Özet:

Pharmacists in the Ottoman Empire organized for the first time on November 6, 1863 and established the Société de Pharmacie de Constantinople (Cemiyet-i Eczacıyan der Asitâne-i Aliyye, Dersaadet Eczacı Cemiyeti). These Ottoman pharmacist associations flourished under the control of civilian pharmacists, with the vast majority in the Empire being non-Muslim. After the declaration of the Second Constitutional Monarchy in 1908, societal activities among pharmacists reached a new stage, and Turkish and Muslim pharmacists leagued together to found the Osmanlı Eczacı İttihad Cemiyeti [Society for the Union of Ottoman Pharmacists] in Istanbul on August 20, 1908. The establishment of pharmaceutical societies outside Istanbul had started, albeit rather late. The proclamation of the Second Constitution paved the way for the establishment of pharmacist associations in Thessaloniki, Edirne, İzmir, Samsun, and Trabzon. This article will focus on the Anadolu Türk Eczacı Birliği [Turkish Pharmacists Union of Anatolia], which was established in Samsun in 1922 during the Turkish War of Independence. Its founding president was Lieutenant Colonel Eyüp Sabri Bülgin, Chief Pharmacist of the Third Army Corps in Sivas. The present study will provide information on its activities and introduce its founders, as well as its journal, Genç Eczacı [Young Pharmacist].

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