title: Turhan Baytop (1920-2002): A pioneer historian of pharmacy from Turkey.
abstract: Turhan Baytop, a Turkish professor of pharmacognosy (the scientific study of crude drugs of animal, vegetable, and mineral origin), received international acclaim not only for his contributions in collecting and identifying the Anatolian plants, but also for his extensive research shedding light on the history of Turkish pharmacy. As a devoted researcher, collector, and lecturer, T Baytop was a genuine pioneer of the history of pharmacy as a discipline in Turkey.
authors.affiliation: The Gevher Nesibe Institute of the History of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tekiner
mesh_terms: D006663:Historiography; D000077406:History of Pharmacy; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D010598:Pharmacognosy / Q000266:history*; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Turhan Baytop; Turkey; historian of pharmacy; history of pharmacy