Name Turkan Saylan Ex-spouse Cevdet Bilgin | Education Istanbul University Role Medical doctor | |
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Born December 13, 1935 ( 1935-12-13 ) Istanbul, Turkey Occupation Medical Doctor, Academic, Writer, Teacher, Activist Died May 18, 2009, Istanbul, Turkey Parents Fasih Galip, Lili Mina Raiman People also search for Turkan Soray, Pinar Ogun, Cevdet Bilgin | ||
Children Caglayan Orge, Cinar Orge | ||
Neden Varım / Why do I exist | Turkan Saylan | TEDxDEU
Türkan Saylan (December 13, 1935 – May 18, 2009) was a Turkish medical doctor in dermatology, academic, writer, teacher and social activist. She was famous for fighting leprosy, and for founding a charitable foundation called "Association for the Support of Contemporary Living" (Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği, ÇYDD).
Contents
- Neden Varm Why do I exist Turkan Saylan TEDxDEU
- Prof dr t rkan saylan fethullah g len cemaatini anlat yor
- Early Life and Background
- References
Prof dr t rkan saylan fethullah g len cemaatini anlat yor
Early Life and Background
She was born on 13 December 1935. She was the first born to Fasih Galip, one of the first building contractors in republican era, and Swiss Lili Mina Raiman who converted to Islam and changed her name to Leyla after the marriage.
She went to Kandilli Elementary School between 1944 and 1946. Between 1946 and 1953 she went to Kandilli Girls Highschool. She graduated from İstanbul Medical School in 1963. Later on, she worked as a doctor in the department of dermatological and venereal diseases in SSK Nisantasi Hospital. In 1976, she started to study on lepra and founded Fight Against Lepra Association and Foundation. She was awarded "International Gandhi Award" in 1986, India. She worked as a consultant in lepra for World Health Organization until 2006. She took a part in foundation of Laboratory of Derma pathology, Behcet's Disease and Policlinics of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. She has worked as the voluntary head physician in Istanbul Lepra Hospital for 21 years, between 1981 and 2002.
She got married in 1957 and had two children. She has four grand children. Had suffered from breast cancer for 17 years, she died on 18 May 2009.
