Pakize Türkoglu
Born in 1927 in the Antalya-Alanya region, Pakize Türkoglu is a teacher and author. She is a graduate of the Aksu Village Institute, High Village Institute, and the child psychology department of the Istanbul Education Institute. Türkoglu worked as a teacher and administrator for forty years in several elementary, middle, and high schools. Since retiring from Marmara University in 1985, she has continued working as an educational consultant in the private sector. She has also served as a board member of the Turkish Teachers Union. In 1998, she received the Türkiye Is Bankasi Social and Humanitarian Sciences Award for her book Tonguç and His Institutes. She continues to write on education for various newspapers and magazines and is on the editorial board of Yeniden Imece.