Public Health in Türkiye – 2023
Mahmut Talha Uçar
Research Assist. MD, University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health
Esra Çiçek
MD, Konya Provincial Health Directorate
Yasemin Denizli
PhD Student, University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Hamidiye Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Public Health
Mustafa Öztürk
Prof. Dr., University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health
Türkiye experienced several watershed events in public health in 2023, some yielding positive and others negative outcomes. The earthquakes that struck on 6 February 2023, centered in Kahramanmaraş’s Pazarcık and Elbistan districts, respectively, rattled ten other surrounding provinces, leading to what would become dubbed the disaster of the century. These two earthquakes left an excess…