Kerim Erim was a Turkish

Turkic peoples

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 mathematician

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 and physicist

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He graduated from the Advanced Vocational School for Engineering in Istanbul

Istanbul

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 (now Istanbul Technical University

Istanbul Technical University

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) in 1914 and received a PhD in Germany. He subsequently became Professor of Analysis and Dean of the Faculty of Science in the newly-established Istanbul University

Istanbul University

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Kerim Erim's granddaughter is the Turkish classical pianist and State Artist

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 Gülsin Onay

Gülsin Onay

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