Sıddık Sami Onar (November 11, 1897 – August 9, 1972) was a Turkish academic specialized in administrative law an the Istanbul University.
[2] In 1960, shortly before the 1960 Turkish coup d'etat Sıddık Sami Onar was the rector of Istanbul University.
Although he spoke to Namık Gedik, the minister of Interior the police continued the operations and during the demonstrations he was wounded on the head.
[4] Following the 1960 coup Professor Onar was appointed as the head of the Science Commmitte by the military rule to prepare the new constitution.
On October 28, 1960, when the military rule forced 147 academics to retire, Onar resigned from his post in the university to protest the operation.