Besim Ömer Akalın
Turkish politician and physician
Besim Ömer Akalın was a Turkish social democratic politician and physician who established modern obstetrics and gynaecology in Turkey and was the director of the Turkish Red Crescent society. He first emphasized in Turkey the fact that nursing... Wikipedia
Born: July 1, 1862, İstanbul, Türkiye
Died: March 19, 1940 (age 77 years), Ankara, Türkiye
Parents: Ömer Şevki Paşa and Afife Hanım
Education: Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Şahane (1885) and Kuleli Military High School
Nationality: Ottoman and Turkish