Derneğin Kuruluşu

TURKISH SOCIETY FOR HISTORY OF SCIENCE (TBTK) is an Istanbul-based association that has been operating since 1989 as one of the non-university organizations conducting research on science, technology and medical history in Turkey. It was officially established in Istanbul on 29 June 1989 by the gathering of a group of scientists specializing in mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, medicine and pharmacy history in Turkey, with the efforts of Prof Dr. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu.

Among the founders of the association there are Turkish scientists representing different branches of science such as E. İhsanoğlu and Celal Saraç (Physics), Ali Rıza Berkem (Chemistry), Ekrem Kadri Unat (Medicine), Turhan Baytop (Pharmacy), Muammer Dizer (Astronomy), Sevim Tekeli (History of Science), Ramazan Şeşen (History), Doç. Dr., Esin Kahya (History of Science), Feza Günergun (History of Science) ve Melek Dosay (History of Science). These founding members were chosen from among the figures who pioneered the history of certain branches of science in our country and the faculty members who teach history of science at universities in Ankara and Istanbul.

The purpose of establishment of TBTK; To conduct research in the fields of History of Science, especially Turkish History of Science and Technology, and to encourage, revive and disseminate such studies; It also aims to increase the interest in science and the history of science and to popularize the studies on the history of science and technology throughout Turkey by taking the subjects of the history of science out of the academic circles. The institution continues to work in line with this goal. TBTK, to promote the contributions of Turks to science in different periods, organizes scientific meetings, conferences, national and international symposiums, and organizes scientific meetings, , in order to attract the attention of the public to the subjects of the history of science and publishes works on history of history of science both in the country and abroad.

FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING AND FORMATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

In the statute of the TBTK, it has been decided that the ordinary general assembly meetings will be held in April every two years. The first general assembly meeting of the association was held on 2 June 1990. At this meeting, efforts were initiated to add the adjective “Turkish” to the name of the institution established with the name of the History of Science Association and to become a member of the International Union for the History and Philosophy of Science—IUHPS.

As a result, with the decision of the Council of Ministers dated 5 January 1991, the Institution was allowed to use the name “Turkish Society for History of Science” and to become a member of IUHPS. Our association became a member of the aforementioned union by As a result, with the decision of the Council of Ministers dated 5 January 1991, the Institution was allowed to use the name “Turkish Society for History of Science” and to become a member of IUHPS. Our association became a member of the aforementioned union in the XIX. International Congress of the History of Science It was officially accepted at the general assembly convened during the XIX. International Congress of the History of Science in Zaragoza, Spain. This union is an international association in which the history of science societies established in the countries of the world are members and their countries are represented. TBTK has benefited significantly from this membership and has ensured that the History of Science studies in Turkey are spread all over the world thanks to the International Union for the History and Philosophy of Science.

At the XXth Congress of the Union, which met in 1997 in Liège, Belgium, as a manifestation of this cooperation, TBTK President E. İhsanoğlu first became the vice president of the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science – Department of the History of Science IUHPS-DHS; then was elected as the chairman of IUHPS-DHS (2001-2005) as a result of the elections held at the International Congress of the History of Science (Mexico City, 8-14 July 2001). Again in 1997, Feza Günergun, who has been the General Secretary for many years since the establishment of the TBTK, was elected as the vice president of the “Commission on the History of Science and Technology in Islamic Civilization” operating within the Union.

TBTK, due to the fact that its founding chairman is also the general director of the Islamic History, Art and Culture Research Center [IRCICA] and the founding chairman of the Istanbul University Faculty of Letters, Department of History of Science [Department in 1989, Department again in 2000] [1984-2000] carried out its joint activities with both institutions more easily.