About Nüzhet Gökdoğan
Hatice Nüzhet Gökdoğan was a Turkish astronomer, mathematician and academic. After studying mathematics and astronomy in France as a young adult, Gökdoğan joined the faculty of Istanbul University in 1934 and completed her PhD. She was elected Dean of the university's Faculty of Science in 1954, becoming the first Turkish woman to serve as a university dean, and she was later made Chair of the astronomy department, significantly expanding her department's capacity and working to improve national and international collaboration between astronomers. Gökdoğan co-founded the Turkish Mathematical Society, the Turkish Astronomy Association and the Turkish University Women's Association. Gökdoğan's dissertation was recorded as the first doctoral thesis completed at Istanbul University's faculty of science. In 1948, Gökdoğan was made full professor at the university, and also co-founded the Turkish Mathematical Society.
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