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Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari, vol.25, no.2, pp.259-288, 2024 (Scopus)
Naim Bey graduated from the Imperial School of Medicine (Mekteb-i Tibbiye-i Sahane) with diploma number 400 on June 27, 1873, becoming one of the first Turkish surgeons at the age of 23. After graduating, he won a competition to send students abroad and went to Vienna for further surgical training in 1875. Upon his return, he was summoned to serve in the Ottoman-Russian War of 1877-78, where he made valuable contributions in line with his surgical skills. Starting in 1884, he was a lecturer in External Diseases (General Surgery/Emraz-i Hariciye) at the Imperial School of Medicine. Additionally, he taught at the Civil School of Medicine (Mekteb-i Tibbiye-i Mülkiye). In 1886, he was appointed as a Lieutenant Colonel, and in 1887, he achieved the rank of Colonel. During this time, he received various ranks of Mecidi and Osmani medals and became a member of various medical commissions. On November 20, 1890, he, along with three other professors from the Imperial School of Medicine, traveled to Berlin to study Dr. Koch's research on tuberculosis. They stayed in Berlin for two months. Upon their return to Istanbul, Naim Bey was involved in efforts to establish a tuberculosis hospital. In 1891, he attended the VIIth International Congress of Hygiene and Demography in London. However, shortly after returning from London, he passed away at the age of 41 on October 17, 1891, due to an aneurysm.