Trabzon Province is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Located in a strategically important region, Trabzon is one of the oldest trade port cities in Anatolia.It isn’t so big but enough for student life.There are 2 theatre,4 cinema saloons,1 olympiad swimming pool,1 covered swimming pool,1 KTU swimming pool, 3 big shopping mall and of course countless street shops.For students near the university there is a district named Kalkinma and there are so many cafes-restaurant-kebab houses..Also they aren’t expensive.For one coffee you have to pay max 4-5 Euro or for very good kebab you will just pay 6 Euro.Everything is perfect and just waiting for you !

For more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabzon_Province

Climate information:

Trabzon has a borderline oceanic/humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb/Cfa), like most of the eastern Black Sea coast of Turkey, with warm and humid summers and cool and damp winters. Trabzon has a high and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. Precipitation is heaviest in autumn and spring. Snowfall is quite common between the months of December and March, snowing for a week or two, and it can be heavy once it snows.

The water temperature, like in the rest of the Black Sea coast of Turkey, is always cool and fluctuates between 8 and 20 °C throughout the year. It’s enjoyable to swim at summer

Foundation

Dated 04.01.1973, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, 6th faculty of Karadeniz Technical University was founded under the name of Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences according to the Chapter 1650. In addition to its own divisions, Trabzon Faculty of Medicine, established as a unit of Hacettepe University, was also staffed by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Trabzon Faculty of Medicine, once affiliated to Hacettepe University, admitted students in 1976-1977 instructional year and those students continued their education in Hacettepe University. In accordance with the legal decision, issued 41 and dated 20.7.1982, KTU Faculty of Medicine and Health Medicine joined together as Karadeniz University Medicine Faculty.

Qualification Awarded

The students who have graduated from the Faculty of Medicine is awarded with a Medical Doctor degree in the field of medicine.

Profile of the Programme

Technological advancements and the continuing development of international medicine have given rise to dynamic educational opportunities in the new millenium. Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine has also continued to develop while scientific developments happen around the world. The main purpose of the faculty is to train expert, hard-working, open-minded, and research and scientifically oriented students to become physicians of good character. Graduates of the Faculty of Medicine are trained to promote health and to be aware of the main health problems of their local communities. The students are taught to use technical equipment cost-effectively. The faculty attempt to form the attitudes of the students according to ethical approaches. The students are taught to learn all of their lives and to work for humanity as well as to do their best for Turkey.

Departmental Facilities :

The faculty is composed of three departments, namely Basic Medical Sciences, Internal Medical Sciences and Surgical Medical Sciences. The faculty provides laboratories having access to the Internet, CD shelves, reading halls, medical skills and multidisciplinary student labs and student clubs(e.g. TurkMSIC.) Farabi Hospital, a research and application centre of our faculty with a capacity of 800 beds, has been a center intensively cited. The services that the hospital offers are immense: services affiliated to the divisions, computerized tomography, bone marrow transplantation, magnetic resonance, angiography, stone fall machine, coronary intensive care, radiotherapy, dialysis units, emergency service offering multidisciplinary services, surgical intensive care and reanimation units are all available.

Labs in University:

Anatomy lab, Histology lab, Pharmacology lab, Microbiology lab,  Radiology lab, Multidisciplinary lab, Andrology lab, Biochemistry lab, Genetics lab

AT WEEKDAYS: Lunch inside the Hospital Cafeteria, Hospital Dining Hall, DR’s Café (open only in some months) or Dormitory (At winter term you can eat breakfast and dinner in the dormitory. At summer term there are no meals in the dormitory.)

AT WEEKENDS: You can eat wherever you want (Dormitory (Except summer), Hospital Dinning Hall, Local Food Restaurant etc.)

 

LOCAL FOOD RESTAURANTS:

 

TARIHI KALKANOGLU PILAVI:

• Address: Pazarkapi Neighbourhood ,Tophane Hamam Street, No:2 | Cars 

 

CEMILUSTA:

• Address: Iskenderpasa Neighbourhood Ataturk Area, Trabzon, Turkey
• Telephone Number: 904623216161 

   

  
  
  BETON HELVA:

• Adress: Uzun Street No:21, Trabzon 61000, Turkey
• Telephone Number: 904623212550

KALENDER:

• Address: Cumhuriyet neighbourhood, Zeytinlik Street, No:16, Trabzon 61100, Turkey
• Telephone Number: +90 462 323 1011

KARPI PIDE: 

• Address: Kunduracilar Street, Halkevi Street No:15 F:1 Trabzon Centrum, Trabzon, Turkey
• Telephone Number: 3217933

 

ERCAN BURGER:

• Address: Kemerkaya neighbourhood, Mehmet Street, No. 3 D13 Cars

Doğu Karadeniz Dormitory for girls
State Dorms for boys

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR DORMITORY :

Student Certificate

Internship Documents

FOR GIRLS:

Doğu Karadeniz Dormitory

Address: FARABI STREET NO:61 UNIVERITE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Rooms include 2,4 or 6 beds.

 You will walk to the hospital. It takes about 10-15 min.

There is a shower and wc in several rooms.

The desks and a little fridge are also included.

1 cupboard is given for 1 person.

FOR BOYS:

Credit and Dormitories  Institution

Rooms include 2,4 or 6 beds.

15 min walking distance to the hospital.

Or you can go to the hospital with 1  minibus. It takes about 5 min.

There is a shower and wc in several rooms.

The desks and a little fridge are also included.

1 cupboard is given for 1 person.

Transportation to Trabzon will be available with 2 choices..

 

1.You can take 2 flight; first one:your country to Turkey (Istanbul Ataturk or Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) Airport) and after that second one is Istanbul to Trabzon (TZX) airport.

 

Time:First flight--It depends on your country.

            Second flight—It takes 1.45 hours (Istanbul-Trabzon)

Money:First flightàIt depends on your country companies.

               Second flightàIt costs nearly 180 TL (Turkish Liras)=35 Euro

 

Avaliable Turkish Flight Companies:

1-Turkish Airliness http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-tr/

2-Pegasus Airliness https://www.flypgs.com/en

3-Anadolujet Airliness  http://www.anadolujet.com/aj-en/

4-Onur Air  http://www.onurair.com/en/default.aspx

 

P.S:Be aware of your arrival airport to Istanbul and departure airport to Trabzon

2.You can take 1 flight and 1 bus travel: first one:your country to Turkey (Istanbul Ataturk or Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) Airport) and after that you can take a bus from Istanbul to Trabzon.

 

Time: Flight:It depends on your country.

            Bus TravelàIt takes nearly 15.30 hours (Istanbul to Trabzon)

Money:Flight:It depends on your country firms.

               Bus:It costs 100 TL(Turkish Liras)=20 Euro

 

Available Turkish Bus Companiesà https://www.neredennereye.com/bus-ticket

 

1-Ulusoy

2-Ali Osman Ulusoy

3-Metro

4-Kanberoglu

5-Sahil

6-Dogu Karadeniz

7-Suzer

Transportation to Bus stop in Istanbul:You have to take a bus named HAVAS from airport to intercities bus stop (in Turkish:OTOGAR).
 

Transportation in Trabzon:It’s really easy to travel somewhere in Trabzon with minibuses.It costs from City centre to Hospital 2 TL (Turkish Liras)=0.4 Euro. Dormitories which we will provide to boys and girls are not far from hospital so you can walk from there to hospital. 

We have a perfect social program for you incomings.It includes:

1-Traditional Breakfasts.

2-Night Clubs.

3-Some outdoor activities (ex:paintball).

4-Some indoor activities (ex:bowling,billiards).

5-Of course visiting must see places.

6- National Tours.

1:Uzungol   The place that green huggles blue you must see when come to Trabzon !!     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzungol
2:Sera Lake   Another perfect naturel place we have is Sera Lake.It’ll be very lovely to having a breakfast near the lake.
3:Cal Cave   Cal Cave is one of the longest cave in Turkey.Discovered distance:8 km/It has 1 km pathway.   P.S:If you got an asthma this place is just perfect for you !
4:Ataturk Manor House   The house which founder of Turkish Republic M.Kemal Ataturk lived 2 times when he came to Trabzon.

5:Yalincak Beach     One of the best place in Trabzon where you can swim in summer season.
6:Sumela Monastery   The monastery is constructed on rocks reached by a path through the forest.     http://www.sumela.com

7:Boztepe     This great place located one of the Trabzon hills.You can view whole city when you are drinking perfect qualified tea !
8:Ganita Seaside     Also we have another perfect place to drink tea at the seaside.You will love the ambience in Trabzon !!
9: Hagia Sophia   One of the historical place is Hagia Sophia which you must visit in Trabzon.         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia,_Trabzon

Please remember to bring your white coats & stethoscope & handbooks with you and don't forget that 80% attendance is mandatory to get the certificate.