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TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

‘Government fails to manage the pandemic, causing losses of life’

The TTB has raised concerns that the number of COVID-19 cases has increased by 39 percent, that of deaths has increased by 26 percent and the number of active cases has increased by 28 percent in Turkey in the last week.

27 July 2021

LETTER TO YÖK

Turkish Medical Association: The Physician’s Pledge cannot be changed

In a letter to the Council of Higher Education, the TTB has underlined that the WMA Declaration of Geneva is “binding for all physicians”, noting that “no definition in the physician-patient relationship can be a reason for privilege or discrimination.”

16 July 2021

PROF. NİLGÜN TOKER

‘Authorities’ failure to manage the pandemic is another reason behind vaccine hesitancy’

Prof. Nilgün Toker, a political philosopher from the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Pandemic Working Group, has attended a video discussion of the TTB on “What we are curious about during the pandemic.”

15 July 2021

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

COVID-19 | ‘Turkey has not yet reached half of its vaccination target’

Prof. Şaşmaz from the TTB Pandemic Working Group has warned against complacency amid coronavirus reopening: “We need to give two vaccine doses to 60 million people to increase the immunity of society. So, we have not yet reached half of it.”

12 July 2021

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

‘Cancer screenings decrease by 90 percent in Turkey during the pandemic’

The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has stated, “During the pandemic, several healthcare services such as the chronic patient follow-ups, cancer screenings and rehabilitation services have been postponed.”

8 July 2021

‘Press Freedom Award’ to journalist subjected to police violence during İstanbul Pride

The Journalists' Association of Turkey (TGC) has granted its ‘Press Freedom Awards’ to Tolga Şardan, Bülent Kılıç, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) and the Democratic Resistance Constituencies of Boğaziçi University.

8 July 2021

'Eighty medical school graduates leave Turkey every month'

We have spoken with a medical student, a new graduate and the Turkish Medical Association secretary-general as to why medical students want to leave Turkey.

1 July 2021 Melisa Elçin Özçelikel

COVID-19 VACCINATION UPDATES

Over a million vaccine shots given in Turkey in 24 hours

The total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Turkey so far has topped 48 million. Health Minister Koca says that “though the rate of decrease in the number of cases has slowed down, it is not an obstacle to normalization.”

29 June 2021

TTB warns against Delta variant: 'It might have serious consequences'

Turkish Medical Association warns the public and Health Ministry about the Delta variant of COVID-19, which has become dominant across the world. The TTB notes that the perception of “outbreak is over” might have serious consequences.

25 June 2021

TTB REPORT ON COVID-19 DEATHS

‘Health workers’ deaths could have been prevented by additional measures’

The Turkish Medical Association has released its report titled “What the Deaths of Healthcare Workers in Turkey Tell”. The average age of the 403 healthcare workers who died of COVID-19 is 55.3, according to the report.

22 June 2021

PANDEMIC IN TURKEY

Report reveals regional inequalities in coronavirus vaccination

According to a recent report released by the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), the best vaccination rate is seen in the capital city of Ankara with 90.30 percent while Şırnak, with 33.91 percent, is the province in the worst condition in that regard.

11 June 2021

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

‘Government has stepped up anti-environmental projects during the pandemic’

Dr. Ahmet Soysal spoke at the TTB’s event titled “Ecological Destruction in Turkey During the COVID-19 Pandemic”. He raised concerns that the government saw the pandemic as an opportunity to step up its environmentally controversial projects.

8 June 2021

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

‘2 million people use credit for the first time during pandemic’

TTB Central Council member Erdoğdu says that the government mainly prefers burdening citizens with debt during the pandemic, thereby postponing the problems: “In the first wave of the pandemic, 2 million people used credit for the first time.”

3 June 2021

COVID-19

‘City hospitals have increased the contagion risk in Turkey’

63.5 percent of the participants of a survey conducted by the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) say that city hospitals have increased the COVID-19 contagion risk due to their massive size and high number of beds and hospital attendants.

24 May 2021

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

‘Israel’s attacks lead to humanitarian disaster’

In its letters to the World Medical Association, Standing Committee of European Doctors and Israeli Medical Association, the TTB "raises concerns over the humanitarian tragedy caused by the recent and ongoing attacks of Israel to Palestine.”

17 May 2021

TTB & 44 MEDICAL CHAMBERS

‘Keep your hands off İkizdere’

The Turkish Medical Association and 44 medical chambers have raised concerns that the people resisting against the stone quarry in İkizdere are fined due to the pandemic, calling on the authorities to cancel the fines and to stop the project.

13 May 2021

COVID-19

Turkish Medical Association: Patents on vaccines must be lifted

The TTB has made a call to the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) and the World Medical Association (WMA): “Take initiative before authorized and influential national and international institutions for the lifting of patent rights.”

12 May 2021

Turkish Medical Association appeals against withdrawal from İstanbul Convention

Appealing to the Council of State, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has demanded the annulment of the Presidential decision pulling Turkey out of the İstanbul Convention, which was opened for signature in İstanbul 10 years ago yesterday.

12 May 2021

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

‘İstanbul has seen 1,117 extra deaths in a week’

According to the data shared by the TTB, the number of extra deaths registered on a provincial basis is 214 in İzmir, 187 in Bursa, 131 in Kocaeli and 92 in Ankara.

26 April 2021

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Covid infections among family doctors increase despite vaccination

The association has released the result of its monthly survey among family doctors.

22 April 2021

EMRAH KIRIMLI FROM TTB

‘Vaccine is losing its effectiveness, health workers should be vaccinated again’

Turkish Medical Association’s Family Medicine Branch Chair Kırımlı says, “We know that Sinovac vaccine is less effective in the face of virus variants. While mutations are so widespread, it needs to be considered to vaccinate health workers again.”

22 April 2021 Ruken Tuncel

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

‘No vaccines, no appointments, but perception management in Turkey’

Reminding the public about the Health Ministry’s announcement about the new phase of COVID-19 vaccination, the TTB has announced that the vaccination appointment system has been closed shortly after this announcement.

21 April 2021

Pandemic Working Group by Turkish Medical Association

Underlining that the process will not be limited to COVID-19, the TTB has announced that it has reorganized its COVID-19 Monitoring Board as the Pandemic Working Group. There are software developers and social scientists in the new group.

20 April 2021

Turkish Medical Association: Hospitals full of Covid patients, new services not enough

The third peak started after the government's "uncontrolled" reopening steps, TTB Chair Korur-Fincancı has said.

12 April 2021

COVID-19

Prof. Bulut: All cemeteries see two times more burials in Turkey

Speaking to bianet amid a spike in cases and deaths, Turkish Medical Association’s Secretary General Prof. Bulut says, “Turkey writes ‘natural death’ in the death certificates of those who had a negative PCR test, but had the clinical symptoms of COVID-19.”

9 April 2021 Ruken Tuncel

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SAYS

Physician dies of COVID-19, death certificate says ‘natural death’

The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has announced that the death certificate of a physician who was treated for COVID-19 refers to his/her passing as “a death from a non-infectious disease/ natural death.”

2 April 2021

FIRST YEAR OF COVID-19

‘385 health workers died of coronavirus in Turkey’

Holding an online press conference to mark the first year of the coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) COVID-19 Monitoring Board has underlined the importance of vaccination strategy.

12 March 2021

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Covid vaccination rate much lower in eastern, southeastern provinces

The TTB has pointed out that the vaccination rate among the elderly and health workers is significantly lower in the country's mostly Kurdish-populated regions.

3 March 2021

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

With current speed, Turkey may need 'more than a year' to administer 100 million vaccine shots

Each family doctor was able to vaccinate 12 people a day, according to the association's survey conducted among 765 family doctors from 65 provinces.

1 March 2021

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

‘We believe that Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp will be released’

Arrested physician Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp will appear before the judge for the first time on February 10, 2021. Ahead of his first hearing, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has reiterated its demand for Gökalp’s release.

9 February 2021

Coronavirus mutations: Turkish Medical Association warns against 'snowball effect'

Turkey has so far confirmed 199 cases of the UK, South Africa and Brazil variants.

8 February 2021

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

‘One out of every seven primary care physicians had COVID-19 in Turkey’

The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has shared the findings of its monthly “Family Medicine Pandemic Survey”: “The number of cases has declined by 25 percent in almost all major cities.”

29 January 2021