Gülhane Training and Research Hospital () (GEAH), formerly known as Gülhane Military Medical Academy () (GATA), was founded by
Abdülhamit II in 1898 in
Istanbul
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as Gülhane Seririyat Hospital. It moved to
Ankara
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in 1941.
History
Gülhane Academy, which was attached to the
Turkish army
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until 2016, has been a command training for the
Turkish Armed Forces
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in the field of health sciences. Young
medical officers and health technician
petty officer
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Petty officers are usually sailors that have ...
s graduated from here. However, after the
2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
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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
Ankara
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, and all the goods and personnel packed into a 28-wagons from Istanbul were transferred to Cebeci Central Hospital via
Sirkeci
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The neighborhood b ...
, Istanbul.
Settlement and subunits
Gulhane Military Medical Academy Command and its affiliated units were located in
Ankara
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,
Istanbul
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and
Eskişehir
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The city is l ...
. 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
*
Cevdet Kerim İncedayı
Cevdet Kerim İncedayı (1893 – 19 May 1951) was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman-born Turkish people, Turkish army officer, politician and author.
Biography
Born in 1893 in Sinop, Turkey, Sinop, he studied at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy ...
*
Menahem Hodara
References
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Hospital buildings completed in the 18th century
Buildings and structures in Ankara
Military hospitals in Turkey
Hospitals in Ankara
1898 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
Hospitals established in 1898
Defunct hospitals in Turkey