Remziye Hisar
| Remziye Hisar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1902 Üsküp, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1992 (aged 89–90) İstanbul, Turkey |
| Resting place | İstanbul |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Alma mater | |
| Spouse(s) | Reşit Süreyya Gürsey (married 1920-1930 ) |
| Children | Feza Gürsey (1921-1992), Deha Gürsey Owens (born 1924) |
| Awards | TÜBİTAK |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Baku, Adana, İstanbul |
| Thesis | (1933) |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Pascal |
Remziye Hisar (1902-1992) was a Turkish academic and chemist. As the first Turkish woman with a degree from Sorbonne University, she occupied academic positions at various Turkish universities during her career and published numerous articles, mostly on metaphosphates and Turkish herbs. She is considered to be one of the first modern women scientists of Turkey.
She was born 1902 in Üsküp, then part of the Ottoman Empire, where her father Salih Hulusi was appointed as a civil servant. Her mother was Ayşe Refia. One year after the proclamation of the Second Constitution, the family returned to Istanbul in 1909.
She was enrolled in a primary school while her grandmother hosted the family in her house. Remziye finished the 3-grade school in one year only earning her first diploma. With the appointment of her father to another place in Istanbul, the family moved again and she was schooled for the secondary education at different places on both sides of Bosporus. She then followed her teacher, who was appointed to the Girls' Teachers High School (Ottoman Turkish: Dârülmuallimât). She studied five years at the boarding school in Çapa, Fatih including the two additional years, which enabled study at a higher educational institution. Remziye was educated in natural science at "Darülfünun" (forerunner of today's Istanbul University), where her primary interest was in chemistry. She graduated with honors on July 15, 1919.
Right after graduation, she joined a small group of her female schoolmates to go to Baku, Azerbaijan to serve there at a teacher's college. The group sailed to Batumi, and took a three-day train ride to Baku. During a dinner in Baku, given by a wealthy Azeri, Remziye met Reşit Süreyya (later surnamed Gürsey), a medicine doctor from Turkey. The couple engaged on March 18, 1920 and married one month later on April 20. Very soon after, she and her husband left Azerbaijan, which got invaded by the Soviet Army, and returned to Istanbul.
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