Contact Person: Prof.dr.Guzin Zeren Ozturk – TAHUD
Website: http://www.tahud.org.tr
Email: guzin_zeren@hotmail.
Description:
Turkish Association of Family Physicians (TAHUD) founded in 1990 is the organisation of Turkish family physicians and a member of the WONCA Europe. It has about 1500 members, with half of them being active and works for the rights and professional development of its members. TAHUD’s main effort and aim is to foster and strengthen family medicine as an academic discipline and a clinical specialty.It circulates a peer reviewed journal since 1997 and closely works with the 50 academic departments of family medicine in Turkish universities and with 20 clinics in Turkish teaching hospitals. TAHUD was the host of the WONCA Europe Conference 2008. TAHUD participated in the three European Union projects.