Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital
| Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital | |
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| Ministry of Health | |
 Location of Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital in Istanbul.
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 40°59′22″N 28°51′43″E / 40.98944°N 28.86194°ECoordinates: 40°59′22″N 28°51′43″E / 40.98944°N 28.86194°E |
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| Funding | Government hospital |
| Hospital type | Research, teaching and general |
| Affiliated university | Istanbul University |
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| History | |
| Founded | October 15, 1924 |
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| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Turkey |
Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital, short for Bakırköy Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Education and Research Hospital (Turkish: Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Ruh Sağlığı ve Sinir Hastalıkları Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi), is a mental health hospital of the Health Ministry located in Bakırköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. The hospital is named after Mazhar Osman, who is also considered as the founder of modern psychiatry in Turkey.
It was established with the initiative of Dr. Mazhar Osman (1884–1951) and approval of Minister of Health Refik Saydam (1881–1942) in the premises of Reşadiye Barracks at Bakırköy, Istanbul on October 15, 1924. It was an extension of Toptaşı Asylum, which was situated inside the Atik Valide Complex in Üsküdar on the Asian side of the city. After the completion of the mental hospital in Bakırköy on June 15, 1927 and transfer of all the inpatients, Toptaşı Asylum closed.
The facility in Bakırköy was initially named Istanbul Hospital of Mental Disorders and Neurology (Turkish: İstanbul Emraz-ı Akliye ve Asabiye Hastanesi). The hospital was further developed by Fahrettin Kerim Gökay (1900–1987), Şükrü Hazım Tiner, Ahmet Şükrü Emet and İhsan Şükrü Aksel (1899–1987), who all were students of Mazhar Osman. Main departments of the hospital was psychiatry, neurology and neurosurgery. Mazhar Osman, who served as the hospital's chief physician until 1940, is the first in Turkey to apply brain surgery.
With worsening of the economic situation in Turkey during the 1940s, the number of patients rose from 3,000 up to 5,000. Due to insufficient state budget, no other institutions could be established. These conditions led to the circumstance that many inpatients had to share the same beds. As a result, the mortality in the hospital increased.
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