Vol. 2 No. 2 (2025): No: 2-2 (İsmail Hakkı BALTACIOĞLU)
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Role: Educator, thinker, writer, Rector of Istanbul University (1933)
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Contribution to Education:
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Pioneer of experimental and student-centered education in Turkey.
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Advocated the principle of “education for life”, integrating art, religion, aesthetics, and society into pedagogy.
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Founded the journal "Yeni Adam", a major platform for educational and cultural reform.
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Defined teaching as more than a profession – a “way of life and art”.
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Considered one of the few intellectuals who laid the philosophical foundations of modern Turkish education.
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