--- title: İhsan Sıtkı Yener slug: ihsan-sitki-yener-c73a6 url: /detay/ihsan-sitki-yener-c73a6 type: biography language: English entity: primary: İhsan Sıtkı Yener type: biography categories: - name: Electricity and Electronics slug: elektrik-ve-elektronik url: /kategori/elektrik-ve-elektronik - name: Software And Artificial Intelligence slug: yazilim-ve-yapay-zeka url: /kategori/yazilim-ve-yapay-zeka tags: - Shorthand - F-keyboard - İhsan Sıtkı Yener - Championships - education author: Neriman Çalışkan created_at: 2025-12-02T17:44:39.923972+03:00 updated_at: 2025-12-02T17:44:39.923987+03:00 image: https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2025/05/11/l6HHMgjQFFug7l2yfzVV4HI9eAdtYYDd.png --- # İhsan Sıtkı Yener > He is an educator and expert known for his contributions to Turkish education, writing technologies, and the development of the F Keyboard. ## KURE Information Cards ### KURE Information Card: İhsan Sıtkı Yener | Field | Value | |-------|-------| | Year of Birth | 1925 | | Place of Birth | Afyon/Türkiye | | Ölüm tarihi | 2016-09-02 | | Place of Death | İstanbul/Türkiye | | Education | New York University Business Education (Ph.D. 1958),New York University Business Administration (Master's 1957),Istanbul Higher Institute of Economics and Commerce (1946),İzmir Commerce High School (1942) | | Profession(s) | Educator,Keyboard and Stenography Specialist | | Positions Held | Founder of Champion Courses,Representative and President of INTERSTENO Türkiye,teaching at Beyoğlu/Eyüp Commerce High Schools and various higher education institutions,Teacher at Sultanahmet Commerce High School (1946–1977) | | Notable Works | Organization of Typing and Computer Championships,Creation and Adaptation of Turkish Stenography,Development of the F Keyboard (1955) | | Awards and Titles | Socio Onorario – Italian Stenography Academy (1987),Title of 'Father of the F Keyboard' (2003),Fair Play Career Award (1997),Honorary Presidency of INTERSTENO (1993) | | Works and Publications | Secretary Typist Magazine,Textbooks on Ten-Finger Computer Use,Turkish Gregg Stenography,Stenography Courses | | Institutions Contributed to | INTERSTENO,Turkish Standards Institute,Ministry of National Education | ## Article Content [Ihsan Sıtkı Yener](/en/detay/ihsan-sitki-yener-cdc3e/llms.txt) was born in Afyon in 1925. He graduated from İzmir Commercial High School in 1942 and from Istanbul Higher Institute of Economics and Commerce in 1946 (later known as the Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences). In 1957 he completed his master’s degree in measurement and evaluation at the Business Administration department of New York University in the United States and earned his doctorate in 1958 in educational methods and research and development at the same university’s Business Education department. ### **Teaching and Educational Activities** Yener began his teaching career in 1946 at Sultanahmet Commercial High School where he taught typewriting stenography and vocational subjects. He also taught at numerous institutions including Beyoğlu Commercial High School Eyüp Commercial High School Galatasaray High School Naval and Army Logistics Schools and the Law and Economics Faculties of Istanbul University. He retired from Sultanahmet Commercial High School in 1977. In the field of specialized education he founded the Typewriter Secretary Courses in 1954. Over time these courses became known as “Champion Typewriter Secretary and Computer Courses” and were officially registered with the Ministry of National Education and the Turkish Patent Institute. ### **F Keyboard Studies** Efforts to develop a keyboard layout suitable for the Turkish language began in the 1930s. Yener conducted the most comprehensive research in this area. In 1955 a letter arrangement suitable for Turkish was developed based on statistical analyses of 30 000 Turkish words. This keyboard designed according to the ten-finger method was officially adopted as the “Standard [Turkish Keyboard](/en/detay/q-klavye-2a3eb/llms.txt)” ([F Keyboard](/en/detay/q-keyboard-e9d93/llms.txt)) by the Interministerial Standardization Committee on 20 October 1955. It gained official status in 1963 through an article added to the Customs Law and was declared a mandatory standard by the Turkish Standards Institute in 1974. [YouTube Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9VYUWRTJxI) *Ihsan Sıtkı Yener (Ministry of National Education)* ### **Championships and Competitions** In 1947 Yener organized the first Istanbul Typewriting Championship and in 1948 the first Turkey Typewriting Championship. These championships were held annually. In 1993 he organized the 40th World Stenography Typewriting and Computer Championship and the Intersteno Congress in Istanbul. By 2004 Turkey had won a total of 17 world records and over 80 medals with 34 competitors. ### **Work in Stenography** Between 1946 and 1950 Yener adapted the French Duployée Aimée Paris and Prevost Delaunay systems to Turkish. Between 1952 and 1955 he developed Turkish stenography based on the rules of the English Pitman system. In 1958 through an agreement with McGraw-Hill Corporation’s Gregg Division he adapted the Gregg system to Turkish and introduced it into education between 1958 and 1962. In the 1990s he collaborated with companies based in Bulgaria and the United States to adapt computer-assisted machine stenography to Turkish. ### **International Roles and Representation** In 1957 Yener facilitated [Türkiye](/en/detay/turk-lirasinin-uzerindeki-sahsiyetler-2025/llms.txt)’s membership in the International Federation of Information Processing and Communication affiliated with the United Nations (INTERSTENO). He served as Türkiye’s representative and as a member of the Central Committee. In 1991 he was elected President of INTERSTENO. Following the 1993 organization in Istanbul he was named Honorary President. At the 2003 Intersteno Congress in Rome during a ceremony attended by 36 countries he was presented as the “Honorary President who made the greatest contributions to the development of Intersteno.” ### **Publications and Educational Materials** In 1955 he published the first monthly professional journal in Türkiye titled *Sekreter Daktilograf*. In addition to the books *Stenography Lessons* and *Turkish Gregg Stenography* he prepared textbooks such as *Computer Use with Ten Fingers* student practice forms and a teacher’s guide which were used in Champion Courses. ### **Awards and Honors** - 1987: “Socio Onorario” title from the Academy of Stenography and Typewriting in Florence Italy - 1997: Career Grand Prize from the Fair Play Council of the Turkish National Olympic Committee - 2003: Title of “Father of the F Keyboard” (Information Technology Days) - 2007: Most Successful Teacher Plaque from Şişli Municipality - 2009: Award for Encouraging Scientific Research from Ümraniye Municipality - 2009: Ministry of National Education Honorary Plaque (after the Beijing World Championship) ### **Death** Ihsan Sıtkı Yener passed away in Istanbul on 2 September 2016. ## Academic Sources and References 1. Aslan, Muhsin. “Türkiye’de F Klavyeyi, Türk Stenosunu Hazırlayan İhsan Sıtkı Yener (1925–2016).” \*Muhasebe ve Finans Tarihi Araştırmaları Dergisi\*, no. 13 (July 2017): 273–277. Accessed May 11, 2025. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/319813. 2. Intersteno Türk. "F Klavyenin Mucidi: İhsan Yener." Accessed May 11, 2025. https://intersteno.org.tr/icerik/f-klavyenin-mucidi-ihsan-yener. 3. Intersteno Türk. "İhsan Yener Hocamızın Ardından Hatıra Mesajlarımız." Accessed May 11, 2025. https://www.interstenoturk.org/ihsan-yener-hocamizin-ardindan-hatira-mesajlarimiz/.