Yağız Fatih Nazlıer, M.A.

Forschungsschwerpunkte

• Türkei
• Military history
• History of military medicine
• German military medicine in World War I
• Medical practice and theory on the front
• Epidemic history and disease control
• Medical logistics and field hospitals
• Transfer and circulation of medical knowledge

Promotionsprojekt

German Influence on Military Medical Practices in World War I: The Case of the Middle Eastern Front 1914-1918

Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Hacısalihoğlu

The dissertation examines German influence on military medical practices in the Ottoman army during the First World War, with a focus on German physicians who served between 1914 and 1918. It analyzes their role in military health organization, epidemic control, vaccination practices, medical logistics, field hospitals, and the treatment and evacuation of sick and wounded soldiers. At the same time, it explores the practical difficulties German physicians faced in the field, including problems of authority, bureaucracy, coordination, transportation, shortages of medical personnel and supplies, and tensions with Ottoman physicians and commanders. While Ottoman-German military relations have mostly been studied through diplomacy, military missions, command structures, and strategy, existing studies often address the medical dimension in a fragmented or partial way. Therefore, this dissertation provides a comparative and integrated analysis of German medical influence by examining German and Ottoman physicians, epidemic diseases such as malaria, typhus, cholera, dysentery, and typhoid, military health organization, medical logistics, and the circulation of medical knowledge. It is based on Ottoman and German archival documents, memoirs, military reports, medical journals, and newspapers. Methodologically, it combines content analysis, social network analysis, and statistical analysis.