Gülhane Training and Research Hospital

Gülhane Training and Research Hospital (Turkish: Gülhane Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi) (GEAH), formerly known as Gülhane Military Medical Academy (Turkish: Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi) (GATA), was founded by Abdülhamit II in 1898 in Istanbul as Gülhane Seririyat Hospital. It moved to Ankara in 1941.

Gülhane Training and Research Hospital Gülhane Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi
Gülhane Military Medical Academy (1903), its first building, Istanbul.
Location within Turkey
Geography
Coordinates	40°00′N 32°52′E / 40.000°N 32.867°E / 40.000; 32.867Coordinates: 40°00′N 32°52′E / 40.000°N 32.867°E / 40.000; 32.867
History
Former name(s)	Gülhane Military Medical Academy Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi
Opened	1898

History

Gülhane Academy, which was attached to the Turkish army until 2016, has been a command training for the Turkish Armed Forces in the field of health sciences. Young medical officers and health technician petty officers graduated from here.^[1] However, after the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, it was affiliated to the Ministry of Health together with the health units with the decree having the force of law issued by the current government on 31 July 2016 and its name was changed to Gülhane Training and Research Hospital. Higher education units affiliated with GATA were transferred to the University of Health Sciences.^[2]

After Bulgaria's alliance with Axis and the Axis invasion of Greece; when the government were discussing possibility of entering World War II, the government was decided to move the military schools and Gülhane from Istanbul to Ankara, and all the goods and personnel packed into a 28-wagons from Istanbul were transferred to Cebeci Central Hospital via Sirkeci, Istanbul.^{[3][failed verification]}

Settlement and subunits

Gulhane Military Medical Academy Command and its affiliated units were located in Ankara, Istanbul and Eskişehir. Affiliated units until September 2016;

Ankara

• GATA Command Headquarters
• Gülhane Military Medical Faculty and Training Hospital
• Health Sciences Institute
• Research and Development Center
• Biomedical Engineering Center
• Center for Dentistry Sciences
• Pharmacy Sciences Center
• Air and Space Medicine Center
• Post Graduate Doctorate Planning and Coordination Center
• School of Nursing
• Health NCO Vocational School
• TAF Rehabilitation and Care Center

Istanbul

• Haydarpasa Training Hospital

Eskişehir

• Air and Space Medicine Center

Graduates

• Ali Rıza Pasin
• Hulusi Behçet
• Cevdet Kerim İncedayı
• Menahem Hodara

References

1. "Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GMMA)/Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi (GATA)". IMIHO. 30 December 2010.
2. Mustafa Kırıkçıoğlu (28 July 2016). "Military schools to be closed as part of anti-FETÖ fight within military". Daily Sabah.
3. Mustafa Kılınç (1 October 2012). "Gülhane Military Exercise School (1898)".