Mehmet Esat Işık
Turkish physician and politician (1865–1936)
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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 Işık | |
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| Born | 3 April 1865 |
| Died | 1 November 1936 (aged 71) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Children | Hasan Esat Işık |
Biography
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 Turkey.[4]
