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Mehmet Esat Işık | |
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Born | 3 April 1865 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 1 November 1936 Istanbul, Turkey | (aged 71)
Nationality | Ottoman, Turkish |
Children | Hasan Esat Işık |
Mehmet Esat Işık (3 April 1865–1 November 1936) was a Turkish physician and politician, known for his contribution in the development of ophthalmology in his home country. [1] [2]
Mehmet Esat was born in Istanbul on 3 April 1865. [3] His mother was the daughter of Ağa Yusuf Pasha who served as the grand vizier. [4] He was educated at the military medical academy and received his specialty training in medicine in France graduating from the University of Paris. [4] After attending medical schools in Germany and Austria he returned to the Ottoman Empire in 1894 and established the first ophthalmic clinic in the country. [4]
Mehmet Esat supported the national independence movement led by Mustafa Kemal. [4] He was exiled by the British to Malta on 16 March 1920 and was freed in October 1921. [4] Then he settled in Ankara where he established an ophthalmic clinic. [4] He worked at the Istanbul University's Faculty of Medicine between 1931 and 1933. [4] He died of heart failure in Istanbul on 1 November 1936. [3]
His son was Hasan Esat Işık who served as the foreign minister of Turkish. [4]