The Role of Geography Departments in the Development of the Geography Literature
This article will embrace the role and the importance of the geography department, located within the Faculty of Language, History-Geography, on the development of geographical studies and literature in Turkey. In the first part of the article, the establishment and structuring period (1935-1960) is discussed, and then the scientific activities and publications of the academicians who took part in this period are included. In the second part of the article, the period, when DTCF Journal of Geography Research began to be published (1961-1980) is covered and the lists and contents of the publications in the journal during this period are included. The last part sheds light to the DTCF Journal of Geography Research after 1980s by considering the developments and the studies within the journal.
Ali Özçağlar
