Turkish Medical Association

A planned clean-up project for Ergene River would destroy natural life in the Marmara Sea, according a report released by several non-governmental organizations and environmental groups May 18.

Workers' unions have continued their calls to meet in Istanbul's Taksim Square for May Day celebrations, but the Istanbul Police Department has begun taking excessive security measures to prevent unions from gathering at the square after the governor's office prohibited rallies in the square.

Five managers of workers? unions and chambers have been acquitted of charges of inciting the public to take part in illegal meetings and marches for the occasion of International Workers? Day in 2014.
 

Health personnel went on strike on March 13 in various cities across Turkey a day before national Doctor's Day, demanding better working conditions, better wages, policies to improve the quality of medical education, and equal and free medical services to all citizens.

An Ankara court has rejected a lawsuit filed by the Health Ministry against the Turkish Medical Association's (TTB) Ankara Chamber of Doctors (ATO) for assisting injured protesters during the Gezi Park protests in 2013.

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? have lent support to the Turkish Medical Association's (TTB) Ankara Chamber of Doctors, which stands trial for assisting injured protesters during the Gezi protests in 2013.

A report prepared by the Turkish Public Health Agency's Department of Cancer outlining the average life expectancy of cancer patients has stirred debate among the country's medical community.

The Turkish Green Crescent Society (Ye?ilay), an organization that endeavors to protect society and its youth from "harmful habits," has added "prostitution, technology and gambling" to its list of habits, as it prepares to receive more government funding into its budget.

Turkish Medical Association Head Bayazıt İlhan has said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s proposal to open the way for doctors working at state hospitals to become professors would completely disrupt the academic system.