Talk:Oktay Sinanoğlu

Early comments

Is this the same person that is listed at Oktay Sinanoglu? RickK 06:14, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)

Even if he isn't, he looks more notable. -- Derek Ross | Talk 06:22, 2005 Jan 30 (UTC)

"In the 1980s, he theorized a new method from 180 theories concerning mathematics and physics, considered revolutionary, which enables chemists to predict the ways in which chemicals combine in the laboratory and to solve other complex problems in chemistry using simple pictures and periodic tables."

I don't understand what this sentence says--"theorized a new method from 180 theories"??

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I think this article need rewriting--there is a lot of hype for this person in his home country (which is where I am from), and this article seems to be written by some of his enthusiasts, without a detailed understanding of his scientific work. Any quantum chemists out there who feel like up to this job?

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The article says: He was born on February 25, 1935 in Bari, Italy. As appointed professor in 1963 at the age of only 26... 1963-1935=28. Whish information is correct? 68.241.47.138 23:43, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

27 !

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Apparently this article was written by some nationalist fan of Oktay Sinanoglu. His scientific work is highly exaggerated. What are the names of 180 theory mentioned in the article. Writer of the article is lack of real scientific vision.

Conspiracy theorist

This person may be a genius. However, based on his comments and ramblings in a talk-show on Turkish Mesaj TV on February 23, 2008, I would like to add that he has a very mean streak and is an advanced conspiracy theorist, as well as a megalomaniac. As mentioned by previous commenters, this article needs to be given a balanced point of view. Sinanoglu is unabashedly anti-USA. His social commentary books, such as the one on the current state of the Turkish language, are very difficult to read (in my opinion). It could be said that he is the Turkish counterpart to Chomsky in the U.S., but I have never heard or watched Chomsky in person, and would be doing him an injustice, because Sinanoglu strikes me as a mad scientist whose few well-founded opinions are unfortunately shrouded by his nut-case personality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.99.217.231 (talk) 22:34, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I think it is senility. I would be interested to know if he made such remarks in his youth. --Adoniscik (talk) 22:43, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the support Adoniscik, much appreciated. Incidentally, how are you aware of Sinanoglu? Just curious. -Todd 85.106.141.176 (talk) 19:00, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Being Anti-USA and being Anti-Imperialist is different things. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.253.111.62 (talk) 21:39, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Humboldt prize

I couldn't substantiate this prize. Only mention of Oktay Sinanoglu re this prize is the Wikipedia article on Humboldt Prize which bases the claim on this article. Are we doing circular references at Wikipedia? Dmermerci (talk) 20:49, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

It took me a long time, and this is not a reliable source as far as Wikipedia is concerned, but I found this website https://www.turkuaz.global/celebrities/item/oktay-sinanoglu. It points to a biographical video with many photos, including a photo of the prize certificate. It looks authentic. Qflib (talk) 21:04, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Article totally based on personal one sided hatred speeches !

This must be the most biased Wiki article i have seen. The ones who edited this article due supposed biases, actually know nothing better then that. Sinanoglu is a highly respected proficient Professor, no one can insult him with fraud and mock him. Especially not in a site which isn't their personal belonging. The whole article doesn't even contain one reference, even if it had, still keep your slanders to your own. If you have something to add do it on a respectful manner !!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.23.246.243 (talk) 19:58, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

article? a middle schooler cannot read this in class

While I believe the facts and opinions are well meant, the style is interfering with the subject as petit bickering, perhaps some university professionals politics. Oktay's position and reaction in his country after his return may have been some kind of disillusionment and reaction to imperialism after seeing the values and especially the reformed language he left could not be protected. I'll listen to any repatriation psycologist on that as it may be a research area. 'Article' needs a new perspective and composing. Implied gimmicks must be Ivy Leage contests, plausable or rather tolerable for their times. 69.120.118.254 (talk) 06:17, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Clean up needed

Much has been done on this article, but much more is needed, specifically a clean up of the formatting and more balanced content. Also, it would benefit from the insertion of some paragraph breaks. because B Version B version because

As to all the accusations of "fake" achievements, I think it would be best to have a section entitled "Contested Achievements" - if and only if they have been actually contested by others. If all those achievements are truly contested in reliable sources, then they can be included, but we must comply with the BLP standards and not put anything negative about a person that isn't well documented.

I'm happy to help, so please let me know who's willing to pitch in on this. Thanks Vertium (talk to me) 20:56, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

• Please leave the maintenance tags in place until this article gets cleaned up significantly. It is not NPOV at the moment and its style of writing is not yet encyclopedic, but instead just one sentence after another of "facts". Thank you. Vertium (talk to me) 16:36, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

rewriting

uncle G asked me to take a look the this. A look is clearly not enough; I shall be rewriting it entirely. It will state the accomplishments as shown by the record, just as we do with others. No more, no less. I shall look at what has been written here previously, but I shall not base the article on it. Anyone who wishes to explain why this record is wrong or can be used to imply anything positive or negative about the subject is free within legal limits to do so -- elsewhere. The situation is actually very simple. We do not do original research.

We do not include sections labeled "contested achievements". It rather frequently happens that people make claims in autobiographies or elsewhere that can not be backed up in reliable sources. Normally, we accept autobiographies for plain statements of facts, but if there is good documentation for the actual facts in better sources that is what we use. Unless the discrepancies have been a matter of published comment in reliable sources, we give a basic presentation, in the fairest possible language about whatever may be significant. (On the specific matter of birthdates, a frequent discrepancy, we includes the person's statement and all reliably sourced data. On the question of degrees or positions held, we usually just include the record unless there is some published dispute. We do not organize the material to imply a judgement. We do not use a bio article to explain the nature of a fellowship program, or a country's legislation, or the significance of the position in an author listings. Otherwise, I defer judgement on whether it is significant here, and if so, the fairest method of indicating this.) DGG ( talk ) 00:58, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

I can publish all editions of this article as a book. This book's title can be "The Edit Warring In Wikipedia".

Dear Sirs

I can publish all editions of this article as a book. This book's title can be "The Edit Warring In Wikipedia".--Fightingagainstlies (talk) 18:43, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

So, everybody can read and compare "The Editing of Fightingagaistlies" and "The Editing of David Goodman" and they can see who is true "Goodman", David or Fightingagainstlies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fightingagainstlies (talk • contribs) 18:54, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

So, everybody can read and compare "The Editing of Fightingagaistlies" and "The Editing of David Goodman" and they can see who is true "Goodman", David or Fightingagainstlies.--Fightingagainstlies (talk) 18:55, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Dear DGG, You stated that: "The article had content that could not be verified". But, in fact, every word, every sentence and every paragraph of my editing is verifiable with secure documents which are shown in over 200 references. Please show me that which of them "could not be verified". Thank you from now. Yours sincerely.--Fightingagainstlies (talk) 19:04, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I do not think I have edited it substantially yet, so it is not yet possible to compare anything with my editing. When I do, yes indeed, if you want to compare your work with mine you are very welcome. Anything I write here can be used elsewhere, if attribution is given to WP. DGG ( talk ) 20:20, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

About: He is unequivocally primarily a chemist, judging by his list of publications

A "Biography" is not "unequivocally primarily bibliography" nor the "unequivocally primarily list of publications". For example: Living person Bill Clinton's biography tells his marriages, wife, loves, autobiograpic book, "perjury", etc.. (See: Wikipedia) Living persons Bill Gates biography tells same thing about him. Lets read the biographies of Marx, Lenin, Trotsky etc., we see common subjects. If a man wrote his autobiography and published it as a bestseller book; the biography of that man, must be written in relation with his "bestseller autobiographical book". If the author of biography saw a lot of wrong statements in published autobiography, he must rectify them as fairly. As I did it.--Fightingagainstlies (talk) 22:37, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Why am I not writing on the other subjects of wikipedia?

A subject of an Encyclopedia must be written only by the "Experts" of that subject (not by "Non-Experts"). For example, Assyria-Babylon subjects of the Encyclopedia Britannica has been written firstly by H.C.Rawlinson; because he excavated the area as archeological and deciphered the cuneiform writings of these civilizations as an "Expert". But no body said to Rawlinson that let him write on other subjects of Encyclopedia Britannica. Why? Because, the subjects of an encyclopedia must be written only by experts. And a man can not expert on every thing. I excavated the Sinanoglu's autobiographical book and I deciphered his "cuneiform"(!) statements, and so I wrote on this article because of I'm an expert of this subject. (I didn't wrote any other subjects on wikipedia that I was not expert.) I'm blockaged now. This subject will be written by DGG! Is DGG expert on Sinanoglu?

A subject of an Encyclopedia must be written only by the "Experts" of that subject (not by "Non-Experts"). For example, Assyria-Babylon subjects of the Encyclopedia Britannica has been written firstly by H.C.Rawlinson; because he excavated the area as archeological and deciphered the cuneiform writings of these civilizations as an "Expert". But no body said to Rawlinson that let him write on other subjects of Encyclopedia Britannica. Why? Because, the subjects of an encyclopedia must be written only by experts. And a man can not expert on every thing. I excavated the Sinanoglu's autobiographical book and I deciphered his "cuneiform"(!) statements, and so I wrote on this article because of I'm an expert of this subject. (I didn't wrote any other subjects on wikipedia that I was not expert.) I'm blockaged now. This subject will be written by DGG! Is DGG expert on Sinanoglu?--Fightingagainstlies (talk) 23:30, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

No. See Wikipedia:Expert editors. Jim.henderson (talk) 02:44, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

I suggest a new category for Wikipedia: "Biography of Living Person Who Published an Autobiographical Book" in addition to the "Biography of Living Person"

Yes, I suggest a new category for Wikipedia under the title of the "Biography of Living Person Who Published an Autobiographical Book" in addition to the "Biography of Living Person" Because, If a person wrote and published an autobiography, so he accepted to be criticized and his biography will consist of criticizings of his autobiographical statements. Isn't it? --Fightingagainstlies (talk) 00:17, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

If the autobiography has Wikipedia:Notability (books) then yes, an article about that book may be useful if well written. Like other articles about a book it can refer to reviews of that book from Wikipedia:Reliable sources including adverse reviews, subject of course to usual ideas such as Wikipedia:Encyclopedic and the constraints of WP:BLP. Jim.henderson (talk) 02:44, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, having found a ref for the subject's birth in 1935, I am slightly surprised to find the article to be protected beyond my access level. If this were a major concern I would apply for a higher level, but I do not want the additional duties such as David's that go with higher privileges. If you wish to add a complication to the category structure that organizes biographical articles, this might affect many articles, so Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography would be a good place to discuss the proposal after you have studied Wikipedia:Categorization. Jim.henderson (talk) 13:35, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Birth Date of Subject is August 2, 1934 (not 1935)

Do you mean that: "Sinanoglu was born in 1935" --Fightingagainstlies (talk) 17:47, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Please look at the 09:58 16 july 2012 fightingagainstlies edition of the article. You will see these sentences and references:

-"Sinanoglu had declared three different birth dates in the United States: First was the public record of August 2, 1934.[34][35] The second was December 1, 1934,[36][37] And the third was February 25, 1935.[38] His exact and true birth date was given as August 2, 1934 in the U.S. Public Records[39][40] (not February 25, 1935 and not December 1, 1934)."

If you look the documents shown in references of this edition of the article, you will see the Alachua County - Court Record so Party: Sinanoglu, Oktay - Date of Birth: August 02, 1934- Case Number: 01 2005 CT 001552A. Which reference can be [verifiable + secure + neutral + exact + fairy] than a Court Record? I want to know which reference that you found for 1935.--Fightingagainstlies (talk) 18:50, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

This was [encyclo.co] and no, I do not expect dates that are written either in a commercial online encyclopdedia written by experts, or in court records, to be perfect, Epecially I don't assume that they are always correct about events of many years before. Not very important anyway, given the relatively small importance of this person. Why someone cares to write a long refutation of his autobiography, I don't know, and more important I don't see why such a refutation should be part of English Wikipedia. The French Wikipedia treats the subject at a length that seems appropriate to me, though my French is too poor to serve for translating it. The Turkish Wikipedia article is very much longer, but knowing no Turkish I cannot qualify it further.

And, as I see now, the encyclo.co article is referenced to an old version of this Wikipedia article, which of course makes it useless for our purposes. Fortunately, it's all a matter of very small importance.Jim.henderson (talk) 14:20, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Indented line

You can learn why the born date of this person was important by reading the 09:58 16 July 2012 fightingaganstlies edition of this article:

"Youngest Professor" Record:

Sinanoglu became a full professor at Yale University, effective 1 July 1963, at the age of 28 years and 11 months. At this time, the record of the "Youngest Professor at Yale" had belonged to Robert Maynard Hutchins since 1927, he being a full professor at Yale at the age of 28 years and 4 months.[29][30] Sinanoglu broke the record of "The Youngest Professor at Yale" by using a false birth date (February 25, 1935) to show himself, at the age of 28 years and 3 months, to be six weeks younger than the youngest professor record holder Robert Hutchins.[31] And so, he was mistakenly proclaimed by Yale as "the youngest person in the past century at Yale to attain status as a full professor."[32][33]

Using Three Different Birthdates:

Sinanoglu had declared three different birth dates in the United States: First was the public record of August 2, 1934.[34][35] The second was December 1, 1934,[36][37] And the third was February 25, 1935.[38] His exact and true birth date was given as August 2, 1934 in the U.S. Public Records[39][40] (not February 25, 1935 and not December 1, 1934). When he was made full professor, effective July 1, 1963 at Yale University, he was aged 28 years 11 months—actually 7 months older than “Youngest Professor” record holder Robert Maynard Hutchins. Sinanoglu acquired the title of “Youngest Professor” by declaring a false birth date of February 25, 1935. And by announcing as “The Youngest Professor” through international news agencies, he rid himself of his obligation to return to Turkey for military service.[41] So he went to Turkey for a short time in 1963, and by changing the title "youngest person in the past century at Yale to attain status as a full professor", he proclaimed himself as "The World's Youngest Professor in the past 300 years" in Turkey.[42] All of this was part of an advertising campaign by Yale University President Kingman Brewster, Jr., in accordance with "Cold War" policy. (The New York Times, 13 October 1963, page 1, col. 3). Because of these, Brewster papers in Yale are closed to research until 2052.[43]

--Fightingagainstlies (talk) 16:46, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

All right; if this were a particularly interesting person such controversies would be worth handling. Perhaps someone who cares but is neutral will think they ought to be arranged with due regard to WP:NEUTRAL and WP:UNDUE and other usual practices so they can be in Wikipedia. Meanwhile the biography can be fleshed out with easier, that is uncontroversial material if any is available, with a hope of dealing with the controversies afterwards. Or maybe nobody will take enough interest. Incidentally, I don't know what the "Brewster papers in Yale" are. Are they important for some reason? Jim.henderson (talk) 01:36, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Do you know the superracist "Sinanoglu Youth Movement" in Turkey? Do you know that some Wikipedia Users are doing vandalism by showing themselves as the advocates of the Five Pillars of Wikipedia?

The person who is subject of that article (Oktay Sinanoglu) published autobiographical book in 2001 in Turkey by using the fake titles of the “World’s Youngest Professor”, “Lord of U.S.A”, “at the peak point of science in U.S.A”, “The Turkish Einsten” etc. so he gained a lot of prestige in Turkey and a few million Turkish student accepted him as their idol and having been believed the fake titles of Sinanoglu are exactly true they occured the “Sinanoglu Youth Movement”. The last ten year (2001 – 2011) Sinanoglu became the “Hero of People” by using these fake titles that he published them in his bestseller autobiographical book. Today, by contributing a few million college student, the “Sinanoglu Youth Movement” was like the superracist “Hitler Youth Movement” in Turkey and Sinanoglu became the icon of the "Turk Superracism" everywhere. By reading the autobiographical book of Sinanoglu, large amount of college students became “superracist Turks” under the influence of Sinanoglu’s megalomanic and fake titles. So, they are conducting the election campaign: “Sinanoglu must be the President of The Republic of Turkey!”

Eight years ago, the first edition of this article was written by some members of “Sinanoglu Youth Movement” as the summary of Sinanoglu’s autobiographical book and this Wikipedia article was used by them in Turkey as the proof that the titles of Sinanoglu had been accepted as exactly true by whole world, so every Turk must believe that this titles of Sinanoglu was exactly true. That was the begining and the developing of the "Sinanoglu Youth Movement" in Turkey.

Did you understand now why I was interested and why I am working to edit this article by using verifiable documents over 200 references?

Please look at the edit history of the article.

You will see a lot of vandal attacks to clean my editings.

The last vandal attacks came from “Salvador21”-“Khazar2”-“Bobrayner”

If you look at these users pages, you will see that these users are Turks and they are related with “Ottoman Empire” articles in wikipedia and they advocated “New-Ottomanist Imperialist Ideology” that Sinanoglu propagated this ideology in his autobiographic book.

As a result, the some members of the superracist "Sinanoglu Youth Movement" cleaned the all words of the article which is writen by me and they provided to put blockage to my editings by showing themselves advocates of the Wikipedia Five Pillars.

The “Sinanoglu Youth Movement” are in joy that Wikipedia blocked my editings.

And now, they sing a song: “Long Live the Five Pillars of Wikipedia! We can do vandalism by showing ourselves as advocates of these Pillars"

--Fightingagainstlies (talk) 11:01, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Wow, is there a good audio-video recording of a million "superracist" young Turks singing a song praising Wikiipedia methods? I for one would be pleased if it could be uploaded under a free license. Joy is not a usual goal of Wikipedia, but there is little reason to regard it as a bad result.

As for the accusations against three specific Wikipedians, my quick check fails to find that the first exists. The Wikipedia:User pages of the second and third do not mention an ethnic or political identity, nor a special interest in Turkey. Their recemt Help:User contributions pages do not instantly suggest that these are Wikipedia:Single-purpose accounts but rather indicate a wide range of interests.

"Superracist" is not a term much mentioned in Wikipedia; presumably it is a technical term of the Politics of Turkey not known to outsiders. Neo-Ottomanism is an article in Wikipedia but it does not mention the subject of our article. Perhaps this is because his importance to the topic is small, or his friends or enemies have succeeded in making him seem unimportant.

But anyway, at last I suspect I am beginning to understand the purpose of the hostility to our subject. It isn't hatred towards a chemistry professor, but rather enmity for someone's political hero. Alas, the evidence and importance of his candidature for President are not obvious to my poor understanding. Jim.henderson (talk) 11:10, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

== Dear Jim Henderson ==

"09:58 16 July 2012 fightingagainstlies edition" of the article shows that my opposition is against to the "lies". I showed the lies and the truths in my mentioned editing. I also showed the politic results of these lies. You are free to see or not to see.

"01:42, 12 July 2012 Salvador21 edition of article is in Turkish (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oktay_Sinanoğlu&oldid=501814828. You are free to see or not to see. And other two user cleaned my edits and placed the Subject's CV with his publication lists which was published in the Subject's autobiographic book in Turkish language only in Turkey. You are free to understand or not to understand.

If you want to read about "super race" you can find it in English wikipedia pages. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_race). And the term "superracist" was used by the New York Times. (http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/263567/Pure-Blood/overview) You are free to read or not to read these articles, too. And finally, I suspect I am beginning to understand the purpose of the respect to our subject.

Thank you Sir.

Yours Sincerely.

--Fightingagainstlies (talk) 15:49, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Adding to "Dear Jim Henderson"

There is a Wikipedia article titled "Racism by Country". This article was contained over 200 references at 12 February 2008. In this date, "User: Mattbuck" cleaned the "Racism in U.S.A" chapter of this article. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Racism_by_country&diff=191000122&oldid=190999676 After he cleaned the "Racism in United Kingdom" chapter of this article. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Racism_by_country&diff=191000589&oldid=191000122 And then, he cleaned the all chapters of the article. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Racism_by_country&diff=191010388&oldid=191000831 And now, this article seems to be deleted as whole since 2008. So the racists of all countries are happy. You are free to listen or not to listen of the happiness songs of them. Cleaning of the "09:58 16 July 10212 fightingsagaintlies" edition of Sinanoglu article is like this. You are free to understand or not to understand that "some Wikipedia Users are doing vandalism by showing themselves as the advocates of the Five Pillars of Wikipedia." Thank you again, Sir. And, Yours Sincerely, again. --Fightingagainstlies (talk) 14:06, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

I keep forgetting that this discussion, composed mainly of digressions, isn't closed. Yes, we are pleased that the trimming of redundantly repetitive prose inspires song in all countries and yes, I await the arrival of the sound recording, hoping that it might reveal a relevance that is not yet evident. The Super race article is mildly entertaining but does not mention the subject of our biography, nor do I know what if anything he has said about that topic, so its relevance also is not evident. Perhaps some other online encyclopedia will be less interested in relevance or has already been delighted by the songs of your friends. Jim.henderson (talk) 03:36, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Dear Mr. Jim Handerson, please read the 09:58 16 July 2012 fightingagainstlies edition of the article. You will understand that what I am mentioned.

Oktay Sinanoğlu (born on August 2, 1934 in Bari, Italy) is a Turkish scientist specializing in theoretical chemistry and molecular biology. In his autobiographical book which titled "The Turkish Einstein Oktay Sinanoglu Book"[1] he describes himself as: "A person who was the world's youngest professor in the last 300 years,"[2] "at the peak of the science in the U.S.A.,"[3] "a man who reached the level to say, "I'm God" in science,"[4] "the Lord of the U.S.A.,"[5] and "The Turkish Einstein."[6]

Childhood and High School Years (1934-1953)

Sinanoğlu was born on August 2, 1934 in Bari, Italy, where his father (Nüzhet Haşim Sinanoğlu) served as a consul general. In 1939 - at the beginning of World War II - the family returned to Turkey. He graduated high school in Turkey in the year 1953. This high school's name was "Ankara Maarif College" since 1951.[7] The courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology in this school had been given by English teachers in the English language since 1949.[8][9] Sinanoglu learned the English language very well in this high school.

Serving American Military Intelligence at the age of 18

In his autobiographical book entitled "Turkish Einstein Oktay Sinanoglu Book," which was published in Turkey in the Turkish language (first printing in October 2001 and 70. printing in April 2011, a bestseller: 150,000 copies), he stated that, in the summer holiday 1952-1953, he applied to the JAMMAT "Joint American Military Mission for Aid to Turkey" (renamed JUSMMAT in 1958)[10][11][12] to get a job as a translator. His application was accepted by the U.S. Army Staff in Ankara, and he was sent on duty to Erzurum as translator for Secret G2 Military Intelligence Agents Sergeant Kowalski and Sergeant Peterson.[13] After graduating high school in 1953, a scholarship was given to him by the Fulbright Program to study chemistry in the United States.[14] According to the agreement, students were elected by the U.S. Education Commission in Turkey, but funding of the scholarship was provided by the government of Turkey, because Turkish students will return after graduation in the U.S.A to become teachers in Turkey. Sinanoglu was sent with this expectation to the U.S.A.

A University Student in the U.S.A. (1953-1960)

He arrived in New York on September 25, 1953.[15] According to his autobiographical book mentioned above, he stayed one year in Missouri [clarification needed], after which he went to California and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1956, with highest honors in chemical engineering. Afterwards, in eight months, he earned a Master's degree with highest honors from MIT (1957); and after this, in two years, he finished his doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley (1959).[16] Subsequently, he finished a one-year postdoctoral research appointment at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California Berkeley (1959-1960).[17] So, his pupilage ended in 1960.

Violating Scholarship Agreement and Military Service Obligation to Live in the U.S.A.

According to the 1953 scholarship agreement, after graduation, Sinanoglu was obligated to return to Turkey to teach chemistry to Turkish students.[18] Sinanoglu stated in his autobiographical book that: "Returning to Turkey to teach chemistry to Turkish students in the English language was worse than death, a horrible and dishonorable thing. İnstead of this, to stay in the U.S.A. and to teach chemistry to American students in the English language was a more honorable thing. I swore that: I will not return to Turkey; I will stay in the U.S.A and I will be a chemistry teacher in American universities.”[19] So Sinanoglu violated the 1953 scholarship agreement and did not return to Turkey. But there was a second problem: According to the military service obligation laws of his country, after finishing his studies in 1960, Sinanoglu was to return to Turkey to fulfill an 18-month military service obligation. The penalty for violating the scholarship agreement was a fine: the payment of a sum of money. But the penalty for violating one's military service obligation was the cancellation of one's passport and visa; this penalty could not be paid by money in those years (1960s). He stated in his autobiographical book: "Theoretical Physicist Feza Gursey wrote a letter to me inviting me to the Middle East Technical University which was being established in Ankara, Turkey. But I couldn't return to Turkey because of the military service obligation. If I went to Turkey, I would be a soldier for 2-2,5 years."[20] An easy way to stay in the U.S.A. was to marry and father a child in that country.

A Brief First Marriage With a "Masonic Club Member" at the University of California, for the Sake of Remaining and Living in the United States

"Miss Yvonne's" surname was "Ester" in the 1958 yearbook of the University of California.[21] However, her surname appeared as "Sinanoglu" in this university's 1960 yearbook. She was recorded in the yearbook as having majored in Child Development and as being a member of the Premed Society, Tower & Flame, and the Masonic Club.[22] [23]Sinanoglu and Yvonne married in the latter part of 1959. A daughter was born to them on 26 June 1960 in Alameda, California (per the Oakland Tribune, July 13, 1960).[24][25] By having a wife and a daughter in the last year of his studies in the U.S.A., Sinanoglu was guaranteed to stay in America for purposes of teaching chemistry to American students. So, in the fall of 1960, he became an assistant professor at Yale University.

Second marriage with a "National Security Agent" (NSA) at Yale University

His first marriage was short-lived, so he met and became engaged to Miss Paula Armbruster at Yale University. According to a document dated 20 September 1960, "CIA Historical Review Program Release in Full 1998", she was employed by the National Security Agency at the time.[26] She had a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Connecticut, and also a Master's degree from Yale University in Southeast Asia Area Studies, with an emphasis on Vietnamese History and a minor in Chinese. They planned to marry. When Sinanoglu went to the Turkish Consulate in New York for the visa extension,[27] he learned that, according to changing Turkey’s military service laws, the age limit for postponement of the military service obligation was 36 only for internationally successful Turkish scientists whose international success was announced by news agencies to the world.[28] In this case, in order to rid himself of the obligation to return to Turkey for military service, international press news was necessary regarding Sinanoglu’s scientific success. But no scientific discovery of Sinanoglu's was announced by international news agencies during this time. Because of this, Sinanoglu was appointed “full professor” effective July 1, 1963; and it was announced on May 22 by international news agencies that he was the “youngest full professor in the last century at Yale University.” Within a few days, this news was translated and published by Turkish newspapers in Turkey. And so, Sinanoglu no longer had an obligation to return to Turkey for military service, and he was allowed to stay in the U.S.A. in accordance with Turkey’s military service postponement conditions.

"Youngest Professor" Record

Sinanoglu became a full professor at Yale University, effective 1 July 1963, at the age of 28 years and 11 months. At this time, the record of the "Youngest Professor at Yale" had belonged to Robert Maynard Hutchins since 1927, he being a full professor at Yale at the age of 28 years and 4 months.[29][30] Sinanoglu broke the record of "The Youngest Professor at Yale" by using a false birth date (February 25, 1935) to show himself, at the age of 28 years and 3 months, to be six weeks younger than the youngest professor record holder Robert Hutchins.[31] And so, he was mistakenly proclaimed by Yale as "the youngest person in the past century at Yale to attain status as a full professor."[32][33]

Using Three Different Birthdates

Sinanoglu had declared three different birth dates in the United States: First was the public record of August 2, 1934.[34][35] The second was December 1, 1934,[36][37] And the third was February 25, 1935.[38] His exact and true birth date was given as August 2, 1934 in the U.S. Public Records[39][40] (not February 25, 1935 and not December 1, 1934). When he was made full professor, effective July 1, 1963 at Yale University, he was aged 28 years 11 months—actually 7 months older than “Youngest Professor” record holder Robert Maynard Hutchins. Sinanoglu acquired the title of “Youngest Professor” by declaring a false birth date of February 25, 1935. And by announcing as “The Youngest Professor” through international news agencies, he rid himself of his obligation to return to Turkey for military service.[41] So he went to Turkey for a short time in 1963, and by changing the title "youngest person in the past century at Yale to attain status as a full professor", he proclaimed himself as "The World's Youngest Professor in the past 300 years" in Turkey.[42] All of this was part of an advertising campaign by Yale University President Kingman Brewster, Jr., in accordance with "Cold War" policy. (The New York Times, 13 October 1963, page 1, col. 3). Because of these, Brewster papers in Yale are closed to research until 2052.[43]

"Almost A Washout"

Professor Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer of the University of California, Berkeley, said about his student Sinanoglu that: "Almost A Washout" (fiasco, failure, bust, debacle, dud):

- "He first took an undergraduate course in thermodynamics with me while in a chemical engineering major, went to MIT for graduate work in chemical engineering, and decided he liked basic science better than engineering. After getting a master's degree there, he came back here and wanted to work for a Ph.D. and do chemistry with me. I took him on. He was a very able young man. The calculations we did about very simple molecules on a simple surface was a pioneering calculation which other people have followed up on in more detail. I didn't follow it up any further, and I don't think Sinanoglu did either. He went on to Yale, was promoted very rapidly there to a regular professorship, but I think was rather disappointing in his career as a whole, considering this very promising start. Nonetheless, he did commendable work at Yale, just not as outstanding as his early promise had suggested. (...) Hughes: I've noticed throughout our discussions that you often mention associations with universities that are not considered to be in the top rank. Is there any explanation? Pitzer: Well, it's true that of my students that have gone into academic work elsewhere, few of them have shown up in what you'd call Ivy League or other truly first-line institutions. Well, the one that would have been most capable of doing it, Pimentel, was here and stayed here, as did Gwinn. Curl was from Texas in the first place, in fact had been a Rice undergraduate, and to what extent he might have attained a position in one of these other institutions I think would have been an open question. He did have a short postdoc period at Harvard, but I'm sure Rice was coaxing him back, and he looked with favor at that. It's a very good institution. It's at a very high quality level, but it's small. And he is the one who won a Nobel Prize. Amusingly enough, the one that did end up in an Ivy League institution, as far as I was concerned was almost a washout. [laughing] A very interesting chap, of Turkish origin, Oktay Sinanoglu. [tape interruption] He'd started out to be a chemical engineer and decided he liked physical chemistry better, did a very nice thesis on molecules observed on a surface, which has been taken as a basis for a good deal of further work by him and by others. Three papers came out of his thesis work, all very commendable. He very soon landed a regular position at Yale and was strongly backed by a theorist there. Sinanoglu was purely a theorist. But I don't think that he came up to the level of accomplishment later of several of the people that I have already mentioned." (University of California, Berkeley, University History - Oral History Series, 1999, pages 136, 211.)[44]

Sinanoglu's Ph.D and post-doctoral research director/ advisor Professor K. S. Pitzer died in 1997 without learning how his student was appointed as the “youngest full professor” at Yale. But, he explained with these words that how his student Sinanoglu fell to the level of "almost a washout" after going to an "Ivy League" University (Yale). In fact, Sinanoglu also explained in 1973 in the "Yale Daily News" that Pitzer's chemistry teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, was perfect; but chemistry education at "Ivy League" Yale University was "almost a washout":

- "Chem Challenged" - "Chemistry Professor Sinanoglu had indicated that the average amount of the stipends will be raised also. This is not unusual an action as it may seem. For example Berkeley University, with a chemistry department of worldwide prominence, has raised its stipend to $4100 to attract graduate students in chemistry." (Yale Daily News, no.99 February 27, 1973. p. 6 Column 1.)[45]

Sinanoglu approved Pitzer’s “almost a washout” term in his autobiographical book published in 2001. He stated in his book:

- “Pitzer said to me, “Don’t go to Yale University.” (…) I didn’t heed Pitzer and I went to Yale. But 20 years after, sometimes I thought that Pitzer was right."[46]

Life justified Pitzer's comment. So, Sinanoglu was a news subject only eight times in the Yale Daily News.[47] (1) When he came to Yale University as a chemistry lecturer,[48] (2) When he received the Sloan research fellowship,[49] (3) When he was claimed youngest full professor (although approximately 50 years later, it was concluded that this news was false),[50] (4) When he received the Sloan grant,[51] (5) When he received an award from the Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Foundation,[52] (6) When two of his scientific books were printed,[53] (7) When he criticized the chemistry curriculum,[54] and (8) At the end, again on the subject of changes in the chemistry curriculum.[55] That's all. There has been no news of any scientific discovery by Sinanoglu proclaimed by the Yale Daily News from the time he was appointed a full professor in 1963 at Yale University until now.

"A man who reached the level to say "I'm God" in science."

In spide of everything, he claimed himself in his autobiographical book that: "I am at the peak point of science in the U.S.A."[56] and "A man who reached the level to say "I'm God" in science."[57]

Interviewer Emine Caykara asked Sinanoglu, "Where are your documents, testimonials, congratulations, inventions, patents, discoveries?" Sinanoglu replied: "My theories were owned by Professor K. S. Pitzer as a joint inventor when I did my Ph.D thesis and postdoctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley. And then, my theories were stolen by Professor Fred Richards (Frederic Middlebrook Richards) when I was professor at Yale University. And all of my testimonials, congratulations, inventions, documents that were accumulated over 30 years were destroyed by department chairman Professor Phil Lyons at Yale University." The interviewer said: "This was a crime! Did you take him to court?" Sinanoglu replied: "No. How could I prove it?" [58]

Curriculum Vitae And Scientific Publications List

Sinanoglu stated in his autobiographical book that when he did his Ph.D thesis and postdoctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley, under the direction and advisory but without any contribution or participation of Professor Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer; and when his theses will publish in scientific journals; the name of his thesis director Prof. Dr. K. S. Pitzer was also added after his name as co-author; and so his own thesis was owned by Pitzer as joint inventor. Sinanoglu declared that: "I didn't do to my students like Pitzer did to me."[59] But, when he added in his autobiographical book a list titled "Publications Of Oktay Sinanoglu" [60] and in actually being the last author position of the name "Sinanoglu" in original publications of 62 articles, he showed as the first author position in his publications list. By switching his name place from the last author (advisor/contributor) position to the first author (thesis owner) position, he showed himself as owner of the 62 theses that rightfully belonged to other scientists whose names were in first place as author of these articles in the original publications.

Below is the list of authors whose names showed by moving from the forth position to back position by Sinanoğlu: [The numbers in parantheses shows the numbers of articles in the Sinanoglu's publications list[61] and the reference numbers show the links of the original publications and the original bibliographic records of articles.]

Robert A. Berg (7)[62] Malcolm K. Orloff (40)[63] Neil R. Kestner (19)[64](22)[65](43)[66] Vincent McKoy (23)[67](36)[68] D. Fu-Tai Tuan (32)[69](33)[70] Charlotte Hollister (37)[71](45)[72] Harris J. Silverstone (38)[73](41)[74](42)[75](55)[76] Salvatore R. LaPaglia (47)[77] Tai-ichi Shibuya (60)[78](113)[79](114)[80] Osvaldo Goscinski (61)[81] Timur Halicioglu (62)[82](65)[83](95)[84] Bolesh J. Skutnik (64)[85] Iskender Oksuz (64)[86](69)[87](70)[88] - J. Alper (67)[89](76)[90] Carl Trindle (68)[91](72)[92](74)[93] Paul Westhaus (71)[94](75)[95](80)[96](94)[97] Arnold C. Wahl (77)[98] T. L. Gilbert (77)[99] K. Roby (78)[100] C. Nicolaides (86)[101](89)[102](90)[103](93)[104](94)[105](97)[106](106)[107](109)[108] D. Herrick (99)[109](100)[110](101)[111](123)[112] D. Beck (102)[113](106)[114](109)[115] W. L. Luken(106[116](143)[117](145)[118][119](146)[120][121](147)[122][123](152)[124][125] H. O. Pamuk (104)[126](115)[127] M. Moshinsky (108)[128] A. Calles (108)[129] O. Novaro (108)[130](151)[131] - A.J. Duben (115)[132] L. Goodman (115)[133] Lih-Syng Lee (137)[134] (138)[135] S. Davis (140)[136] Gilbert Nathanson (150)[137][138][139] E. B. Barojas (151)[140][141][142] A. C. Puiu (153)[143] P. Sutton (77)[144] P. Bertoncini (77)[145] G. Das (77)[146]

Moreover, in his autobiographical book, Sinanoglu didn't show the names of authors C. A. Nicolaides and D.R.Beck on the article which he numbered as (109) in his publication list [147] and so he showed himself as the owner of their article alone. And he didn't show the name of Neil R. Kestner on the article which he numbered as (46) in his publication list[148] so he showed himself as the owner of this article alone. And, by adding his name on the article which he numbered as (104) in his publication list; Sinanoglu showed himself the first author of H. O. Pamuk's article.[149]

According to significant views, scientific publications that have been published by reliable, secure sources (scientifical journals) mentioned above and shown in references section of this article; as a fairly, proportionately, without bias and verifiable result; Sinanoglu is not the first author of this articles.

Sinanoglu's Autobiographical Statements Comparing With The Documents Published by Reliable Sources Refuting The Statements: Solving of Unsolved Mathematical Problem: Sinanoğlu stated in his autobiographical book that: "Before I named as Assistant Professor, I went to Yale University for job interview in the summer of 1960 and I gave a few seminars to Yale's directors, so listening Lars Onsager said that: “Vaaaw! Sinanoglu has solved a mathematic problem that had been unsolved for fifty years!”; and upon this, the other directors said to me that “O.K! Begin at the Yale University as an assistant professor.”[150] In the summer of 1960, he authored the article "Perturbation Theory of Many-Electron Atoms and Molecules" which was received in June 25, 1960 and published in April 1961.[151] Sinanoglu described himself by this words: "He theorized the "Many-Electron Theory of Atoms and Molecules" in 1962 by solving a mathematical theorem that had been unsolved for 50 years.[152][153] Solvers of unsolved mathematical problems are announced in scientifical jornals and rewarded.[154] There is no any scientific publication that shows him a solver of an unsolved mathematical problem since 1962 until today.[155][156][157][158]There is no name of Sinanoglu in Lars Onsager's Papers.[159] There is no record for him as the "solver of unsolved mathematical problem" in the official biograpy of Sinanoglu which was published by Yale University in 1999.[160] As a result; Sinanoglu is not the "Solver of A Mathematical Problem That Had Been Unsolved For Fifty Years" ... Invention of "Solvophobic": Sinanoglu stated in his autobiographycal book that: "When I did new inventions and discoveries; I created also the names and the terms of them myself in English. And he proclaimed that the term "solvophobic" was created by himself in 1964. But, The term "solvophobic" was used in the year 1953 in the "Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology"[161] and the term "Solvophobic Theory" are showing on the index of this encyclopedia in p. 871.[162] Moreover, F. E. Bailey, Jr. used the term "solvophobic" in the year 1958;[163] and Paul Becher used the term "solvophobic" in the year 1960.[164] As a result; Sinanoglu is not the inventor of “Solvophobic” ... Invention of The "Molecular Biology": Sinanoglu stated in his autobiographical book that he got his second life-long chair at Yale in Molecular Biology in 1964, and thus was one of five creators of "Molecular Biology" in the 1960s.[165] But, The department of "Molecular Biology" was established in April 1962 at Yale University before Sinanoglu was named full professor. This department's first creators were Norman Giles, Edward Adelberg, Fred Richards, Jui Wang, Julian Sturtevant, and Franklin Hutchinson.[166] (Yale Daily News, no. 126, April 27, 1962.) The name "Sinanoglu" is not among the creators of "The Department of Molecular Biology" at Yale University. And the term "Molecular Biology" was first used by Warren Weaver in 1938 (when Sinanoglu was four years old).[167] As a result, the “Molecular Biology” invented long time ago before Sinanoglu by other scientist, so Sinanoglu is not the inventor of “Molecular Biology”. ... Invention of The "Micro-Thermodynamics": He stated that the term "micro-thermodynamics" was created by him in 1981.[168] But, The term "Micro-Thermodynamics" was used by K. Büttner in 1938.[169] As a result; the “Micro-Thermodynamics” invented long time ago before Sinanoglu by other scientist, so Sinanoglu is not the inventor of “Micro-Thermodynamics” ... Invention of The "Molecule Surface Area": He stated that the term "molecule surface area" was created by him in the 1980s.[170] But, The term "Molecule Surface Area" was used by Guilford Leroy Mack in 1931,[171] and later used by J. H. Hildebrand and R.L. Scott in 1950.[172] As a result; the “Molecular Surface Area” invented long time ago before Sinanoglu by other scientist, so Sinanoglu is not the inventor of “Molecular Surface Area”. ... Invention of The "Surface Area of Proteins": Sinanoglu stated in his authobiographic book that: "I created the term "surface area of proteins" in the 1970s, but Yale University Molecular Biology Division Director Prof. Frederick M. Richard stole my "surface area of proteins" invention"[173] But, The term "Surface Area of Proteins" was used in 1948 by Sidney W. Benson and David A. Ellis.[174] As a result; the “Surface Area of Proteins” invented long time ago before Sinanoglu by other scientists, so Sinanoglu is not the inventor of “Surface Area of Proteins”. ... Invention of The "Mathematical Chemistry": He stated in his book that he was the inventor of "Mathematical Chemistry" in 1980s. But, The "Mathematical Chemistry" invented by Georg Ferdinand Helm in the year 1894 (100 years before Sinanoglu).[175] Georg Helm's book "The Principles Of Mathematical Chemistry" book translated in English and printed in the year 1897. Copies of this book was in the library of University of California Berkeley since 1897. First journal of Mathematical Chemistry (named "MATCH") was published in 1975.[176] There is no the name Sinanoglu among the members of the "International Academy of Mathematical Chemistry".[177] As a result; the “Mathematical Chemisty” invented long time ago before Sinanoglu by other scientists, so Sinanoglu is not the inventor of “Mathematical Chemistry”. ... Invention of The "Chemical Reactions Network Theory": Sinanoglu stated in his book that he invented the "Chemical Reactions Network Theory" in 1974. But, In 1967, Robert L. Gorring and Vern W. Weekman wrote about the "chemical reaction network" in their book titled "Applied Kinetics and Chemical Reaction Engineering," which was printed by American Chemical Society Publications. (See p.90.)[178] And then Ph.D. James J. Carberry (Professor of Chemical Engineering) wrote an article on the "chemical reaction network," and on 13 March 1969, he presented this article by illustrating with slides at the University of Notre Dame; and in November 1969, this article was published under the title of "Engineering Aspects Of Heterogeneous Catalysis" in the journal "Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences."[179] And finally, the "theory" of "chemical reaction network" was invented by Horn, Jackson and Feinberg in January 1972.[180] Dr. Jeremy Gunawardena stated in his article entitled "Chemical Reaction Network Theory" that this theory "has been developed over the last 30 years (in January 1972), initially through the work of Horn and Jackson[181][182] and subsequently by Martin Feinberg[183] and his students."[184] (See the article of , Harvard University, p.1. Sinanoglu was also a professor at Harvard University. And this article was written and published at Harvard University.) As a result; the “Chemical Reactions Network Theory” invented long time ago before Sinanoglu by other scientists, so Sinanoglu is not the inventor of the “Chemical Reactions Network Theory” ... The Title of The "Director of Argonne National Laboratory": He stated that he was "The Director of Argonne Laboratory between 1970-1973." [185] He was a member of the review committee for chemistry; but he never was "Director" of the Argonne National Laboratory.[186] The Director of Argonne was Robert B. Duffield between 1967-1973.[187][188]As a result; Sinanoglu never was the director of Argonne National Laboratory. ... The Title of The "Member of National Academy of Sciences": Sinanoglu stated that he was a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 1964-1965.[189] But, Sinanoglu's name is not on the NAS members list.[190] As a result; Sinanoglu is not the “Member of the National Academy of Sciences". ... The Title of The "First Awardee of TUBİTAK Science Award": Sinanoglu stated in his autobiographical book that he was the first person who received the "Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Foundation Award" (abbreviation in Turkish Language: TUBITAK) in 1966. But, This award was shared between Prof. Dr. Talat Erben and Prof. Dr. Oktay Sinanoglu[191] firstly was given to Talat Erben, and after to Sinanoglu. So, Talat Erben's name is above and Sinanoglu's name is below in the official records of TUBITAK. [192] As a result; the “First Awardee of TUBITAK" title belong to Prof. Dr. Talat Erben. So,Sinanoglu is not the “First Awardee of TUBITAK Science Award". ... The Title of The "Founding Father of The Scientific And Technological Council of Turkey": Sinanoglu stated in March 26 and April 1,1973 in Milliyet Newspaper that “The Scientific And Technological Council of Turkey” (Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknik Arastirmalar Kurumu – TUBITAK) had been founded on his suggestion in the summer of 1962.[193][194] But, Professor Dr. Erdal Inonu replied him in the same newspaper in April 7, 1973 that the TUBITAK had been founded without any contribution of Sinanoglu.[195] Prof. Dr. O. Sinanoglu didn’t reply to Prof. Dr. Inonu at the time. But, almost 30 years after, Sinanoglu repeated his old statements again in his autobiographical book which was published in 2001.[196] Now, the verifiable sources and the documents proved that the TUBITAK had been founded on the suggestions of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the UNESCO Turkish National Commission between 1953 -1960.[197][198][199][200][201]As a result; there was no any role of Sinanoglu in founding of the TUBITAK. ... The Title of The "Person Who Was Appointed as Consulting Professor to METU by Decision of The Government Council of The Republic of Turkey": Sinanoglu stated that he was appointed as the “Consulting Professor” to the Middle East Technical University (Turkey) in 1962 by decision of the Government Council of Ministers of the Republic of Turkey.[202] But, He was appointed as the “Visiting Associate Professor” (not "Consulting") by decision of the Directory Board of the METU in accordance with the normal academic regulations[203] (not with an extra ordinary appointment by The Government Council of The Republic of Turkey). So the “Who’s Who In America” wrote about Sinanoglu: “Visiting Professor, METU, Ankara, spring 1962. Now (1967-68) “Consulting Professor.” ... The Title of The “First and Only One University Professor of The Republic of Turkey”: Sinanoglu stated in his book that the Republic of Turkey passed a special law in 1975 only for him and so gave him the title of the “First and Only One University Professor of The Republic of Turkey”.[204] But, This law was “The Universities Law” which passed in 1973 as a general law of the Universities in Turkey.[205] And according to this law, the title of the “University Professor of The Republic of Turkey” is the common title of all professors in Turkey. ... The Title of The "First and Only One Turkish Member of The American Academy of Arts&Sciences": Sinanoğlu claimed that he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 1973 and was the 'one' and the 'only' Turkish scientist who had this membership until then. But, Turkish scientists like Feza Gursey, Halil Inalcik, Aziz Sancar, Osman Nur Yalman, Kamil Ugurbil, Daron K. Acemoglu, etc., were members of the American Academy.[206] As a result; Sinanoglu is not the “First and Only One Turkish Member of the American Academy of Arts&Sciences" ... The Title of The "First Earner of The Humboldt Science Prize": Sinanoglu claimed in his autobiographical book that he was the first to earn the Alexander von Humboldt Science Prize in 1973 that it was the "Nobel of Germany". But, This award was established in the years 1964, 1965 as a "Research Fellowship" and up to 300 scientist (without to be "internationaly known") received this "research fellowship award" every year in U.S.A.[207][208] One of the first awardees, according to The American Chemical Society Directory of Graduate Research (1979, page 235), Biochemist Brian Green (b.1935) so he earned this award in 1964 when he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maine - Orono. In 1972, this award took a new shape as "Humboldt Foundation United States Senior Scientist Award" and it was given up to 100 American Scientist per year. Sinanoglu was not the first recipient of this award in 1973. Because award began in 1972 with it's new format and 100 United States Scientist earned this award before Sinanoglu (like Robert Lee Ellis[209] Dieter R. Brill,[210] Robert Griffiths,[211] Warren F. Davis,[212] Yoshio Shimamoto,[213]Thomas W. Parks,[214] etc.) The explanation on the certificate given by Humboldt Foundation to Sinanoglu was that: "The American Scientist received the Humbold-Award [Senior U.S. Scientist Award] in recognition of his scientific achievements in research and teaching. This award is granted within the frame of a special program established by the Federal Republic of Germany in commemoration of the Europeen Recovery Program initiated by George C. Marshall. The Award entitles the awardee to carry out research of his own choise in the Federeal Republic of Germany and Berlin (West)."[215] As shown on certificate, it was a research fellowship award (it doesn't like Nobel Prizes) and Sinanoglu described as an "American Scientist" (not a "Turkish Scientist"). As a result; Sinanoglu is not the “First Awardee of the Humboldt Award / Senior U.S. Scientist Award". ... The Title of The "Earner of the Sloan Prize": He stated that he earned the Alfred P. Sloan "Prize" in 1961. But, The "Prize" of Alfred P. Sloan started in year 2003, to a film at the Sundance Film Festival. The "Prize" is given to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme, or depicts a scientist, engineer, or mathematician as a major character.Sinanoglu was recipient of the "Research Fellowship" for basic research in chemistry (not winner of "Prize") two times, firstly in 1962 and secondly on February 23, 1964 (not in 1961)[216] and he was one of 94 recipients.[217] (Yale Daily News, no. 94, February 26, 1964.) and (The Bridgeport Post, Monday, February 24, 1964, page 19).[218] ... The Title of The "Japan's International Outstanding Scientist Awardee": He stated in his autobiographical book that he won "Japan's International Outstanding Scientist Award" in 1975. But, This award was begun in 1985 (not 1975).[219] And the name Sinanoglu is not among the recipients.[220] The award that Sinanoglu actually won was a special award given by the "Japan Society for the Promotion of Science" (JSPS) in reference to Kyoto University's "Visiting Professorship Programme", "Invitation of Foreign Scientists, Short-term Fellowships."[221][222] ... The Title of The "Constructor of The Revolutionary Method": He stated in his autobiographic book that, in the 1980s, he constructed methods, then considered revolutionary, for predicting chemical behavior using simple pictures and periodic tables. But, This method has never been used. ... The Title of The "Founder of Center for Theoretical Studies": Sinanoglu stated that he was founder of the "Center for Theoretical Studies" in University of Miami in 1964-1965.[223] But, This center was founded by Professor Behram Kursunoglu, who was known as a critic of Albert Einstein's Theory.[224][225][226] ... The Title of "The Nominator Who Won Kenichi Fukui The Nobel Prize": Sinanoglu stated in his autobiographical book that he nominated Kenichi Fukui for the Nobel Prize and so the Nobel Committee gave the prize to Fukui for the sake of Sinanoglu.[227] But, According to the documents printed in autobiographical book Sinanoglu nominated someone for the Nobel Prize only two times; the first was for "physiology of medicine for 1977"; and the second "for chemistry for 1995".[228] But the Nobel Prize was given to Kenichi Fukui for "chemistry" in "1981".[229] These dates show that Kenichi Fukui won the Nobel Prize without any effect of Sinanoglu. ... The Title of "A Scientist Who The Republic of Turkey Passed A Special Law For Him": Sinanoglu also stated in his autobiographic book that the Turkish Republic changed the age limit for postponement of military service from 32 to 36 by passing a special law in the year 1961 especially for him, so that his scientific achievements could continue in the U.S.A.[230] But, This law was not created for his sake. The name of the famous Turkish scientist for whom this law was passed was Naci Bor (not O.Sinanoglu).[231] The date of this law was April 13, 1961. And moreover, Sinanoglu was not a full professor on this date. ... Converting to Buddhism

In 1985 he entered Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist Sect Organisation. [Milliyet, 29.05.1985, page 3: "Turk Profesor Sinanoglu Budist Oldu" - "Huzuru Buda'da Buldum"][232] Buddhist newspaper "Soka Gakkai News" published some interviews with him in 1985[233] And then, he published his scientific articles from Sterling Chemistry Laboratory (P.O.Box 6666 Yale University)[234]

Returning to Turkey in 1993 and Retiring in 2001:

In 1993, he moved back to Turkey to teach at the Yıldız Teknik Universitesi and officially retiring in the year 2001 at the age of 67, according to his birthdate of August 2, 1934.

Publishing His Autobiography Titled "The Turkish Einstein Oktay Sinanoglu Book" in 2001:

In 2001, his autobiographical book was published in Turkey. Interviewer was Emine Caykara and interviewee was Oktay Sinanoglu.[235] The title of this book is "The Turkish Einstein Oktay Sinanoglu Book" [236] This bestseller's last printing was done by Sinanoglu's publisher wife in 2011.[237] This book included the all subjects that was mentioned above.

During the advertising campaign and on the back cover of Sinanoglu's autobiographical book, he called himself "a person who has been the world's youngest professor in the past 300 years!"[238] This book, in which he propagated anti-American sentiments in Turkey, was introduced by Johnnie Walker Scotch Whiskey Co. with full page newspaper ads on November 4, 2001.[239] He stated in this book that, after arriving in America for education, he was "The Lord Of U.S.A" and he returned to Turkey for fighting against the U.S.A.[240] However, a great many people in Turkey read this book without criticizing it; and they believed that Sinanoglu was the world's "Very İmportant Scientist," like Albert Einstein; and they believed whatever Sinanoglu stated in this book was true. Several million students were admirers of Sinanoglu. Some of them wanted to translate his biography from Turkish into English. However, Sinanoglu declared in a televised speech that he would not permit the translation and publication of this book in the U.S.A.[241]

He stated in this book that his scientific research efforts continue [clarification needed], that he has been to Asia and Latin America, and that he has received several international and local awards concerning his scientific and social contributions and efforts. But, in fact, the awards which he mentioned were actually political and the "scientific masks" of the political missions of "Cold War" policies. So he has worked to establish communications between Japan, India, and Turkey. Because of his efforts, he was given the title of "Special Emissary" to Japan. These were not scientific relations. Rather, under the scientific relations masks, these "special" workings were in accordance with the "concentric circles" policy of NATO against Russia and China in the 1960s and 1970s. He has worked for improvements in education and the purification of language in Turkey for most of his life, and striven to form a 'conscious generation' in Turkey. --Fightingagainstlies (talk) 11:33, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, Wikipedia:Massive wall of text is among the least of its problems. It's so poor as to defy hopes of improvement by subtracting the worst parts. Better chance if we attempt to improve the current WP:STUB article by adding little bits at a time. Perhaps you would like to propose a few sentences that would double the size of the current stub or at most triple it, written in a way that you think can be most easily upgraded to the usual standard of Wikipedia biographies. Possibilities that I can think of include:

1. The autobiography
2. Residential history
3. Academic work
4. Candidacy for President
5. The subject's comments on "superracism"
6. The youth association
7. The songs praising Wikipedia

Obviously so many topics will not be handled adequately in a small paragraph, and perhaps instead of any of these you will prefer to address other matters that can more easily be adjusted for admission into an article. Jim.henderson (talk) 23:57, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Permanent page protection

It has been a month since the edit warring over this page, and I suggest an admin lift the permanent page protection. Dialectric (talk) 00:01, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

I agree. This stub must be developed. --E4024 (talk) 13:07, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

I also think that not only you but other users also should contribute to this article. As of this moment its English is even worse than mine and I feel like I am too lonely trying to develop this text. --E4024 (talk) 16:41, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Reliable sourcing for claims

Reliable 3rd party references should be used to support all claims beyond basic biographical information. WP:RS are always needed for extraordinary claims, such as the 'youngest Yale professor' claim I have removed. Sinanoğlu's personal page is not sufficient. English-language sources are preferred. I have no personal interest in this individual, but I want to avoid having this article return to the battleground evident on this talk page. Sticking to reliable sources will help avoid that course. Dialectric (talk) 12:44, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Let me chime in here: I removed the full protection some time ago, but if the whole kerfuffle restarts, I will simply fully protect again. Lectonar (talk) 12:46, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Maybe we should not protect the article but control an obsessed user. I am trying to contribute to this article but it is so difficult with the company I have got. Let me give an example "The person's father, when he was a child, has completed his consular assignment in Bari, Italy and has turned to Ankara, the capital of Turkey, in 1938. Our colleague, instead of simply adding this info (which means our object-matter lived the first years of his life in Italy) writes Atatürk (the first president of Turkey, considered a national hero for Turks) "dismissed" the father. Nobody dismisses anybody. All Turkish diplomats and consular officials (from the lowest grade upwards) go to posts in the exterior based on a Decree signed by the President of the Republic. And they also come back to Ankara on a similar Decree. So saying that "Atatürk dismissed the father" is not a neutral way of stating facts. (Of course this is done without a source, simply using the Decree in the archives.) Indeed the gentleman (the consular official) has stayed more than average (generally four years) time for a Turkish diplomat in Bari. Therefore the wording (dismissed!) is a result of some (I do not know what) resentment of an "old man" (as they called themselves) on another, I guess. I recommend this user, if he has personal feelings (positive or negative) towards the object-matter of the article, he should stay away from editing it. WP is not a place to express our sentiments on notable people. Please... --E4024 (talk) 22:08, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Semi/protection

Is it not time to lift it? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.123.196.102 (talk) 17:54, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

• If you dont lift it, then at least correct the first sentence: born - died. --176.239.79.52 (talk) 17:47, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

• It's not clear what you mean with your correction request. The dates are all sourced. Pls explain. --CeeGee 09:07, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 April 2015 - 'Daughter misspelled'

Please change

Oya Sinanoğlu (duaghter)

to

Oya Sinanoğlu (daughter) Harunhasdal (talk) 08:52, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

•  Done Thanks for your attention. --CeeGee 09:08, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 July 2015

Oktay sinanoglu is well-known for his Nobel nomination at chemistry twice. Although it has been mentioned in other languages why not here. Please add that he has been nominated Nobel twice because this lackness is creating really big gap on his page. Mfddinc1919 (talk) 21:25, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Done Altamel (talk) 15:54, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

categories

Category:Alexander von Humboldt Fellows & Category:Humboldt Research Award recipients should be added71.191.6.55 (talk) 20:17, 11 December 2016 (UTC) also please Category:American academics of Turkish descent'

I have added the latter category as suggested, and will look into the former. Qflib (talk) 19:09, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 Feb 2022 - 'Fort Lauderdale, Texas'

In biography, pls change "Fort Lauderdale, Texas" to "Fort Lauderdale, Florida". 99.235.162.105 (talk) 21:58, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for the correction.

Qflib, aka KeeYou Flib (talk) 16:46, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Incorrect citation 12

Not authored by subject of article 130.132.173.159 (talk) 14:55, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

The citation is not incorrect. It discusses the impact of Sinanoglu's work in this area, and of course is more reliable as such since Sinanoglu was not a coauthor. Did you actually read it? It does not seem like it. Qflib (talk) 19:27, 21 July 2024 (UTC)