Gülhane Training and Research Hospital () (GEAH), formerly known as Gülhane Military Medical Academy () (GATA), was founded by Abdülhamit II in 1898 in

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as Gülhane Seririyat Hospital. It moved to

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in 1941.

History

Gülhane Academy, which was attached to the

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until 2016, has been a command training for the

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in the field of health sciences. Young medical officers and health technician

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s graduated from here. However, after the

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, it was affiliated to the Ministry of Health together with the health units with the decree having the force of law issued by the current government on 31 July 2016 and its name was changed to Gülhane Training and Research Hospital. Higher education units affiliated with GATA were transferred to the University of Health Sciences. After Bulgaria's alliance with Axis and the Axis invasion of Greece; when the government were discussing possibility of entering World War II, the government was decided to move the military schools and Gülhane from Istanbul to

, and all the goods and personnel packed into a 28-wagons from Istanbul were transferred to Cebeci Central Hospital via

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, Istanbul.

Settlement and subunits

Gulhane Military Medical Academy Command and its affiliated units were located in

and

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. Affiliated units until September 2016;

Ankara

*GATA Command Headquarters *Gülhane Military Medical Faculty and Training Hospital *Health Sciences Institute *Research and Development Center *Biomedical Engineering Center *Center for Dentistry Sciences *Pharmacy Sciences Center *Air and Space Medicine Center *Post Graduate Doctorate Planning and Coordination Center *School of Nursing *Health NCO Vocational School *TAF Rehabilitation and Care Center

Istanbul

*Haydarpasa Training Hospital

Eskişehir

*Air and Space Medicine Center

Graduates

* Ali Rıza Pasin * Hulusi Behçet *

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* Menahem Hodara

References

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