¹Department of Pharmacy History and Ethics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye
²Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye
³Department of Social Work, Hamidiye Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Türkiye DOI : 10.29228/jrp.2022.00 Following the initiation of medicine production in the 1830s, pharmacists in Türkiye progressively rose in number, facilitating the advancement of the national pharmaceutical industry. In the aftermath of World War I, pharmacists, who intensified their efforts, made significant contributions to the profession across different fields and served the public in unity following the proclamation of the Republic, supporting one another. They have consistently endeavored to foster innovation through the development of various pharmaceuticals. The data about one of them, Pharm. Idris Yaybulak (1899-1970), has been restricted in the literature. This study aims to gather and elucidate information regarding his life and contributions to pharmacy and social services. He took his pharmacy education in Russia. In addition to providing pharmacy counseling to patients in his pharmacy, he contributed to health care by producing various pharmaceuticals and products in his pharmacy laboratory, and also established a formulary Idris Formüleri to assist his colleagues and distributed it at no cost. He contributed to the advancement of the pharmaceutical industry, participated in the founding of the Türkiye Tıbbi Müstahzar Sanayi ve Laboratuvarları Cemiyeti (Society of Pharmaceuticals Industry and Laboratories of Turkey), and benefited society by engaging in civil and social service initiatives. He believed the power of the collobrations between pharmacists to solve problems and conflicts, and also tried to help pharmacists for simplifing the complex pharmacy practices and did a lot of works to obtain standardisation and quality system, in Turkey. In addition to his social and professional contributions, he supported Turkey's professional and economic development in many ways by providing health services from his pharmacy and later his laboratory. Keywords : Idris Yaybulak; pharmacy; pharmaceutical production; pharmacy history; social services