page_title: Besim Ömer Akalın
section_title: Later years and death
hierarchical_section_title: Besim Ömer Akalın / Later years and death
caption_attribution_description: English: Besim Ömer Akalın in the late 1930s.Türkçe: 1930'ların sonlarında Besim Ömer Akalın.
context_page_description: Besim Ömer Akalın, was a Turkish social democratic politician and physician who established modern obstetrics and gynaecology in Turkey and was the director of the Turkish Red Crescent society. He first emphasized in Turkey the fact that nursing was a separate discipline and should be taught in a specialized program. Between 1935 and 1940, he served as a member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. His image was depicted on a former Turkish postcard stamp.
context_section_description: Besim Ömer adopted the family name Akalın after the introduction of the Surname Law in 1934. He entered politics, and was elected twice, in 1935 and again in 1939, into the parliament as a deputy of Bilecik Province for the Republican People's Party.
  Besim Ömer Akalın died on March 19, 1940 in Ankara.
caption: Besim Ömer Akalın during a speech in the parliament
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