Cemil Bilsel

Professor Cemil Bilsel (–) was a Turkish lawyer, academic, and politician.^[1] He was also the former Rector of the University of Istanbul (–).

Early life and career[edit]

Bilsel was born in in the city of Damascus, in Ottoman Syria, into a family of Turkish origin. In he graduated from his studies in law, and between – and –, Birsel entered the State Public Law Course at the Law Department of the Darülfünun’u Istanbul.^[1]

In he became one of the first faculty members of the Law School of Ankara University and served as a Professor of Public Law until Thereafter, Bilsel became the rector of Istanbul University and remained in this post until his retirement in ^[2]

He also became a national parliament member and an international representative of Turkey in global diplomatic forums. In he was awarded an honorary doctorate in medicine by the University of Toulouse.^[2]

The "Prof. Dr. Cemil Bilsel Konferans Salonu" is a conference hall named in his honor at Istanbul University.^[3]

Personal life[edit]

In addition to speaking Turkish, he could also speak in the Arabic and French languages.^[2]

Bilsel died In , at the age of

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