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A NEW Faculty of Science in the University of Ankara was opened on November 8, 1943, in the presence of President Inönü. The President, accompanied by the Prime Minister, Sükrü Saracoglu, was welcomed at the inauguration ceremony by the chairman of the National Assembly, B. B. Abdülhalik Renda. All the members of the Cabinet were present; Mr. R. F. Lucas, of the British Council, was also invited to attend the ceremony. The Minister of Education, Hasan Ali Yücel, in his opening address, referred to Turkish progress during the twenty years since the establishment of the Republic. The consequent changes in the national outlook have developed a need for scientific and technical training which is now enhanced by the mechanization of armed forces in a world at war. Hitherto Turkish educational institutions have lacked equipment for practical training; but Turkey has now an established policy of education based on positive knowledge to reinforce the earlier practice of theoretical training only. The nation needs mechanical engineers, mining and civil engineers, and the great problem of Turkey to-day is to find the means for training students in large enough numbers to satisfy the national requirements without reducing the educational standard. The Government is keenly aware of these needs and has sanctioned the establishment of this faculty as a step to meet them. The assembly was later addressed by the Rector of the Faculty, by a student, and by Prof. Kerim Erin, of the Faculty of Science, University of Istanbul.
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Ankara University: Opening of Faculty of Science. Nature 153, 247 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153247b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153247b0