Gülhane Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

About Gülhane Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

Gülhane Training and Research Hospital (Gülhane Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi) is a public teaching hospital in Etlik, in Ankara's Keçiören district. It belongs to the Ministry of Health and carries the name of the University of Health Sciences (Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi). The Ankara Provincial Health Directorate lists it with a capacity of 1,100 beds, and its entry also mentions a ROP (retinopathy of prematurity) diagnosis centre. The institution has one of the longest histories of any hospital in Turkey. It opened in Istanbul on 30 December 1898, the birthday of Sultan Abdülhamid II, as the Gülhane Seririyat Hospital, where newly qualified army doctors spent a year of practical training before joining their units. When it seemed Turkey might be drawn into the Second World War, the military schools and Gülhane were moved to Ankara: on 21 July 1941 its staff and equipment travelled by train from Sirkeci in Istanbul to the capital. For decades it was known as the Gülhane Military Medical Academy, or GATA. After the coup attempt of 15 July 2016, a decree dated 31 July 2016 transferred it and its health units to the Ministry of Health, and it took its present name. The hospital stands on Tevfik Sağlam Caddesi in Etlik, north of the city centre. Contact details and the hospital's own website are listed by the provincial health directorate; check the hospital's website for departments, appointments and visiting rules before you go.

• Ankara Provincial Health Directorate - Gülhane Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiChecked 2026-11-10
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