A Statistical Evaluation of the Communications Presented at National Conferences on the History of Pharmacy in Turkey - Türk Eczacılık Tarihi Toplantılarında Sunulan Bildiriler Üzerine İstatistiksel Bir Değerlendirme

The First National Conference for the History of Turkish Pharmacy was held on 11 May 1990 in Istanbul under the guidance of the late Professor Turhan Baytop (1920-2002). A total of 14 communications were presented at this meeting, which was also attended by some 70 French historians of pharmacy. This event was followed by biannual conferences held in different cities of Turkey: Ankara (6-7 May 1994), Eskisehir (3-4 June 1996), Istanbul (4-5 June 1998), Izmir (25-26 May 2000), Istanbul (5-7 June 2002), Ankara (27-28 May 2005), Istanbul (29-30 May 2008), Eskisehir (24-26 May 2010) and Istanbul (6-8 June 2012), respectively. Abstracts and proceedings of the communications presented at these conferences constitute the material of this study, which aims to statistically evaluate the topics addressed. Our findings indicate that over the course of 10 conferences, a total of 289 communications were presented by 122 researchers, 5 of whom were foreigners. The proceedings of conferences were not published regularly; only 121 of the oral and poster presentations appeared as full articles in print. The subjects of these presentations included biographies of pharmacists or important figures in the field of pharmacy (total 37 communications, 13%), folkloric medicine, history of medicinal plants and flora research (32 communications, 11%), historical pharmacies (21 communications, 7%), history of pharmacy education (18 communications, 6%), medicine and pharmacy history museums (17 communications, 6%), and miscellaneous topics. Ozet Turk Eczacilik Tarihi Toplantilari’nin (TETT) ilki Prof. Dr. Turhan Baytop’un (1920-2002) girisimleriyle 11 Mayis 1990 tarihinde Istanbul’da duzenlenmistir. Toplam 14 bildirinin sunuldugu bu toplantiya Turk arastirmacilar yaninda 70 kadar da Fransiz eczacilik tarihcisi katilmistir. Bunu, sirasiyla Ankara'da (6-7 Mayis 1994), Eskisehir'de (3-4 Haziran 1996), Istanbul'da (4-5 Haziran 1998), Izmir'de (25-26 Mayis 2000), Istanbul'da (5-7 Haziran 2002), Ankara'da (27-28 Mayis 2005), Istanbul'da (29-30 Mayis 2008), Eskisehir'de (24-26 Mayis 2010) ve Istanbul’da (6-8 Haziran 2012) yaklasik iki yil ara ile duzenlenen diger toplantilar takip etmistir. Materyalini TETT’nda sunulmus bildiri ozetleri ve tam metinlerinin olusturdugu bu arastirmada bugune kadar duzenlenen toplantilarda ele alinan konular istatistiksel acidan degerlendirilecektir. Arastirma sonuclarimiza gore, 1990-2012 yillari arasinda duzenlenmis olan TETT’nda 5'i yabanci toplam 122 arastirmaci tarafindan 289 bildiri sunulmustur. Her toplantinin bildiri kitabi yayimlanmamis; bildiri ve posterlerin sadece 121’i bildiri kitaplarinda yer almistir. Bildirilerde en cok ele alinan konular arasinda eczacilarin veya eczacilik alanindaki onemli kisilerin biyografileri (45 bildiri, % 16); eczacilikla ilgili yazma eser, risale veya kitaplar (37 bildiri, % 13); folklorik tip, tibbi bitki veya flora arastirmalari (32 bildiri, % 11); tarihi eczaneler (21 bildiri, % 7), eczacilik egitimi tarihi (18 bildiri, % 6), tip ve eczacilik muzeleri (17 bildiri, % 6) one cikmaktadir.