İkinci Dünya Savaşı Döneminde Avrupa’da Eğitim Alan Türk Öğrenciler (1939-1940)
Turkish Students Studying in Europe During the Second World War (1939-1940)

Summary/Abstract: The Ottoman State had begun to suffer defeats from the wars it entered into with the European states towards the end of the 17th century. The defeats he received brought with them great territorial losses. With the recognition that the main reason for the defeats was the lagging back from the states that were contemporaries, a number of reform movements were made. One of them was the sending of students abroad. This educational policy, which existed until the period of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, was continued when the Republic of Turkey was established. With the regulations required by the conditions of the period, the application proceeded without interruption until the Second World War. With the beginning of the Second World War in 1939, the situation of Turkish students studying in different cities and institutions of the warring states aroused concern, because every region in the countries where they received education was a direct conflict zone. Due to the existing risks, students were asked either to be brought to Turkey or to be transferred to other countries so that their education would not be interrupted. While it is sometimes extremely difficult to move students even within the same country under the severe effects of the war, Turkey has made great efforts to keep its students abroad safe under these conditions. In this article, both the problems experienced by Turkish students abroad and the foreign education policy of Turkey between 1939 and 1940 will be discussed. In the study, Presidency Republic Archive, British and American Archives, local and foreign press and many research works were used.

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