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This study aims to investigate Röpke's works during his years at the University of Istanbul (1933-37) through the analysis of his publications in Turkish language and try to understand the importance of that period for the development of his thought. The article starts with a description of the circumstances that brought him to Turkey and provides information about his activities at Istanbul University. Attention is devoted to understand the complicated relation between Röpke and his host country: his experience in Istanbul was certainly fascinating for him, and he gave important contributions to the university, but surprisingly his references to his Istanbul's life are very poor and his influence on Turkish academia and culture was very limited. Sections two and three present an analysis of Röpke's essays in Turkish language, most of which were never published in other languages. Some of these works are basically unknown and never analysed by the literature. During his stay he has written three textbooks and among them there is also a book on history of economic thought, which is the only comprehensive work of Röpke on this discipline. Articles written by Röpke for Turkish journals are also examined in the study, focusing in particular on his ideas about Turkish economy, and his ideas about the Turkish leader Ataturk. The conclusion is an attempt to examine the intellectual relationship between Röpke and Alexander Rüstow, and it make a hypothesis about the importance of their years in Turkey for their project to renew liberalism.