{"id":283711,"date":"2026-03-14T23:58:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=283711"},"modified":"2026-03-14T23:58:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:58:28","slug":"in-the-shadow-of-march-14th-from-tibbiyeli-hikmet-to-yenidogan-clan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/in-the-shadow-of-march-14th-from-tibbiyeli-hikmet-to-yenidogan-clan\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Shadow of March 14th: From Hikmet the Medic to the \u2018Neonatal Gang'"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are some days that are not just a date on the calendar. They are a day a symbol of morality, of a stance and a mentality.<\/strong> March 14 is such a day. This date, which has been celebrated as \u201cMedical Day\u201d in Turkey for years, is actually not a day of celebration, but a day of is a day of resistance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The symbolic uprising launched by the students of the Medical School in occupied Istanbul in 1919 was not only a reaction against foreign occupation. It was also a declaration of a professional understanding, a principle of humanity and a conscience.<\/p>\n

On that day, the young students of the Medical School did not just raise a flag. They also said:<\/p>\n

\u201cMedicine is not just a profession; it is an ethic that defends human dignity.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the strongest exponents of this sentence is history. Medical Hikmet<\/strong> as a young student.<\/p>\n

The courage of that young man who stood up during the discussion of the American mandate at the Erzurum Congress and said these words to Mustafa Kemal was not just a political stance:<\/p>\n

\u201cPasha, the Medical Faculty, of which I am a delegate, sent me here to defend our cause of independence. I cannot accept the mandate. If you accept it, we will reject you too.\u201d<\/p>\n

These words were not the excitement of a student, but a manifesto of professional honor.<\/p>\n

Because throughout history, medicine has not only been a field of science, but also a moral responsibility<\/strong> has been.<\/p>\n

Between the Hippocratic Oath and Market Logic<\/strong><\/p>\n

The medical profession is based on an ethical tradition that is thousands of years old. The Hippocratic oath is the best known expression of this tradition.<\/p>\n

A physician promises not to harm his or her patients, to protect human life and to use his or her knowledge for the benefit of humanity.<\/p>\n

But the reality of the modern world is not always compatible with these ideals.<\/p>\n

The transformation of the world economy over the last four decades has radically changed health systems. Health services are increasingly from a public right to a giant economic sector<\/strong> turned.<\/p>\n

Today, the health sector has become a trillion-dollar market on a global scale.<\/p>\n

Private hospital chains, health tourism, pharmaceutical companies, insurance systems and technology companies... All together they form a gigantic health industry<\/strong> is being created.<\/p>\n

The inevitable result of this transformation was the following:<\/p>\n

The boundary between medicine and commerce has become increasingly blurred.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The System Where Patients Become Customers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even the language used in many hospitals today clearly shows this transformation.<\/p>\n

Patients used to be \u201cpatients\u201d.<\/p>\n

Today, in more and more places \u201ccustomer\u201d<\/strong> are defined as.<\/p>\n

An operation is no longer just a medical intervention; it is also a pricing item<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A birth is not only the beginning of a new life; it is also a part of hospital packages. economic transaction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Hospitals calculate revenue per patient.
\nPhysicians are evaluated with performance points.
\nHealth care is increasingly being run on a production line.<\/p>\n

But the human body is not a factory product.<\/p>\n

A patient's story does not fit in an Excel spreadsheet.<\/p>\n

The Newborn Gang The System's Darkest Mirror<\/strong><\/p>\n

In recent years, the emergence of \u201cnewborn gang\u201d<\/strong> scandal showed one of the most frightening faces of this transformation.<\/p>\n

It is important to remember that babies who have just started life are in the intensive care system. made part of a commercial mechanism<\/strong> The allegations caused a major shock in Turkey.<\/p>\n

According to the allegations, some health workers and hospital administrators had set up a scheme that unjustly profited from the health system by keeping newborn babies in intensive care unnecessarily.<\/p>\n

Whether these allegations are true or not will be revealed in the judicial process.<\/p>\n

But the shock of this event has raised a much bigger question:<\/p>\n

When did the health system become so polluted?<\/strong><\/p>\n

How did a structure come into being where a doctor has to act within the economic logic of the system instead of saving lives?<\/p>\n

How can a baby's life become part of a financial calculation?<\/p>\n

These questions are not just about individual crimes, of a structural crisis<\/strong> is a sign.<\/p>\n

The Loneliness of Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many doctors today are actually victims of this system.<\/p>\n

Young physicians are overwhelmed by the intense workload.
\nThey have to examine patients in minutes.
\nThey fear losing the soul of their profession under the pressure of performance.<\/p>\n

Many physicians are now saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to improve the system, not the patients.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is one of the biggest challenges in the history of the medical profession. one of the moral tensions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Professional ethics on the one hand and market logic on the other.<\/p>\n

The Hippocratic oath on the one hand and performance points on the other.<\/p>\n

Forgotten Message of March 14<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, March 14th Medical Day is often marked with ceremonial speeches, flowers and social media messages.<\/p>\n

But when one remembers the historical meaning of this day, a much harsher message emerges.<\/p>\n

March 14th is a not a day of celebration, but a day of reminder.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The story of Hikmet, the medical student, tells us this:<\/p>\n

Medicine is not only a technical specialty.
\nIt is also a profession of conscience.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A physician is not just a person who prescribes medicines.<\/p>\n

He is a man who has helped people in the most vulnerable moments of society. a figure of hope for life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That is why the medical profession is not only scientific, but also is a moral profession.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Matter of Civilization<\/strong><\/p>\n

The health system actually shows the level of civilization of a country.<\/p>\n

How hospitals function in a society is largely reflected in the morality of that society.<\/p>\n

If the health system is overshadowed by commercial interests, it is not just medicine in that society, and the sense of humanity weakens.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That is why March 14 is not only a holiday for doctors.<\/p>\n

This is actually a day when the whole society should ask itself this question:<\/p>\n

How valuable is human life really?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If Medical Doctor Hikmet were alive today<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes it is necessary to look at history through today's eyes.<\/p>\n

What would Hikmet the Medicine Man do if he were alive today?<\/p>\n

He would probably stand up again and say the same thing:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here to defend human dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps today his voice would ask the question:<\/p>\n

Is medicine really still a profession of conscience, or is the health system getting lost in the gears of a big commercial mechanism?<\/p>\n

A Holiday or an Examination of Conscience?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If we really want to understand March 14, it is not enough to see this day as a celebration of a profession.<\/p>\n

This day is actually a a day of soul-searching.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The distance between the moral stance represented by Hikmet and the commercial pressures facing the health system today is growing.<\/p>\n

On the one hand, a professional understanding that considers human life sacred.<\/p>\n

On the other side, a system that measures health services on the basis of economic efficiency.<\/p>\n

The tension between these two worlds is the greatest test of modern medicine.<\/p>\n

And perhaps the most important thing that March 14 reminds us is this:<\/p>\n

Medicine is not a business, it is a matter of humanity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If one day we forget this fact, then what we will lose is not only the medical profession, but also the conscience of society<\/strong> will be.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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