The first studies on physiology in the world began in the 16th century. The first studies in the physiology in Turkey started with the return of academics who were sent abroad to understand and follow the developments in the West in the 19th century. Kemal Cenap Berksoy became interested in physiology while studying medicine. Berksoy started his first physiology studies when he was the assistant of Mehmed Şakir, who was one of the first physicians to conduct studies in the field of physiology in Turkey. Distinguished Professor Doctor Kemal Cenap Berksoy has conducted studies and researches for the promotion and advancement of physiology science in Turkey. He shared the knowledge he gained from the scientists he worked with abroad and the experiences he gained in the studies he carried out there, both with other academicians in our country and with his own students; He repeated the studies of some scientists abroad in Turkey. During his domestic studies, due to the inadequacy of Turkish publications on physiology at universities, he compiled his studies into a book and made them available to the academic world. In addition to his academic publications, he has trained physicians in his chair. Kemal Cenap Berksoy has been our only scientist in Turkey to be nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for a long time. Berksoy's life, education, academic and parliamentary periods should be examined separately. When these periods are examined, the importance of Kemal Cenap Berksoy in Turkish Physiology can be understood.