İsmail Hakkı Baltacıoğlu
Turkish statesperson (1886–1978)
İsmail Hakkı Baltacıoğlu (28 February 1886 – 1 April 1978) was a Turkish academic, journalist and intellectual. Until 1933 he was a faculty member at Darulfunün, later Istanbul University, of which he was the first rector following the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. Following his dismissal from the university in 1933 he published and edited a cultural magazine entitled Yeni Adam and served as a deputy at the Turkish Parliament from Republican People's Party for two terms from 1942 to 1950. He is known as the father of the educational thought and practice of the Republic of Turkey.
Early life and education
He was born in Cihangir district of Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, on 28 February 1886. He completed his studies at Vefa High School in 1903. There he learned French. He attended Darulfünun, precursor of Istanbul University, the following year and received a degree in botany in 1908. He also studied calligraphy at Darulfunün. Between 1909 and 1911 he was in Europe to study pedagogy and calligraphy.
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