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Kandilli Rasathanesi

LC control no.n 88014437
Corporate name headingKandilli Rasathanesi
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Variant(s)Istanbul. Rasathane
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi. Kandilli Observatory
Kandilli Rasathanesi ve Deprem Araştirma Enstitüsü
Kandilli Observatory
Turkey. Millî Eğitim Bakanliği. Kandilli Rasathanesi
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi. Kandilli Rasathanesi
Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute
İstanbul-Kandilli Rasathanesi
Kandilli Astronomi ve Jeofizik Rasathanesi
See alsoPredecessor : Maarif Vekâleti Heyʼet ve Fiziki Arzî İstanbul Rasathanesi
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Beginning date1936
LocatedIstanbul (Turkey)
Field of activityMeteorology Seismology Astronomy
Found inDizer, M. Astronomi hazineleri, 1986: t.p. (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Kandilli Rasathanesi)
LC data base, 10-20-88 (hdg.: Istanbul. Rasathane; usage: T.C. Millı̂ Eğitim Bakanlığı, Astronomi ve Geofizik [sic], İstanbul-Kandilli Rasathanesi; Bosphorus University, Kandilli Observatory)
Turkey yrbk., 1983: p. 403 (as of July 1982 the Kandilli Observatory under the jurisd. of the Min. of Nat'l Ed. chgd. name to Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute & came under the jurisd. of Boğaziçi University)
T.C. devlet teş. reh., 1986: p. 540 (under Boğaziçi Üniversitesi: Kandilli Rasathane ve Deprem Araştırma Enstitüsü)
Rasathane-i Âmire (1868-1922), 2019: page 4 of cover (Rasathane-i Âmire [Imperial Observatory]); important role in bringing modern meterology, astronomy and seismology to Turkey]; page 19, etc. (established in 1868 and continued its existence into the Republican period; renamed Maarif Vekâleti Heyʼet ve Fiziki Arzî İstanbul Rasathanesi after the change in Turkey's alphabet [to Latin characters] of 1928; first called Kandilli Rasathanesi in official documents in 1936; in the 1940's was known as Kandilli Rasathanesi Astronomy ve Jeofizik [sic])
Osmanlı İmparatorluğunda ilk rasathane İstanbul Rasathanesi "Darür Rasad-ül Cedid", via Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Kandilli Rasathanesi ve Deprem Araştırma Enstitüsü website, December 4, 2020: Turkish page (Rasathane-i Amire continued its existence into the Republican period, keeping its old name until the change in the Turkish alphabet,, after which it was named Maarif Vekâleti, Heyʼet ve Fiziki Arzi İstanbul Rasathanesi; it was first called Kandilli Rasathanesi in 1936, and in the 40's it was called Kandilli Astronomi ve Jeofizik Rasathanesi)
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