Turkish health workers struggle for better working conditions

Şebnem Korur Fincancı, President of the Turkish Medical Association, talks about the ongoing struggles being fought by health workers in the country for better working conditions

July 22, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

In this edition of People’s Health Dispatch, we spoke to Şebnem Korur Fincancı, President of the Turkish Medical Association, about the ongoing struggles being fought by health workers in Turkey for better working conditions. She talks about why there is a trend of escalating violence against health workers in Turkey, what are the challenges the country’s citizens are facing in accessing healthcare, what is causing Turkish healthworkers to leave the country, and more.