Doctor, What Do You Say?

The silent story of a life shaped by surgery

A medical journey that began after graduating in 1973... A professional life that has continued for more than 51 years. Fifty of those years were spent in general surgery. Today, he continues to work actively, living as one of the city’s most senior general surgeons. The number of surgeries he has performed is astonishing. When he first came to Sakarya State Hospital, he started as a second surgeon. Over the years, he has carried out thousands of operations — not even counting those in private hospitals or outside the province. It’s estimated that the number of patients he has treated over more than half a century exceeds hundreds of thousands.

Throughout such a long career, he has witnessed the thin line between life and death countless times. People he once shared a meal with at the same table later brought to the operating room after a car accident... Donating his own blood for the only surviving child of a family lost in the night, then returning to continue the surgery. Each of these moments became not only a test of the profession, but also of humanity itself.

Today, all this experience has turned into a philosophy — not only of surgery but of life. As a doctor who has left fifty years behind, he sees his profession not as a source of income or title, but as a way of being. Phone calls in the middle of the night, sentences beginning with “What do you think, doctor?” or “Doctor, what do you say?” still continue. People seek his advice with trust, because he bears the lifelong responsibility of having always spoken the truth for the sake of his patients.

And now, with that experience, he is launching a new series of reflections titled “Doktorum Ne Dersin?” — “Doctor, What Do You Say?” His aim is to guide through knowledge, raise awareness, and present health as a natural part of life.

In every sentence, there lies the wisdom of years; in every word, a deep love for humanity and for life itself.