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Kanter Reaches Career-best as Jazz Beat Lakers

Turkish center Enes Kanter had a career-high 17 points in addition to eight rebounds as the Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Lakers 103-99 on March 18. Replacing Al Jefferson, who missed the game for personal reasons, rookie Kanter shot 6-for-7 from the floor and grabbed eight rebounds in 23 minutes as the Jazz handed the Lakers just their second home loss since Christmas on March 18.
Paul Millsap scored 24 points and Alec Burks, another rookie, had 13 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter for the Jazz, who snapped the Lakers’ five-game winning streak while winning three straight games of their own for the first time in two months.

March 20, 2012
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NBA Trade Speculation: Is Now the Time for the Chicago Bulls to Trade Omer Asik?

Omer Asik has quickly become a fan favorite with the Chicago Bulls. His emphatic slams are joyous, especially when Comcast announcer Stacey King belts out, "Asik and Destroy!" The 25-year-old Asik's value has clearly been seen in his two-year stint with the Bulls. He's shown the ability to rebound at quite a rate. He's currently racking up 5.3 rebounds per game in only 14.8 minutes an outing.

March 3, 2012
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Dr. Dinlen

By Melda Akansel - Dr. Caner Z. Dinlenç uses a robotic surgical method to perform prostate surgeries without the need for a scalpel, removing this surgery from being many a man’s most feared nightmare. Also performing kidney stone surgeries with the same method, Dr. Caner Z. Dinlenç has been signing off on success after success in the United States with his team at the Beth Israel Medical Center.

April 14, 2009
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Turkish Doctors in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut

Cemil Ozyurt - According to our research, there are approximately 200 Turkish physicians practicing in the tri-state area. The majority of them obtained their education in Turkey, then immigrated to the U.S. Cardiology, Internal Medicine, and Dentistry are the most popular specialties among the Turkish doctors currently practicing in the U.S.. They mostly graduated from prestigious medical schools, such as Capa, Cerrahpasa, Ankara University, and Hacettepe. If you would like to highligted your name on the list and to get more information about page sponsorship please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

March 26, 2009
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One of the Top 100 Dentists: Dr. Utku Ozan

Dentistry Today, the leading magazine of dental health in the U.S., every year publishes the list of the top 100 dentists who educate dentists with seminars throughout the country. Dr. Utku Ozan, who first entered the list in 78th place in 2005, took 8th place in the 2008 list. The list of the top 100 dentists, which was published under the title “Top Clinicians in Continuing Education” in the December 2008 edition of the magazine, was selected from a field of nearly 5,000 dentists. Dr. Ozan is the only Turk in the list, which is created according to the forms filled out by the dentists that participate in these education seminars.

March 26, 2009
Published in Health
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She Lays Relationships on The Table

By Melda Akansel - Psychologist Semra Çoşkuntuna, who came to the United States to do her PhD, solves the problems of individuals living the tiring and fast-paced life in New York. “The biggest problem for people here is loneliness,” says Çoşkuntuna, who specializes in solving relationship problems.

March 26, 2009
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Journey of an M.D. from Kars to Newington, Connecticut

By Duygu Uckun
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Dr. Turgut Yetil has been practicing internal medicine in Newington, Connecticut for 12 years now. He has an extremely busy working schedule; being affiliated with three different medical institutions, he is sometimes on call 7 days of week - just like many other medical doctors in the United States. What distinguishes him from many others however, is, his story starts in a wood stove heated room in a small Anatolian city, Kars.

March 26, 2009
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Heart Friendly Dr. Ozgen Dogan

By Melda Akansel - Unquestionably, heart attacks are the biggest health threat to people today and the medical community is making great efforts to try to solve this problem. Dr. Ozgen Dogan tries to call attention to the importance of a healthy heart by saying, “The number one killer in the modern world is heart problems and the heart attacks that are caused by this.” He also states that many things raise the risk of a heart attack, from bad nutrition to being overweight, from stress to not getting enough exercise. Dr. Ozgen Dogan practices not only at Columbia University and Long Island College Hospital, but he has also been one of New York’s most successful cardiologists, protecting the hearts of thousands of patients for the past twenty years at his own clinic.

March 26, 2009
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Dr. Karatoprak Improves the Quality Of Life

By Melda Akansel-
Even though the secret of preventing aging or securing immortality has not yet been discovered, prolonging a healthy life or, in other words, improving the quality of life is no longer a mere fantasy. Anti-aging expert Dr. Ohan Karatoprak says that by correctly directing the genes in the human body it is possible to prolong the healthy and high quality phase of life. Dr. Ohan Karatoprak, who is one of the pioneers in this field, conducts research into anti-aging and obesity and he also works as a general practitioner in his clinic in New Jersey.

March 26, 2009
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Harvard's Ice Man

By Maureen Erturk
In the futuristic realm where engineering meets human biology stands a man from Moda in Istanbul. Considered one of the world's leading experts in cryobiology, nanotechnology and tissue engineering, Mehmet Toner, Ph.D., came to America 25 years ago from the neighborhood of plane trees and tea gardens and the rigorous training of Istanbul Technical University's mechanical engineering department.

March 26, 2009
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Dr Kevin Niksarli,MD Looks After Your Eyes

By Melda Akansel-
Dr. Kevin Niksarli, who has been awarded an achievement certificate given by the VISX STAR company to ophthalmologists who use their laser technology to perform the most eye surgeries, continues his professional work at the clinics he owns in New York and New Jersey. Dr. Kevin Niksarli came to the United States in 1986 to pursue his medical training and now as one of New York’s most accomplished ophthalmologists, he is a light at the end of the tunnel for many patients.

March 26, 2009
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An Expert on the Genetics of Melanoma

By Melda Akansel-
Dr. Julide Tok Celebi has been working as an instructor in the Dermatological Department at Columbia University-New York Presbyterian Hospital for the past seventeen years treating thousands of patients for anything from cancer to eczema, from warts to moles. Dr. Celebi, who works primarily on treating moles, also performs cosmetic procedures such as botox and laser treatments.

March 26, 2009
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Why Is Dental Work So Expensive?

Americans’ oral health has improved tremendously in recent years. Over the past decade, tooth decay has decreased by 15% in children, and just a quarter of adults over 60 have lost all their teeth, down from one-third. Dentists attribute the improvement to such advances as fluoridation and better oral hygiene at an early age.

March 26, 2009
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Turkey's Medical 'Tourist Attractions'

By Duygu Uckun-
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The urge to receive health services at lower cost has accelerated medical tourism rates in recent years. Highly complicated and overpriced health plans in developed Western countries cause thousands of patients to seek service abroad. The volume of the health tourism market has reached $20 billion in the U.S. This number is expected to double by 2010.

March 26, 2009
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