Dr. Tolon is a farmer, physician and demographer. He was born on 22 July 1950 in

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. He is the second son of Dr. Nurullah Ihsan Tolon and Mihrizafer Tolon (Kostem). He attended Ankara Koleji 1955-1964 and Nicolaus Cusanus Gymnasium in

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1964-1968. During his medical studies at the University of Kiel and

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he participated in "externships" at the

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and Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia and Utah, USA with

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scholarships. He earned his

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(Dr. med.) with a dissertation on UV irradiation of airborne bacteria at the University of Bonn in Germany under the supervision of doctorate advisor Prof. Dr. Edgar Thofern. In Kiel Prof. Fritz Baade :de:Fritz Baade was his mentor. He was also influenced by and later became the physician of

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and Samed Ağaoğlu, both imprisoned with his father after the

1960 Turkish coup d'état The 1960 Turkish coup d'état ( tr, 27 Mayıs Darbesi) was the first Turkish coup d'état, coup d'état in the Turkey, Republic of Turkey. It took place on May 27, 1960. The coup was staged by a group of 38 young Turkish Armed Forces, Turkish m ...

. He worked with Prof. Bohle on Nephropathology in Tübingen and received his degrees in Internal Medicine and

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while at the Lübeck medical faculty. He is the founder of Biosan outpatient clinic in 1986, a Turco-Germanic joint venture pioneering in extracorporeal kidney stone treatment,

ESWL Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is a non-invasive, out-patient alternative to surgery for those with many joint and tendon disorders. ESWT sends acoustic shock waves into bone or soft tissue, in effect reinjuring the area on a cellular l ...

, in Istanbul and Izmir, Turkey. He remained active on the board of Biosan until 2000. In 1990 Dr. Tolon was the first Turkish doctor to receive an invitation from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in

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because of his work on ESWL. In the 1990s he also worked on erosion with Prof. Agadjan Babaye

in the Turkmenian Academy of Sciences in Ashgabad. He has been actively farming since 1992 in Manisa, Akhisar in the Aegean region of Turkey ( olives,

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). Mahmut Tolon currently lives in Urla (District), İzmir, near the ancient site of Limantepe-

Klazomenai Klazomenai ( grc, Κλαζομεναί) or Clazomenae was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia and a member of the Ionian League. It was one of the first cities to issue silver coinage. Its ruins are now located in the modern town Urla n ...

, teaches a post-graduate course on

longevity The word " longevity" is sometimes used as a synonym for "life expectancy" in demography. However, the term ''longevity'' is sometimes meant to refer only to especially long-lived members of a population, whereas ''life expectancy'' is always d ...

and co-existence of cultures at

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, Izmir and lectures about evolution/

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. His works include:
- 2007 "Bias is Beautiful, or Swan Song for Common Sense" a compelling solution to help cultures come together and find answers to difficult global problems. Where he proposes a parental license and the right of one child for each human.
- 2004 Scientific work on fasting among others with Prof. Herman Chernoff.
- 1993 Poems von einem Gastarbeiter under the pseudonym B.N. Deniz, Germany
- 1993 Keçi ve Zina (Goat and adultery- Essays), Turkey
- 1975 the publication of Dr. Paul Ehrlich's bestseller The Population Bomb in Turkish.
- Various columns in

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and Cumhuriyet
- Various international scientific articles, specifically about UV irradiation and extra-corporeal kidney and gallstone treatments.

External links

* For the online version of Keci ve Zina (Goat and Adultery - Essays

* For the online version of Poems von einem Gastarbeite

* For a complete list of scientific publications please go t

* Yarimada.org articles can be found a

* Akhisar Haber Ajansi articles can be found a

* For a summary on the article discussing fasting and traffic accidents go t

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