Legal Remedies for Health Workers Who Are Victims of Violence in Turkey

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In this section, the remedies of health workers who are victims of violence will be briefly mentioned. First, the remedies of health workers against unjustified denunciations and complaints will be mentioned, and the current situation will be examined within the framework of the Civil Servants Law No. 657, the Law No. 4483 on the Prosecution [...]

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First Page117
Last Page128
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.69860/nobel.9786053358817.10
ISBN978-605-335-881-7 (PDF)
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In this section, the remedies of health workers who are victims of violence will be briefly mentioned. First, the remedies of health workers against unjustified denunciations and complaints will be mentioned, and the current situation will be examined within the framework of the Civil Servants Law No. 657, the Law No. 4483 on the Prosecution of Civil Servants and Other Public Officials and the new amendments to the Law on Health Services No. 3359. It will then summarize what will be done about unjustified denuncia- tions and complaints against health workers through a three stage system. In the second part, the remedies of healthcare workers who are victims of violence within the scope of criminal law will be mentioned, and these remedies will be elaborated on the crimes of injury, insult and threat. The Turkish Criminal Code No. 5237 and the Criminal Proce- dure Code No. 5271 will be evaluated separately for each type of crime and the effects of the new amendments to the Law on Health Services No. 3359 on the related crimes will be discussed. In the third part, the remedies of healthcare professionals within the scope of compensation law will be discussed. General information will be given about the com- pensation lawsuits they can file in case they are subjected to unjustified denunciation and complaint and in case they are victims of violence.

Mithat Temizer (Author)
MD, MedSpec, Gaziantep University
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6059-8380
3Born in 1986 in Aydın, he completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Aydın. In 2004, he graduated from Aydın Science High School, in 2010 he graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine in English, and in 2015 he received the title of public health specialist from Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine. Between 2016-2020, he worked as the Head of Community Health Center and District Health Directorate in various districts of Gaziantep. In 2022, he completed his Epidemiology fellowship at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. He also graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Law in 2022. He is currently working at Gaziantep Provincial Health Directorate.

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