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Record-high number of doctors seek emigration from Türkiye in 2022

Record-high number of doctors seek emigration from Türkiye in 2022

The number of doctors applying for a "document of good conduct" increased 40-fold over a decade, according to the Turkish Medical Association.

1 November 2022

Over 100,000 health workers in Turkey used emergency code for violence in 2021

Over 100,000 health workers in Turkey used emergency code for violence in 2021

The number of healthcare workers who used the "white code" rose from 7,751 in 2017 to over 100,000 in 2021.

'Seven doctors leave Turkey every day'

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SECRETARY-GENERAL

'Seven doctors leave Turkey every day'

The number of doctors leaving the country increases every year. Some 1,405 doctors left the country in 2021. This year, it is expected to be much higher.

23 May 2022 Sevcan Sinoplu

Health workers start two-day strike on Doctor's Day

Health workers start two-day strike on Doctor's Day

İstanbul Medical Chamber members were not allowed to lay wreaths on Taksim Square to mark the Doctor's Day.

Konya Medical Chamber Chair Eyüp Çetin resigns from AKP over Erdoğan’s remarks

Konya Medical Chamber Chair Eyüp Çetin resigns from AKP over Erdoğan’s remarks

Underlining that “reducing the several problems of physicians to wages and throwing them to the people will increase violence in healthcare”, Konya Medical Chamber Chair Dr. Eyüp Çetin has resigned from the membership of the ruling AKP.

Health workers union head under arrest for five months without indictment

Health workers union head under arrest for five months without indictment

"Our union's efforts to reveal the real number of cases and deaths and its opposition against the failure to manage the pandemic have made our union a target of the government," the co-chair of SES has said.

10 February 2022

Health workers go on one-day strike demanding better wages

Health workers go on one-day strike demanding better wages

"Physicians are exhausted, health workers are exhausted. This makes a healthy healthcare service impossible," said the head of the Turkish Medical Association.

9 February 2022

Protesting in front of Parliament, physicians call strike in Turkey on February 8

Protesting in front of Parliament, physicians call strike in Turkey on February 8

On a “white watch” since January 26, physicians protested in front of the Parliament. Turkish Medical Association Chair Prof. Korur Fincancı asked why the legislative proposal foreseeing better employee personal rights for health workers was withdrawn.

4 February 2022

Health workers to go on strike in Turkey for better wages, employee personal rights

Health workers to go on strike in Turkey for better wages, employee personal rights

Healthcare workers’ labor and professional organizations have announced that they will be on call from January 26 to February 4 and on strike on February 8, demanding an improvement in their wages and employee personal rights.

21 January 2022

Physicians fax their payslips to Parliament in protest: 'Take action'

Physicians fax their payslips to Parliament in protest: 'Take action'

In a statement for the press, physicians have demanded that the legal amendment foreseeing improvements in the salaries and employee personal rights of physicians be brought into the Parliamentary agenda immediately.

Doctors to continue 'white protests'

Doctors to continue 'white protests'

Doctors have held a meeting to discuss issues like shifts exceeding 36 hours, violence against health workers and doctors having to take a patient every five minutes.

22 December 2021

Slowdown strike by health workers in eight cities

Slowdown strike by health workers in eight cities

The SES union protests a new additional indicator law that excludes health workers other than doctors and nurses.

3 December 2021

‘At least 497 health workers died of COVID-19 in Turkey’

TTB

‘At least 497 health workers died of COVID-19 in Turkey’

Halis Yerlikaya from the Turkish Medical Association says that 35.2 percent of the COVID-19 deaths of healthcare workers were among physicians while 13 percent were among pharmacists and 6.7 percent were among nurses and midwives.

10 November 2021

Detained during assistant physicians’ protest in Van, Yaviç and Çiçek released

RÜMEYSA ŞEN COMMEMORATED

Detained during assistant physicians’ protest in Van, Yaviç and Çiçek released

Van-Hakkari Medical Chamber Chair Hüseyin Yaviç and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV-HRFT) Representative Sevim Çiçek were taken into custody when they wanted to make a press statement about the death of Dr. Şen.

26 October 2021

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

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.

‘67 percent of healthcare workers subjected to violence at least for once’

STUDY ON VIOLENCE IN HEALTHCARE

‘67 percent of healthcare workers subjected to violence at least for once’

According to a countrywide project documenting incidents of violence faced by healthcare workers, the occupational groups subjected to violence most are emergency medical technicians, medical secretaries and patient care workers.

15 February 2021

Police intervention against health workers in Ankara

Police intervention against health workers in Ankara

A group of health workers from Ankara City Hospital applauded in protest for their employee personal rights. Police intervened into the protest, detaining several health workers. The detained have been released later in the day.

22 January 2021

Healthcare workers protest their pay rise

Healthcare workers protest their pay rise

Healthcare workers have criticized the 3+3 percent pay rise to take effect in 2021: “Over the past year, natural gas prices have increased by 32 percent, electricity prices by 31 percent, legumes by 60 percent, cheese by 27 percent, eggs by 80 percent…”

15 January 2021

302 health workers died of COVID-19 in Turkey

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

302 health workers died of COVID-19 in Turkey

The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has announced that 302 healthcare workers have so far lost their lives due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

29 December 2020

COVID-19 in Turkey: 23 health workers lost their lives in a week

COVID-19 in Turkey: 23 health workers lost their lives in a week

According to the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), 243 healthcare workers have so far lost their lives during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Turkey.

14 December 2020

Nurse given warning by hospital after contracting coronavirus

Nurse given warning by hospital after contracting coronavirus

A nurse in southern Turkey has been warned for violating distancing rules after being diagnosed with Covid-19.

4 December 2020 Evrim Kepenek

Social Security Institution refuses to recognize Covid-19 as occupational disease for doctors

Social Security Institution refuses to recognize Covid-19 as occupational disease for doctors

The SGK stated that Covid-19 was not included in the "List of Occupational Infectious Diseases" and rejected the application that was made after a doctor's death.

20 November 2020

‘The insults they hurled were apparently just “rude words”’

VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTH WORKER

‘The insults they hurled were apparently just “rude words”’

Laboratory worker Kaşbaş was subjected to an attempted attack in a public hospital in İstanbul two years ago. The lawsuit filed into the incident has ended in the acquittal of two defendants at the first hearing. Kaşbaş has spoken to bianet.

13 November 2020 Ruken Tuncel

‘1,072 health workers diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ankara’

‘1,072 health workers diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ankara’

In a joint statement held by Ankara Medical Chamber, Ankara Dentists’ Chamber and SES Union Ankara Branch, it has been underlined that all health workers need to be vaccinated against flu free of charge and without delay as it is influenza season.

27 October 2020

‘No one believes the official COVID-19 figures in Turkey’

‘No one believes the official COVID-19 figures in Turkey’

The İstanbul Medical Chamber held a ceremony in memory of Dr. Salih Kanlı, who lost his life on October 17 after being treated for COVID-19 for 10 days. “They can tell success stories all they want, we are dying," protested the physicians.

20 October 2020

Turkish Medical Association: We don’t side with the powerful, but with the rightful

Turkish Medical Association: We don’t side with the powerful, but with the rightful

The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has released a written statement about some politicians’ targeting remarks: “The ones who have something to say should first answer for the false COVID-19 data and the resultant deaths.”

16 October 2020

Health workers not allowed to hold meeting, eight detained

Health workers not allowed to hold meeting, eight detained

The İSİG has not been allowed by the police to announce its "Covid-19 in the seventh month" report.

14 October 2020

Two people arrested over attempted attack on health workers

Two people arrested over attempted attack on health workers

Detained as part of the investigation into the attempted attack on health workers in the capital city of Ankara, two people have been arrested. Five people were previously detained in relation with the incident.

24 September 2020

722 health workers diagnosed with coronavirus in Diyarbakır

DİYARBAKIR HEALTH PLATFORM

722 health workers diagnosed with coronavirus in Diyarbakır

A recent statement by the Diyarbakır Health Platform has shown that 722 health workers, including 255 nurses and midwives and 186 physicians and dentists, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

21 September 2020

Turkish Medical Association: No epidemic can be prevented with individual efforts

Turkish Medical Association: No epidemic can be prevented with individual efforts

The association has launched a campaign titled, "You can't manage, we are burning out," calling on the government to increase measures amid a new coronavirus surge.

16 September 2020

Opposition MP: Dismissed bureaucrats assigned to Covid-19 contact tracing teams as punishment

Opposition MP: Dismissed bureaucrats assigned to Covid-19 contact tracing teams as punishment

Former mid-level bureaucrats have been assigned to contact tracing teams, MP Güler has said.

8 September 2020

98 percent of health workers in Diyarbakır don't find official Covid-19 figures accurate

SURVEY BY SOCIO-POLITICAL FIELD RESEARCH CENTER

98 percent of health workers in Diyarbakır don't find official Covid-19 figures accurate

Measures for the pandemic are inadequate, according to 85 percent of the participants.

3 September 2020

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