
Ali Kuşçu, XV. yüzyılda yaşamış ve Osmanlı’da astronomi öğretiminin kurucularından biri olarak kabul edilen seçkin bir bilgin, matematikçi ve gözlemcidir. Semerkant’ta doğduğu, babasının Uluğ Bey’in kuşçubaşısı (doğancıbaşısı) olduğu için “Kuşçu” lakabıyla tanındığı kabul edilir.Genç yaşta dönemin en gelişmiş bilim merkezlerinden biri olan Uluğ Bey Rasathanesi’nde eğitim almıştır. Burada Kadızâde-i Rûmî ve Cemşîd el-Kâşî gibi bilginlerden matematik, astronomi ve geometri dersleri görmüştür. Bu o
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Rahşan Kızıltepe

Ali Kuşçu, a distinguished scholar, mathematician, and observer who lived in the 15th century and is regarded as one of the founders of astronomical instruction in Ottoman. He is commonly known by the epithet "Kuşçu" because he was born in Samarkand and his father served as the kuşçubaşısı (chief falconer) of Ulugh Beg. Representation of Ali Kuşçu (generated by AI) " image-alternate="" image-element-format="right"> Fatih’s Invitation and a Scientific Journey to Istanbul After the death of Ulu
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Rahşan Kızıltepe

Ali Kuşçu was a distinguished scholar, mathematician, and observer who lived in the 15th century and is regarded as one of the founders of astronomical education in Osmanlı. He is believed to have been born in Samarkand and to have acquired the epithet “Kuşçu” because his father served as the falconer-in-chief (doğancıbaşı) to Ulugh Bey. As a youth, he received his education at the Ulugh Bey Observatory, one of the most advanced scientific centers of his time. There he studied mathematics astron
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Rahşan Kızıltepe