Almanya’dan Türkiye’ye Göç Eden Bilim İnsanlarından Mimar Ord. Prof. Dr. Ing. H. C. Gustav Oelsner’in Kısa Yaşam Öyküsü ve Ona Ait Bazı Anılar
The Presentation of Some Memories Belonging to Architect Ord. Prof. Dr. Ing. H. C. Gustav Oelsner, One of the Scientists Migrated from Germany to Türkiye

Summary/Abstract: In the last period of the Ottoman Empire, the delay in transforming into an innovative style due to the deterioration of the educational structure since the 19th century did not allow the system, which had been built according to old traditions and habits, to be corrected. The curriculum and operation of the institutions in the form of madrasahs managed by foundations was not in the status of colleges. Following the end of the empire and then the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, the efforts to have modern educational institutions became definite with the 1933 University Reform, which was initiated in line with the directives of President Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. On January 30, 1933, some of the people who fled the oppression as a result of the political turmoil in Germany wanted to choose Turkey as their temporary settlement. For this reason, experts in their fields were invited to our country in order to improve the quality of education given with the university reform. For this reason, experts in their fields were invited to our country in order to improve the quality of education given through the university reform. As a result, after the correspondence with Turkey through Albert Einstein, the honorary president of OSE (Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants), it was seen that some of the scientists came to take part in the university structuring of our country. Of these scientists, Ord. Professor Dr. h. c. Gustav Oelsner (1879-1956) is an important name who primarily worked at the Graduate School of Engineering in Istanbul, contributed to the processes of this scientific structuring and the fields of architecture and urban planning in our country, with his presence in the process until the establishment of Istanbul Technical University, and trained students. While mentioning his short life story and the establishment phase of Istanbul Technical University in our article, we aim to include short quotations and make a positive contribution to the history of Turkish architecture by making use of a memoir booklet in Çağatay Üstün's archive and published for the first year of his death (1957).

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