The Historical devolopment of psychology from the Ottoman period to the Republic and Mustafa Şekip Tunç

Although the science of psychology has not had any literature with this name since the beginning of human history, it is a branch of science exists in the life of humanity due to the abstract concepts such as thinking and feeling that constitute its content. After the 19th century, it took on a modern identity and took its place in the history of science. Every human community where there is civilization, philosophy, sociology, psychology etc. He has worked in different fields under different names. Turks were also interested in the fields. In the history of science in the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Türkiye, which constitutes the historical part of this study, the intellectuals who worked on the science of psychology, the thoughts of these were evaluated within the historical process. In the last years of the Ottoman Empire, the process of the science of psychology gaining a modern identity was mentioned. In our thesis, which we will start by briefly mentioning the names of the scholars who have done studies on the science of psycholohgy in the history of Turkish science, the adventure of the science of psychology in the history of Turkish science will be examined by examining the studies carried out in this field throughout the history of the Ottoman Empire, Mustafa Şekip Tunç, one of the turning points in the history of Turkish psychology, is discussed with his works in the field of psychology are evaluated, his contributions to the science of modern psychology are researched, and his life and academic works are evaluated in terms of modern psychology.