The Turkish Medical Association ( tr, Türk Tabipleri Birliği, abbreviated as TTB) is the

professional association A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to advocacy, further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that professio ...

and registered

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for doctors in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. Its membership of 110,000 as of the year 2020, covers 80% of Turkey's doctors.TTB
Türk Tabipleri Birliği; Nedir? Ne Yapar?
/ref> It is affiliated to the

World Medical Association The World Medical Association (WMA) is an international and independent confederation of free professional medical associations representing physicians worldwide. WMA was formally established on September 18, 1947 and has grown to 115 national ...

. Membership is compulsory for self-employed doctors, but not for those employed by the government. Its main source of income is membership fees, which are regulated by the Ministry of Health, but it does not receive any support from the government.TTB, 17 February 2006
Turkish Medical Association (TTB)
/ref> In 2012, the Turkish government created a new organization, the "Board for Health Professions", giving it many of the responsibilities the TTB previously had, including maintaining and enforcing ethics codes. The TTB was entitled to appoint one of the board's 15 members, with the rest appointed by the government. On January 30, 2018, several senior members, including the TTB's chairman, Raşit Tükel, were arrested after criticizing the

Turkish military operation in Afrin Operation Olive Branch ( tr, Zeytin Dalı Harekâtı) was a cross-border military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces and Syrian National Army (SNA) in the majority-Kurdish Afrin District of northwest Syria, against the People's Pro ...

Chairman

* 2020–present day: Prof. Dr.

Şebnem Korur Fincancı Şebnem Korur Fincancı (born 1959) is a Turkish medic, former professor, and current president of the Turkish Medical Association (TBB). She is an internationally renowned expert on human rights and a member of the Turkish Human Rights Associa ...

* 2018–2020: Prof. Dr. Sinan Adıyaman * 2016–2018: Prof. Dr. Raşit Tükel * 2014–2016: Dr. Bayazıt İlhan * 2012–2014: Prof. Dr.

Ahmet Özdemir Aktan Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

* 2010–2012: Dr.

Eriş Bilaloğlu Eriş is a Turkish name and may refer to: Given name * Eriş Özkan, Turkish footballer Surname * Ceyhun Eriş, Turkish footballer * Murat Eriş, Turkish table tennis player See also * Eris (disambiguation) {{DEFAULTSORT:Eris Turkish-la ...

* 2006–2010: Prof. Dr.

Gençay Gürsoy Gençay () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. The inhabitants are called ''Gencéens''. Geography The village lies on the left bank of the Clouère, which forms the commune's northern bor ...

* 1996–2006: Dr.

Füsun Sayek Füsun Sayek (August 11, 1947 – October 15, 2006) was a Turkish female ophthalmologist and chairperson of the Turkish Medical Association. Füsun Sayek was born in Bor, Niğde on August 11, 1947, where her father was serving. She completed her ...

* 1990–1996: Dr.

Selim Ölçer Salim, Saleem or Selim may refer to: People *Salim (name), or Saleem or Salem or Selim, a name of Arabic origin * Salim (poet) (1800–1866) * Saleem (playwright) (fl. 1996) *Selim I, Selim II and Selim III, Ottoman Sultans * Selim people, an e ...

* 1984–1990: Prof. Dr.

Nusret Fişek Hasan Nusret Fişek (21 November 1914 in Sivas, Ottoman Empire - 3 November 1990 in Ankara, Turkey) was a Turkish physician and Minister of Health. Early years Nusret Hasan Fişek was born in Sivas to Hayrullah Fişek, a commander at the Turki ...

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* {{authority control Medical associations Trade unions in Turkey Organizations established in 1953 1953 establishments in Turkey Medical and health organizations based in Turkey