Rector
Prof. Dr. Mehmet TURGUT
He was born in 1962 in Adiyaman. He completed his primary and secondary education in Adiyaman. He graduated from Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine in 1987. He worked as a general practitioner in Gaziantep and Adana between the years of 1987 and 1989.
He started specialty in medicine education in the field of Anatomy at Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine Department of Morphology in 1989 and became an Anatomy specialist in 1992. Then he started pediatric residency as his second specialty in medicine at Inönü University Faculty of Medicine and became a pediatrician in 1998.
After working as a pediatrician at Malatya State Hospital for a while, he was appointed to Department of Pediatrics at Firat University as an Assistant Professor in 1998 and he worked there until 2001.
He worked at Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine between the years of 2001 and 2004. He received his third specialty in medicine education and became a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist in 2004 and he became an Associate Professor in General Pediatrics one year later (2005).
Dr. Mehmet TURGUT started working as founding chief of Pediatrics Clinic at Adana Numune Education and Research Hospital in 2005 and he continued working there until 2011. He started working as a Professor at Adiyaman University Faculty of Medicine in 2011 and founded Department of Pediatrics there. He became a Rector candidate for the Second Period of Adiyaman University, he ranked among the candidates but he was not appointed as a Rector. Then he turned back to Pediatrics Clinic at Adana Numune Education and Research Hospital on a temporary duty and worked there 1,5 years as the responsible person for Education and Management.
Prof. Dr. Mehmet TURGUT turned back to Adiyaman University Faculty of Medicine in 2012 and he is still working as the Director of Department of Internal Medical Sciences and Director of Department of Pediatrics.
Prof. Dr. Mehmet TURGUT has a total of 221 published studies, 32 of them being international publications. He supervised 23 theses; 22 of them being specialty thesis in Pediatrics and 1 of them being specialty thesis in Family Medicine.
Prof. Dr. Mehmet TURGUT is also assigned as a referee for the scientific journals. He is a member of Turkish Medical Association Medical Chamber, Turkey National Pediatric Society, Turkish Pediatric Association, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, UNICEF, and Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine Alumni Association.
Prof. Dr. Mehmet TURGUT is married and has two children.