Cumhuriyetin İlk Yıllarında Beyin Göçünde Hedef Ülke Türkiye: Dr. Ernst Cohn Wiener Örneği
Turkey as a Destination Country for Brain Drain in the Early Republican Era: The Case of Dr. Ernst Cohn Wiener

Summary/Abstract: When Adolf Hitler seized power in Germany in 1933; he had dismissed many faculty members within the framework of his anti-Semitic policy. Scientists who had strong influence in their field were forced to leave Germany due to their ethnic origins or political views. Istanbul University, which was established in 1933, opened its doors to these scientists, providing them both the opportunity to live in this country and to practice their professions. The brain/science migration of Jewish scientists to Turkey during Ataturk era took place in three ways. The first of these; Refugee Jewish scientists who came to Turkey through the “Charity for German Scientists Abroad” founded by Philipp Schwartz in 1933; The second one is the so-called letter incident of Albert Einstein, through Sami Günzberg. Jewish scientists desired to be assigned to Turkey, but failed. The third one has emerged in the form of the efforts of Jewish scientists to come to Turkey by writing a letter to President Ataturk, with their personal initiatives, without being bound to any of these groups. The main issue of this article is the personal letter written by “Dr. Ernst Cohn Wiener” to Ataturk with the intention for coming to Turkey in order to work there.

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