Dilhan Eryurt
Dr. Dilhan Eryurt (29 November 1926 – 13 September 2012) was a Turkish astrophysicist.
She was an astronomer, specialising in astrophysics, who made major contributions to scientific research on the formation and evolution of the Sun and other main sequence stars.
From 1961 to 1973, Dr. Eryurt held a position at NASA, where she performed research and provided scientific advice leading to successes in the Apollo program. She then established the Astrophysics Department at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Turkey. She was the Dean of the METU Science and Literature Faculty from 1988 to 1993.
Eryurt was born on 29 November 1926 in İzmir, Turkey. Her father was Abidin Ege, who was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for Denizli Province in 1944.
Shortly after her father's arrival in İzmir, Eryurt's family moved to Istanbul, and then to Ankara a few years later. After completing her primary education in Ankara, she continued to Ankara Girls' High School. In high school she had a special interest in mathematics. For this reason, after graduating from high school, she enrolled in the Istanbul University Department of Mathematics and Astronomy. She pursued her interest in astronomy during her university studies.
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