WHERE THE FIRST BRAIN SURGERY WAS PERFORMED: TURKEY AŞIKLI HÖYÜK

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WHERE THE FIRST BRAIN SURGERY WAS PERFORMED: AŞIKLI HÖYÜK

Aşıklı Höyük, where the world’s first brain surgery was performed in Aksaray, which is the entrance gate of Cappadocia and its historical geography, sheds light on 11 thousand years of history.

  • 11 thousand years ago, a young woman underwent the first brain surgery in the world in Aksaray, which was a place of many civilizations thousands of years ago and is a favorite of tourism with its underground cities, Ihlara Valley, Selime Cathedral and dozens more historical sites.

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AKSARAY GOVERNOR GAVE INFORMATION ABOUT AŞIKLI HÖYÜK

  • Aşıklı Höyük, which is the first village of Central Anatolia and Cappadocia. With its 11-thousand-year history, it retains its place in history as the site of the first brain surgery. In this sense, it also has an important feature from the point of view of the history of Medicine.
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  • The first brain surgery in the world applied to a young woman was performed in Aşıklı Höyük. The skull, where surgical scars were found, was removed from Aşıklı Höyük and is currently on display in Aksaray Museum along with other finds.
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  • As far as we can tell from the finds uncovered during the excavations in the past years, it is understood that the people of Aşıklı lived here for at least 20 generations.
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  • ’Aşıklı Höyü’ is the first known village of Central Anatolia in Turkey, where ancient people lived as hunters, gatherers and immigrants. In addition, one of the most important features here is the Ashıklı Höyük, which is the oldest example of the traditional adjacent rectangular adobe architecture of Anatolia in terms of architectural history.
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President of Organ Transplant Center at MedicalPark Hospital Antalya

Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.

Physician's Resume:

Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.

Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.

In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.

Awards:

Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.

Certificates:

Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .

Professional Members:

American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.

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