History of establishment and evaluation of Ottoman-Turkish urology inside the surgical science

Abstract

The first urological international organization occurred in Paris in 1908, and three Ottoman urologists were present amonga total of 29. In that year, the Ottoman Urological society had only nine urologists, and almost all were from the Ottomanminorities with the exception of two under the main branch of General Surgery. Among them, Cemil Pasha who was the firstdean and department chief of Surgery and Urology of the Medical School in a modern manner (1909) was the most dominantpioneer of the Turkish Surgery-Urology. Four beds out of 20 were separated for the urology clinic.