HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY OF ISTANBUL MEDICAL FACULTY OF UNIVERSITY OF ISTANBUL

In this review concerning the history of the department of biochemistry of istanbul medical faculty of university of istanbul, some information about werner lipschitz, felix haurowitz, zdenko stary, german directors of the institute of biological and medical chemistry (old name) who all were world-wide well-established authority in their own scientific area and contributed to the re-constitution and development of the institute, biochemical education and scientific researches performed in duration of their stay in turkey and the academic staff who trained in this department from beginning of the university reform in 1933 up to now, have been presented.