Türkan Rado (30 October 1915 – 3 March 2007) was a Turkish professor of jurisprudence specializing in
Roman law
Roman law is the law, legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (c. 449 BC), to the ''Corpus Juris Civilis'' (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor J ...
at
Istanbul University
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, motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü
, mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future
, established = 1453 1846 1933
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. She was the first ever female professor of law in Turkey.
Biography
She was born on 30 October 1915 in
Istanbul
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, then
Ottoman Empire
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. Her father, Cevdet Ferit, was a lawyer and lecturer of
criminal procedure
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at
Darülfünun, in what is today
Istanbul University
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, latin_name = Universitas Istanbulensis
, motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü
, mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future
, established = 1453 1846 1933
...
; her mother was Ayşe Nikfal.
She had two sisters, Şeküre and Gülgün.
She completed her primary and secondary education in
Lycée Notre Dame de Sion Istanbul
Lycée Notre Dame de Sion Istanbul ( tr, Notre Dame de Sion Özel Fransız Lisesi) is a French private high school located in the Harbiye, Şişli neighbourhood of Istanbul, Turkey. It was founded in 1856.
The high school was established in the O ...
, and took the academic qualification
Baccalauréat
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(diploma) in French and Turkish at
Galatasaray High School
Galatasaray High School ( tr, Galatasaray Lisesi, french: Lycée de Galatasaray), established in what was then Constantinople and is now Istanbul, in 1481, is the oldest high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational in ...
. In 1933, she entered Istanbul University for
legal education
Legal education is the education of individuals in the principles, practices, and theory of law. It may be undertaken for several reasons, including to provide the knowledge and skills necessary for admission to legal practice in a particular j ...
. She graduated from the faculty of law with honors in 1936.
She took the family name Basman when the Turkish
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Canada
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went into effect in 1934. In 1943, she married journalist and writer
Şevket Rado (1913–1988), with whom she had a son, Mehmet.
Their marriage lasted until the death of her spouse.
Türkan Rado died on 3 March 2007 at the age of 91 in a hospital in Istanbul three days into her hospitalization.
She was interred at the
Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
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following the religious funeral service held at
Teşvikiye Mosque
The Teşvikiye Mosque is a neo-baroque structure located in the Teşvikiye neighbourhood of Şişli district in Istanbul, Turkey.
History
The mosque was originally commissioned in 1794 by Sultan Selim III, but most of the current mosque that s ...
.
She was survived by her son, Mehmet Rado, and grandson, Ömer Kerim Rado.
She was the maternal aunt of
Orhan Pamuk
Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, his work has sold over thirteen million books in sixty-three lan ...
(born 1952), novelist, screenwriter, academic, and the first Turkish recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Literature
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(2006).
Academic career
During her university education, she attracted the attention of her German professors
Richard Honig (1890–1981) and
Andreas Bertalan Schwarz (1886–1953) with her advanced knowledge of foreign language in French and
Latin
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. After graduation from the university, they recommended her to the dean of the law faculty,
Sıddık Sami Onar
Sıddık Sami Onar (November 11, 1897 – August 9, 1972) was a Turkish academic specialized in administrative law
Life
He was born in Istanbul to Melekper and Abdullah Sami. After graduating from Vefa High School, he studied in the faculty of ...
(1897–1972), for
postgraduate studies
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The organization and stru ...
, and she became the first Turkish female postgraduate student at a university in Turkey. In 1938, Türkan Basman received her
Doctor of Jurisprudence
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
degree with a thesis on ''
Senatus consultum Vellaeanum and Obligation Assume of Women in the
Roman Empire
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''.
Following the leave of Honig in 1939, she worked with Schwartz serving as assistant and translator. She became
Assistant professor
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Overview
This position is generally taken after earning a doctoral degree and general ...
with her thesis on ''
Senatus consultum Macedonianum and Pecuniary Debts of Family Children in the Roman Empire'', and was appointed lecturer of Roman Law on 5 June 1944. She then took lessons in Italian language. In 1950, Türkan Rado was sent by the faculty of law to Italy, where she conducted studies at the Institute for Roman and Mediterranean Law of the
Sapienza University of Rome
The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a Public university, public research university l ...
.
Rado was appointed as the first ever female full professor at the faculty of law of Istanbul University.
Her final post was as the head of the Chair of Roman Law. During her career, she taught thousands of jurists. She retired in 1982.
Rado published numerous scientific papers. Her book on ''Roman Law –
Law of obligations
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'' (Roma Hukuku Dersleri ''Borçlar Hukuku'') is being still used as a
textbook
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at the university.
Textbook
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References
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1915 births
2007 deaths
Lycée Notre Dame de Sion Istanbul alumni
Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni
Turkish jurists
Academic staff of Istanbul University
Turkish women academics
Turkish legal scholars
Scholars of Roman law
Turkish legal writers
20th-century Turkish women writers
Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
Women legal scholars