Record number of doctors applied for documents to work abroad in 2022

Turkish Medical Association (TTB) announced on Monday that the number of doctors who applied for documents to work abroad reached a record number of 2,685 in 2022.

In December alone, 268 doctors applied for such documents, TTB said, adding:

"The data is a clear indication that the Health Ministry's 'White Reform' serves only to create an image, and does not actually provide any solution. We will carry on with our struggle for a healthy future in 2023."

1,344 specialists and 1,341 general practitioners applied to TTB for documents in 2022.

TTB also posted a graphic that shows the number of doctors who applied for documents to work abroad in the last 11 years.

According to TTB data, the number of doctors who applied in entire 2016 is 245, less than the number of doctors who applied in the last month of 2022.

the total number of doctors who applied between 2012 and 2018 are much less than the number of doctors who applied in 2022.