Turhan Baytop


Turhan Baytop was a Turkish botanist and pharmacist from Istanbul.
He was born on June 20, 1920 at Uskudar, Istanbul. His father was a military officer and a keen amateur botanist.
He then started studying at the 'University College of Pharmacy' in Istanbul in 1945 he graduated. He later served as a pharmacist in the medical corps during his military service. In 1948, Baytop returned to the college and gained his doctorate with a chemical investigation of Ephedra, the group of plants that contain important drugs such as ephedrine. This was followed by a similar study of a Turkish species of liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra.
He started working as an assistant at the Institute of Pharmacognosy of the school. With a thesis prepared in 1949 by Dr. pharm. Turhan Baytop winning the title, he went in 1951 in Paris Pharmacy Faculty Chair of Pharmacognosy found in several studies. In 1952, he returned to Turkey, the associate Baytop next year, ten years later, in 1963 received the title of professor. Istanbul University was the first dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy. Five-time dean did in different periods, 1969 - Between 1987 Pharmacognosy moment found at department chairman. Who retired in 1987. Prof. Turhan Baytop Turkey's medicinal plants, flora of Turkey and the Turkish pharmaceutical research and did study history. Books and over 300 published research. Istanbul University Faculty of Pharmacy of the "History of Pharmacy Museum," which established the Professor Baytop, many historical items in 1990 conferred this museum began regulation of the Turkish History of Pharmacy Meeting between 1984 -1996 in "Pharmacy History and Ethics" course, giving wrote a textbook. Botanical Turhan also interested in the science Baytop studied the tulips and roses of the past, this He wrote a book about it in English and translated into Japanese.
He was married to fellow botanist Asuman Baytop.

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