GETIPMER (Traditional and Complementary Medicine Application and Research Center)

Starting in the 1990s, the World Health Organization (WHO) started to support the research and implementation of traditional and complementary medicine, primarily at the level of universities, for the complementary and supportive role in medicine.
The preference of patients in developed countries for natural treatment methods due to the current treatment methods and side effects of the drugs used and the financial inadequacies in developing countries have supported the introduction of traditional and complementary medicine in terms of public health.
In this context, the World Health Organization has requested the identification of applicable treatment branches and methods. In our country, the Ministry of Health has established a department of traditional and complementary medicine and appointed a head of department to identify such treatment branches, organize training, standardize the training levels of practitioners, and determine ethical and legal issues. For the past two years, it has held meetings with relevant associations and practitioners to discuss the issue.

OBJECTIVES:

1. To research, implement and teach traditional and complementary medicine practices such as acupuncture, hypnosis, phytotherapy, hydrotherapy, which are accepted by the Ministry of Health, using scientific methods.
2. To determine the applicability of traditional and complementary medicine practices such as homeopathy, osteopathy, cupping, hirudotherapy, aromatherapy, bioenergy, which are accepted in the world, in our country.
3. To organize trainings to train physicians in order to prevent the application of traditional and complementary medicine methods by non-physicians.
4. To conduct research in cooperation with other research centers and laboratories.
5. To prepare scientific research projects at national and international level and to form working groups to develop these projects.
6. To support scientific studies and projects in Turkey and abroad in line with the objectives of the center, to make applications in clinics and patient treatment and therapies, to organize congresses, conferences, symposiums, seminars, panels, courses and similar scientific activities.