The Medical School was established on 17 March, 2006, based on the parliament act of 5467, that was published in the 26111th issue of the Official Gazette. The general medical education offered by the faculty comprises three major divisions: basic medical sciences, internal and surgical medical sciences. Each of these three major divisions is subdivided into 35 modules. The average annual student intake is approximately 80. The length of the course is six years and the language of instruction is Turkish.

The Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery degree is awarded to students after having taken and passed all courses/subjects and compulsory clinical training as specified in the curriculum.

Enrty requirements for Turkish National students are a High School Diploma and placement through a centralized national university placement examination arranged by OSYM (Higher Education Council Student Selection and Placement Center).

Recognition of prior formal education in the Turkish Higher Education Establishments for Undergraduate Transfer is in accordance with the ‘Regulation on the Principles of Course Transfer between Higher Education Establishments at Graduate/higher education and undergraduate levels, Dual majors, Minors, and ECTS Transfer.

Medical education is a tiered programme, with all subjects being inter-dependent in an ascending style. The education and training period is six years. The achievement of a total of 360 ECTS credits is required for the awarding of Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery.

The Faculty curriculum is planned to implement the basic requirements for the application of modern medical practice. There are six terms that run annually. There are committees for the basic medical sciences subjects taught within the first three years. These committees number 6 (term 1), 7 (term 2), and 9 (for term 3). The course contents of the committees may or may not overlap. The 4th and 5th years of medical education are in the form of practical training in clinical sciences, the duration of which range from one to ten weeks depending on the subject/division. Training in the 6th year is internship, which enables the student to practice medicine under supervision. This way, the primary objective of the Medical School is to provide the proper education, training, skills and attitude for medical students to become modern physicians who are able to integrate the developments in science and medicine with those of clinical practice and meet the requirements of modern high quality health care for the communities, and who are committed to life-long learning and contributing to science and art of medicine.

Immediately after graduation, the newly qualified medics undertake a two year obligatory health service for the Turkish Government in primary health care, community health care or the emergency services of public hospitals, the location of which is decided by the casting of lots by the Ministry of Health. During this period and after, those who wish to specialize in any aspect of medicine take the twice yearly organised medical residency/specialisation exam organised by the Higher Education Council Student Selection and Placement Centre (ÖSYM). The length of training for specialisation is 4 years and takes place in any university research hospital or in the research and training hospitals of the Ministry of Health. The specialists are eligible to practice in the private or public domains of health care establishments. Working for any establishment of the Ministry of Health for health care administrative and planning posts is a further option available to the specialists. The medical school graduates are also eligible for PhD studies in any suitable institution.

Medical school graduates are eligible for PhD studies in basic medical sciences, and for residency in any subdivision of the internal and surgical medical sciences in accordance with their score in the Medical Specialisation Exam (TUS) that is organised by ÖSYM.

The Education and Training Examinations Guidelines of the Faculty of Medicine (of Recep Tayyip Erdogan University) are followed.

Students who complete the six year education successfully with 360 ECTS credits become eligible for graduation. However, they obtain their graduation certificates (diplomas) from the Ministry of Health after having done the two-year-long compulsory health service for the Turkish Government.

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Address: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dekanlığı, 53100 RİZE. Programme Director: Prof. Dr. Ekrem ALGÜN (Dean of Medical School) Tel: +90 464 212 30 09Faks : +90 464 212 30 15 E-mail : ekrem.algun@erdogan.edu.tr Deputy Director: Prof. Dr. Ali İrfan GÜZEL (Vice-Dean) Tel: +90 464 212 30 09Faks : +90 464 212 30 15 E-mail : aliirfan.guzel@erdogan.edu.tr Bologna Accords Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Zihni A. YAZICI Tel: +90 464 212 30 09Faks : +90 464 212 30 15 E-mail : zihni.yazici@erdogan.edu.tr Programme Secretary: Recep Yerebakan Tel: +90 464 212 30 09Faks : +90 464 212 30 15 E-mail : recepyerebakan@mynet.com

The offices for the senior administration, management, services and the registrar are located in the main building of the Medical School. In addition, there are 100 offices for lecturers, one meeting room, two seminar rooms, seven research labs, one fully equipped anatomy teaching lab that accommodates up to 60 students, and five lecture theatres/rooms in the main building. The adjacent building houses the library, computer room (for 25 users), three amphitheaters/lecture rooms with 90 sittings each, two multi-disciplinary teaching labs for 60 students, multi-disciplinary research labs (including biochemistry, microbiology, cell culture, fluorescent microscopy, molecular biology), two multi-occupant/occupancy offices for researchers, one coffee room, one leisure room for students, and a refectory.