Background
Sevim Tekeli was born in Izmir in 1924. She received primary education in different cities of Turkey, since her father Osman Nuri Tekeli was working as a governor in various provinces.
Sevim Tekeli was born in Izmir in 1924. She received primary education in different cities of Turkey, since her father Osman Nuri Tekeli was working as a governor in various provinces.
She is a graduate of American Girls" High School of Uskudar. She obtained a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy at Ankara University. She was attracted to the history of science during her undergraduate studies under the influence of Aydin Sayili.
Sevim Tekeli began her career as a research assistant of Professor
Doctor Aydın Sayılı at the Department of Philosophy in Ankara University in 1952.