{"title":"Dr. Vasfi Samim (1905-1981): A Pioneer of veterinary medicine, arts and sports in Albania","authors":"Çağrı Çağlar Si̇nmez, Batuhan Şahin","doi":"10.33988/auvfd.1085881","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This biographical research aims to reveal the professional life and scientific works of Dr. Vasfi Samim. Dr. Vasfi Samim (1905–1981) was an internationally renowned Ottoman-born Albanian veterinarian who has been considered as the pioneer of veterinary medicine, zootechnics, arts as well as various sports activities in Albania. After graduating from the Higher Veterinary School (Baytar Mekteb-i Alisi) in Istanbul in 1927, Dr. Vasfi Samim completed his doctorate at the Berlin Higher Veterinary School. Upon returning to his country, he provided the structuring and development of animal health, breeding and zootechnical disciplines at international standards through serving important administrative duties. Dr. Vasfi Samim has 34 scientific articles on veterinary infectious diseases, animal breeding, selection and crossbreeding as well as 13 books with social, cultural and political themes, 15 stories, 43 essays and 23 theater play writings. He also played in Fenerbahçe, one of Turkey’s well-established sports clubs, and in Albanian football teams, and became an exemplary role model by being a manager in the national and international promotion and development of Albanian sports. Dr. Vasfi Samim should be remembered as a great scientist, veterinarian and sophisticated man for the region he was grown and for the world.","PeriodicalId":7874,"journal":{"name":"Ankara Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2022-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Ankara Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.33988/auvfd.1085881","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"VETERINARY SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This biographical research aims to reveal the professional life and scientific works of Dr. Vasfi Samim. Dr. Vasfi Samim (1905–1981) was an internationally renowned Ottoman-born Albanian veterinarian who has been considered as the pioneer of veterinary medicine, zootechnics, arts as well as various sports activities in Albania. After graduating from the Higher Veterinary School (Baytar Mekteb-i Alisi) in Istanbul in 1927, Dr. Vasfi Samim completed his doctorate at the Berlin Higher Veterinary School. Upon returning to his country, he provided the structuring and development of animal health, breeding and zootechnical disciplines at international standards through serving important administrative duties. Dr. Vasfi Samim has 34 scientific articles on veterinary infectious diseases, animal breeding, selection and crossbreeding as well as 13 books with social, cultural and political themes, 15 stories, 43 essays and 23 theater play writings. He also played in Fenerbahçe, one of Turkey’s well-established sports clubs, and in Albanian football teams, and became an exemplary role model by being a manager in the national and international promotion and development of Albanian sports. Dr. Vasfi Samim should be remembered as a great scientist, veterinarian and sophisticated man for the region he was grown and for the world.
期刊介绍:
Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi is one of the journals’ of Ankara University, which is the first well-established university in the Republic of Turkey. Research articles, short communications, case reports, letter to editor and invited review articles are published on all aspects of veterinary medicine and animal science. The journal is published on a quarterly since 1954 and indexing in Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-Exp) since April 2007.