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e-ISSN: 2822-4094
PUBLISHER: MALATYA TURGUT OZAL UNIVERSITY

Journal of Medical Topics and Updates

Publication Model: Periodical Publication (April - August - December)

Journal Boards

Chief editor

Hıdır Pekmez
Prof. Dr. Hıdır Pekmez
Malatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi
Clinical Sciences (Other), Anatomy

Editors

ÖK
Prof. Dr. Özgür Katrancıoğlu
MALATYA TURGUT OZAL UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Thoracic Surgery
MY
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yabaş
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Immunology (Other), Basic Immunology
GG
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gamze Özbek Güven
Yüksek İhtisas Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
Medical Ethics, History of Medicine

Field Editors

Prof. Dr. Onur Öztürk
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ
Molecular Evolution, Biophysics, Computational Ecology and Phylogenetics, Anthropological Genetics
RA
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ramazan Fazıl Akkoç
FIRAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ
Anatomy
Mert Kartal
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mert Kartal
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Community Child Health, Public Health, Preventative Health Care, Public Health Nursing
Gürkan Kapıkıran
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gürkan Kapıkıran
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Nursing, Surgical Diseases Nursing​​
ŞY
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şerife Yılmaz
HARRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, TEMEL TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, TIP TARİHİ VE ETİK ANABİLİM DALI
History of Medicine, Medical Ethics
Bircan Ulaş Kadıoğlu
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bircan Ulaş Kadıoğlu
Osmaniye Korkut Ata Universitesi
Nutritional Epidemiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health Nutrition, Public Health
YY
Asst. Prof. Dr. Yeşim Yeni
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Medical Pharmacology, Health Sciences
SS
Asst. Prof. Dr. Saime Sezer Sondaş
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ TIP FAKÜLTESİ TIBBİ BİYOLOJİ
Genetics (Other), Molecular Genetics, Cancer Biology
FD
Asst. Prof. Dr. Fatma Banu Demirdaş
Malatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi
Aged Care Nursing, Preventative Health Care, Health Sciences
MD
Asst. Prof. Dr. Müge Öçal Demirtaş
YÜKSEK İHTİSAS ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Gene Expression, Molecular Targets, Tumour Immunology, Cancer Cell Biology, Epigenetics, Cancer Genetics
TD
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Turgut Dolanbay
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Emergency Medicine

Language Editors

MY
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yabaş
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Immunology (Other), Basic Immunology
Muhammed Furkan Arpacı
Asst. Prof. Dr. Muhammed Furkan Arpacı
Malatya Turgut Özal üniversitesi
Chiropractic, Rehabilitation
ZC
Asst. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Mutlu Coşkun
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Molecular Genetics
ÖO
Asst. Prof. Dr. Önder Otlu
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ
Cancer Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics
Müjgan Bekdaş
Asst. Prof. Dr. Müjgan Bekdaş
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Language Studies (Other), Children's Literature, Turkish and Social Sciences Education

Müjgan Bekdaş is an Assistant Professor of Turkish Language Education. She has a background in foreign language teaching, reading, and writing skills. Her research interests are in foreign language teaching, Turkish teaching, and language skills. She also continues to work with foreign students on language teaching.

Statistics Editor

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Feyza İnceoğlu
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ
Applied Statistics, Biostatistics, Statistical Experiment Design, Statistical Analysis, Artificial Intelligence (Other), Deep Learning
Prof. Dr. Cemil Çolak
Inonu University
Information Security Management, Information Systems Organisation and Management, Facial Plastic Surgery, Biostatistics
FY
Asst. Prof. Dr. Fatma Hilal Yağın
MALATYA TURGUT OZAL UNIVERSITY
Biostatistics, Artificial Intelligence (Other), Bioinformatics

Layout

AK
Res. Assist. Anıl Kaya
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Anatomy
KK
Instructor Kübranur Korkmaz
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Medical Physiology (Other), Exercise Physiology, Medical Physiology, Cell Physiology
Merve Aydın
Res. Assist. Merve Aydın
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Anatomy
Ömür Hayta
Ömür Hayta
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, TIP PR.
Graphic Design

Editorial Office

HK
Res. Assist. Hatice Köse
Malatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi
Medical Microbiology (Other)

Scientific/Editorial Boards

Osman İrfan İlhak
Prof. Dr. Osman İrfan İlhak
BALIKESİR ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Veterinary Food Hygiene and Technology
MA
Gastroenterology Surgery
Ayşegül Akbay
Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Akbay
YÜKSEK İHTİSAS ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics (Other), Metabolic Medicine
AE
Prof. Dr. Ayse Sebnem Erenler
MALATYA TURGUT OZAL UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Medical Genetics (Excl. Cancer Genetics), Medical Biotechnology (Other), Metabolic Medicine, Nanomedicine, Gene and Molecular Therapy
MA
Prof. Dr. Musa Abeş
ADIYAMAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, TIP PR.
Pediatric Surgery
Histology and Embryology
SK
Prof. Dr. Selim Kutlu
NECMETTİN ERBAKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, MERAM TIP FAKÜLTESİ
Medical Physiology (Other), Physiopathology
Nazli Hacıalioğlu
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazli Hacıalioğlu
ATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Public Health Nursing, Nursing
Prof. Dr. Engin Şahna
FIRAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Medical Pharmacology, Basic Pharmacology
GT
Prof. Dr. Gülnur Tarhan
ADIYAMAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ
Medical Microbiology, Basic Immunology, Immunology, Bacteriology, Medical Bacteriology
AB
Prof. Dr. Aslı Bolayır
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Health Sciences
İP
Health Sciences, Nefroloji
EK
Prof. Dr. Evren Köse
İNÖNÜ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Anatomy
SS
Prof. Dr. Serdar Sarıtaş Sarıtaş
MALATYA TURGUT OZAL UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Neurosciences (Other), Surgical Diseases Nursing​​, Geriatrics and Gerontology
NK
Prof. Dr. Nurkay Katrancıoğlu
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology (Other)
EK
Physiopathology, Medical Physiology (Other)
Metin Çalışır
Periodontics, Dentistry, Oral Implantology
TK
Prof. Dr. Tuğba Raika Kıran
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Cell Neurochemistry, Cell Metabolism, Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics, Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases, Clinical Chemistry, Signal Transduction, Cellular Interactions
AG
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayten Gündüz
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, TEMEL TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, TIBBİ MİKROBİYOLOJİ ANABİLİM DALI
Medical Bacteriology, Medical Infection Agents, Medical Parasitology, Medical Virology, Medical Microbiology, Basic Immunology
Yahya Atayan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yahya Atayan
İNÖNÜ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ
Health Sciences
Çiğdem Çiçek
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Çiçek
Yüksek İhtisas Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Tıbbi Biyokimya A.D.
Metabolic Medicine, Cell Neurochemistry
SS
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seyhan Çıtlık Sarıtaş
MALATYA TURGUT OZAL UNIVERSITY
​Internal Diseases Nursing​
ZD
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zümrüt Doğan
Adıyaman University, Medical Faculty Department of Anatomy
Foetal Development and Medicine, Health Sciences
BD
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bilsev Demir
MALATYA TURGUT ÖZAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Surgical Diseases Nursing​​
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Necati Üçler
GAZİANTEP ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Brain and Nerve Surgery (Neurosurgery)
VA
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vugar Abbasov
AZERBAIJAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
General Surgery
Last Update Time: February 11, 2026