Minister of Health Kemal Memişoğlu said, "With our 'Productive Health' approach, we bring together our universities, healthcare professionals, engineers and industrialists for a common goal. Our scientists and healthcare professionals contribute to every step we take, from our domestic respirators to our heart-lung machines, from diagnostic technologies to our pharmaceutical and vaccine studies." he said.
Memişoğlu, who attended the 2026-2027 Academic Year Opening Program of Bezmialem Vakıf University, expressed his satisfaction in being together with valuable teachers and young people who are the healthcare professionals of the future.
Memişoğlu stated that it is of great value to cure a person's problem, help a young person grow up well, and leave a work that will benefit the society, and said, "Today, we are at a university that combines education and health services and prepares our young people to be useful to humanity. Our Bezmialem University, named after Bezmialem Valide Sultan and whose roots are based on Gureba Hospital, which was established in 1845, reminds us of this service concept." he said.
'WE TRUST IN THE POWER OF OUR YOUTH'
Stating that universities raise the future of a country, and that a question asked, a research started, or an idea developed here can change the life of a patient tomorrow, Memişoğlu said, "One of our young people sitting at these desks today can lead the development of a treatment that humanity expects years later. We believe in this. We trust in the power of our young people." he said.
Memişoğlu emphasized that a great development has been achieved in the health infrastructure in the last quarter century under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and explained that a strong service capacity has been achieved with modern city hospitals, advanced medical technologies and qualified human resources, and that now they have a responsibility to carry this knowledge further in scientific production.
Stating that Türkiye is one of the countries that provide the best health services in the world, Memişoğlu continued as follows:
"However, we cannot be satisfied with this. We must also be one of the leading countries that produces health knowledge, develops its technology and shapes its future. We have physicians. We have scientists. We have city hospitals, laboratories and research centers. Most importantly, we have young people who are eager to learn and produce. So, we must transform this power into new inventions, new treatments and products that we will offer for the benefit of humanity. We will produce health knowledge. We will develop its technology. We will say new words in health. Our universities have a great responsibility in this goal."
'WE WILL EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT OUR SCIENTISTS' LABOR IS REWARDED'
Memişoğlu stated that the academy also bears the responsibility of producing answers to the needs of the country through science, and noted that the problems encountered in the field should be turned into the subject of research and the knowledge obtained should be put into practice.
Giving advice as a physician who worked in hospitals and trained students for years, Memişoğlu continued his words as follows:
"One of our most valuable achievements is to raise people who can do better than us. Our students will be more knowledgeable than us, they will research more, they will produce more science. They will, so to speak, go head to head. They will find solutions to the problems we cannot solve. Our duty is to pave the way for this. To care about our young person's questions, to feed his curiosity, to help him develop his ideas. To involve him in research, to give him responsibility and to stand by him in his first step. As the Ministry, we will continue to support those who work, research and produce. The labor of our scientists is reciprocated." "We will strive to find and develop his ideas."
Minister Memişoğlu pointed out that they are working for a health system that protects, develops and produces in line with the "Healthy Türkiye Century" vision and said:
"With our understanding of 'Productive Health', we bring together our universities, healthcare professionals, engineers and industrialists towards a common goal. Our scientists and healthcare professionals contribute to every step we take, from our domestic respirators to our heart-lung machines, from diagnostic technologies to our drug and vaccine studies. Most of these studies begin with the recognition of a need. A physician is looking for a solution that will facilitate the treatment of his patient. A researcher carries that question to the laboratory. An engineer transforms the knowledge into device design. Here we are, to grow this collaboration." We want it."
'IF YOU SAY YOU HAVE A NEW IDEA, LET'S WORK TOGETHER'
Memişoğlu explained that they support research through the Turkish Health Institutes Presidency (TÜSEB) under the leadership of the Ministry and that they develop working opportunities to turn the idea into a product and said, "I am calling out to our teachers and young people here. If you say 'I have a new idea in the field of health', let's work together. Share your ideas with us through the Producer Health Portal. It takes time and effort for an idea to mature. Sometimes it requires trying again. Do not give up at the first difficulty. Without leaving scientific honesty and work discipline." "Go on your way." he said.
Finally, Memişoğlu advised the students to make good use of their university years and said, "You are having the most unforgettable days of your life. You will remember the friendships you made here and the good times you spent together years later. You will have a lot of time to improve yourself in these years. Read, research, follow your dreams. We want you to grow up as intellectuals who are competent in their profession, think and produce ideas." he said.
The ceremony was attended by Bezmialem Vakif University Board of Trustees Chairman Hüseyin Topbaş, Bezmialem Vakif University Rector Prof. Dr. Adem Akçakaya, General Director of Foundations Sinan Aksu, many physicians and students attended.
