yılında
Türkiye’den ayrılmıslardır. Bu ögretim üyelerinden birisi olan Walther Penck Türkiye’de bulundugu süre içinde Darülfünun
bünyesinde bir Jeoloji Enstitüsü kurmus, bir yandan egitim-ögretim faaliyetinde bulunmus, bir yandan da kapsamlı arastırmalar
yapmıstır. Bu çalısmada, W. Penck’in biyografisi ve agırlıklı olarak Türkiye’deki bilimsel faaliyetleri konu edilmistir.
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