Prof Dr. Burak Turna

Born on May 12, 1971, in Mersin, Dr Burak Turna completed his secondary and high school education at Mersin Anatolian High School. After graduating from Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, he started his urology residency at Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology, in 1998. During his student life in Leeds, England, St. During his internship and urology residency at St. James Hospital, he did a general surgery rotation at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford, England. While a urology assistant, he successfully passed the General Medical Council's exams and became one of the first Turkish doctors to get the right to work as a medical doctor in England. After becoming a urologist in May 2003, he started working as a specialist doctor at Ege University Faculty of Medicine.

He worked in the field of "Endourology" at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2004 within the scope of the "European Urological Scholarship Program", and in the field of "Laparoscopic and Robotic Urology" at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, USA, between 2006-2007. 

 Receiving the title of Associate Professor of Urology in 2010, Dr Turna became the second Turkish member to be elected as a Board Member of the European Urology Association's Urotechnology Subgroup in the same year due to her successful work in her field. Turna is still working as a Board Member of the Endourology Association and the Turkish Urology Association.

He has written chapters in 10 books, with about 100 national and international publications published. Between 2010-2016, Ege University Faculty of Medicine Vice President of Surgical Sciences, Associate Professor Representative and Head of the Urogenital Surgery Training Program. Turna was deemed worthy of the Turkish Urology Association Science Award for his successful work in 2014. Burak Turna was the co-chairman of the "26th World Videourology Congress" held in Izmir in 2015. In 2016, he received the title of Professor of Urology. Turna's main field of interest is Laparoscopic and Robotic Urological Surgery, and he is one of the most experienced academicians in our country in this field. Dr Turna, In 2017, wrote the book "Practical Tips in Urology", published in English for young urology doctors. Continuing his studies as a lecturer at Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology, Prof. Dr Burak Turna is married and has two children.