In Memory of Dr. Zeki Oral

Dr. Zeki Oral was born in Anamur in 1940. He completed his primary and secondary education in Anamur and his high school education in Bursa. In 1966, he graduated from Istanbul Faculty of Medicine and, in the same year, began his neurosurgery residency at Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine. Following his residency, he completed his military service at Kasımpaşa Naval Hospital, where he subsequently continued to work as a specialist physician. He then began his first post-residency instructor position at Taksim Training Hospital. With the enactment of the full-time practice law, he resigned from public service. After working for a period as a private practitioner, he accepted an invitation to serve as Chief of Neurosurgery Department at Bakırköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Hospital. After twenty years in this role, he decided to retire in 2012. He passed away on March 4, 2025.