Bıography Of Safiye Ali
Posted on 24 November, 2020 by Administrator
BIOGRAPHY OF SAFİYE ALİ
The first Turkish woman doctor
Birth 1891 İstanbul
Death 1952 Germany
Education American College for Girls
BACKGROUND
The first Turkish woman doctor (B. 1891, Istanbul - D. 1952, Germany). She was a member of a family known for his various services in the Ottoman period. She was the smallest and smartest girl in a family of six. In addition to studying at the American College for Girls, she took private lessons.
She saw the injured people brought from the front during the Balkan Wars and decided to become a doctor. However, financial difficulties and the conditions of that period limited the desire to study medicine. Whichever door she knocks, she encounters the words "We cannot take female students to the Faculty of Medicine", but once she put it in her mind, she will be a doctor.
Despite this, Safiye Ali, who draws attention with her hard work and success, went to Germany to study medicine with the support of the then Minister of Education (Minister of Education) Şükrü Bey.
She specialized in women's and pediatric diseases in Germany. During these years she saw the bottom of hunger and misery.
There is the following note in her diary;
"The bread I take out of the garbage and eat at night does not give me any pain.
When there is a medical school in my country, it hurts more to be here.
"I will return to my country as a doctor no matter what."
She did what she said. She returned home in the last days of the War of Independence and immediately started work. In the clinic she opened in Cağaloğlu; She also served in dairy and nursing homes. But since she was a woman, nobody came in the early days. She was actually a gynecologist and pediatrician.
She continued without giving up, ignoring the humiliations, exclusions and insults.
She treated women and children of poor families free of charge in their homes. With the first money she received, she opened her milk and nursing house.
She received great support from names such as Besim Ömer Pasha, Akil Muhtar and Operator Emin Bey, one of the famous doctors of the period. Turkey was represented in the international medical congresses.
She established the Hilal-i Ahmer practice for sick and weak children. She resisted, allowing women to be admitted to medical school. She became the country's first woman to teach medicine.
Due to health problems, she treated the injured people of the Second World War in Germany, where she went with her wife.
Safiye Ali, who could not recover from the cancer she was caught, died in 1952.
When she passed away on a warm spring day at the hospital where she received medical training in Germany, she said the following words:
"Women are entrusted to you…"
Safiye Ali was such a lofty woman.
Safiye Ali we recognize as the first woman doctor of the Republic of Turkey , who sorts the calendar February 2, 1894 the last rays showed the capital of the Ottoman Empire was born in Istanbul. She had a very respectable family. Her father Abdulaziz and It was Ali Kırat Pasha, one of II.Abdülhamit's aide. Her mother was Emine Hasene Hanım, the daughter of Şamlı Haci Emin Pasha, who served as sheikhulislam for 17 years in Mecca. Her family cared about her education. Safiye Ali, who continued her education outside of school, also made an effort to learn English, French, German and Italian languages. Safiye Ali had dreams that challenged the realities of the country. She wanted to be a doctor. Domestic women were forbidden to study medicine. Only women who studied medicine abroad could become doctors. Most of them were non-Muslims. However, she did what was necessary, pursued her dreams and achieved her goal.
She overcame the difficulties that prevent her from becoming a doctor
Safiye Ali had to study medicine abroad in order to become a doctor. Given the circumstances of the period, it was quite a difficult situation for a woman to pursue her dreams abroad alone. However, she went to Germany, risking everything. Undoubtedly, the need for a doctor born due to World War II made it easier for him to go to Germany. She completed his education in 1921 with her thesis titled "About Internal Pakimeningitis Bleeding in Babies". She returned to Istanbul after she was approved to practice medicine after the exam she took in Berlin. On this occasion, she became the first female Turkish doctor who received training and returned to the country. However, this training was not satisfactory for her. After staying in Istanbul for six weeks, she went back to Germany to specialize and studied gynecology for one year and pediatrics for two years at Wüerzburg Julius-Maximilians University Faculty of Medicine.
Republic's first female doctor takes office
A young woman trained in Germany, Turkey returning to her hometown as a woman doctor, but life in Germany and said Safiye Ali by shuttling between Turkey, the first woman doctor of the republic in 1923, she took her licence the permission to practice medicine. In this way, she achieved the title of being the first female doctor of the Republic. On this occasion, it also should be noted that, just to get medical training abroad, was not enough to be a doctor in Turkey. Citizens of the Republic of Turkey diplomas Sanitary and Gwin-i İçtimâiyy to be approved by a committee established as a result of the power of attorney was becoming legitimate.
Not only did she become a doctor, she taught medicine to share her knowledge and fought for children's health.
Safiye Ali worked as a doctor of German and American embassies in the early stages of her career. However, her only goal was not to be a doctor in the field. She also aimed to share her knowledge. In line with this desire, she taught gynecology and obstetrics at the American College for Girls, Department of Medicine. Safiye Ali was not satisfied with her work here, but wanted to serve in the area that the country needed. Especially throughout her career, she showed a special sensitivity to children. Since it was not possible to fulfill the responsibility arising from this sensitivity alone, she served first at the Hilal-i Ahmer Society Women's Center Little Children Practice and then at the Milk Drops established by Himaye-i Etfal. In this way, he fought to prevent children from getting sick by contributing to the nutrition of hungry and insufficiently fed children.
Represented her country in international medical congresses
Safiye Ali had the opportunity to represent her country by carrying her knowledge and representation in the medical world to international academic congresses. She participated in three different international congresses during the years she was practicing her profession in Istanbul. The first of these is the congress of the International Women Doctors Association held in London, where exactly 300 female doctors from 18 different countries participated. Participated in the delegation assembly of 25 people selected for the selection of the topics to be brought to the agenda in this congress and her work was appreciated. In 1924, she participated in the Etfale Muavenet International Union of Union Congress in Budapest as a delegate of the Hilal-i Ahmer Society. Thirdly, she participated in the congress held by the International Women Doctors Association in Bologna in 1928, at the invitation of this Association, of which the central delegation was a member and represented the country.
She supported the German people in the Second World War.
Turkey sees as country after many years living in Germany and the 2nd World War Safina during the difficult times in which Ali, were residing in Germany. The fact that they saw the situation of the people who were victims of war, together with her doctor husband Ferdi Ali, helped the German people to serve them in their hardest days. Their practice was destroyed due to the bombardment that took place during this war. The two, who fought tirelessly due to their professions, became tired after the war and returned to Istanbul.
Saved dozens of lives but lost the fight against cancer
Offering an example of life devoted to her profession, Safiye Ali had to face an ironic reality that life offers. She had cancer. Safiye Ali, who did not intend to succumb to cancer, went to Germany to receive treatment and underwent a successful surgery. Returning to Istanbul after World War II, the couple opened an examination in Kadıköy and started to live there. However, after the relapse of her illness, which she was struggling to overcome, she returned to Germany. However, her disease progressed day by day and her body did not respond to treatment. Safiye Ali, who saved dozens of lives, died on July 5, 1952 in Dortmund, Germany.