Turkey
Welcome to the ESCP page of Turkey.The beginning of medical tradition in Anatolia is as old as the history. Some 10 000 years old ruins of surgical performance on human skull and ancient surgical instruments has been found in a cave recently. First medical school in the European tradition was established in 1827 where the curricle was mostly in French. Modern medical schools was risen everywhere after the birth of Turkish republic in 1923 and grown famous graduates like Dr Behcet. Turkey was used to be a safe heaven to hundreds of European and Jewish doctors including famous Rudolf Nissen, who fled to Turkey before and during the second war and gave a boost to scientific development of medical science in Turkey.
The Turkish Surgical Society was established in 1928 and harboured all professional activities until 1980s and the subspecialty societies were spreaded since then. The first National Meeting of Coloproctology was organized in 1981 and repeated biannually for the last 30 years. The next meeting will be in May, 2013. The society is very active and organizes successful symposia and workshops several times in a year in addition to biannual national meetings. The website of the meetings and other details of Turkish Colorectal Society can be reached at : http://www.tkrcd2011.org/
Population: 75 000 000
Society: Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery http://www.tkrcd.org/, Turkish Surgical Society http://www.turkcer.org.tr/
ESCP Representative Name: Ethem Gecim (tarlan-w@tr.net)
National Examination: General Surgery including Coloproctology
Journal(s): Turkish Journal of Colorectal Surgery
Achievements:
The society supported 6 young surgeons to visit outstanding colorectal centers for 3-6 months to enhance the interest to the specialty among young surgeons.
Laparoscopic colorectal surgery courses trained surgeons at all levels from Turkey and neighboring countries.
Special training courses and workshops in proctology, rectal physiology testing and management of rectal cancer including TME workshops are regularly offered to the surgeons at all levels.
Current Research: Study groups are recently established and organized by the Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery
