The Center of the Association
 

The center of the society was the "Istanbul University Medical History Institution" in 1940 and 1952. In 1973, it became the Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical History and Deontology Institute. In 1984, the institute was in Room A-431 in Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty and Studies of Medical History. For the fırst time the Society for the History of Medicine was located in a room and a sign was hung on the door. The society has continued its studies and activities from this center since 1984.

The Members of the Society
 

Members of Turkish society are those who have research and publications on medical history. For this reason among its members are physicians, pharmacists, veterinarians, psychologists, archeologists, Turkologists, sociologists, historians and philosophers from different branches. At present there are 142 members.

Foreign scientists who are interested in medical history may be members by decision of the executive committee, if they apply to the society's secretary.

The directors who have been in charge of the Turkish Society for the History of Medicine are:

• Prof. Dr. Besim Ömer AKALIN (1938 – 1940);

• Ord. Prof. Dr.Akil Muhtar ÖZDEN (1940 – 1949);

• Dr. Rıza Tahsin GENCER (1949 – 1950);

• Prof. Dr. Cemil TOPUZLU (1950 – 1956);

• Ord. Prof. Dr. Kazım İsmail GÜRKAN (1956 – 1972);

• Ord. Prof. Dr. A. Süheyl ÜNVER (1972 – 1977);

• Dr. Feridun FRİK (1977 – 1984);

• Prof. Dr. Ekrem Kadri UNAT (1984 – 1990);

• Prof. Dr. Hüsrev HATEMİ (1990 – 2000);

• Prof. Dr. Nil SARI (2000 – 2005);

• Prof. Dr. Ayşegül DEMİRHAN ERDEMİR (2005 – present).

The General Committee of the Turkish Society for the History of Medicine had usually been held before a year but with the changes in regulations, it will be held before every two years.

A list of members of the Council of Managers is accessible from here.

The Aims and Activities of the Turkish Society for the History of Medicine
 

- To conduct scientifıc studies on the history of medicine, to support research, to hold scientifıc meetings, to publish works on Turkish History of medicine;
- To ensure that the Turkish Society is more effective and to support cooperation among medical historians;
- To hold memorial meetings for those who served Turkish medicine, to produce memorial stamps and to provide their names to be given to streets, avenues and foundations;
- To gather other researchers and medical history specialists who are interested in the history of medicine, and physicians and other health workers who want to learn about medical sciences, along with those who are working on the history of medicine in Turkey and making new enterprises for the future;
- To hold scientifıc meetings monthly and to provide an information exchange among medical historians;
- To hold excursions on Turkish medical history and to try to provide necessary support for build-ings and graves that are important tor history and to provide for their restoration;
- To inform members about national and inter-national congresses, symposiums, seminars and courses;
- To provide publication of the Turkish History of Medicine bulletin, published önce every six months and distributed without charge (the first issue was published August 2000);
- To emphasize the scientifıc relationship be-tween the International and the Turkish Society for the History of Medicine; to do some works to in-troduce the principles of the Turkish History of Medicine to the international scientifıc field. For this aim, Turkish History of Medicine Institute is going to be held at the 38th International Society for the History of Medicine Congress with the chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Nil Sarı on September 1 – 6, 2002, in İstanbul.