Postgraduate forensic science education in Turkey

Abstract

Legal medicine in Turkey, has an educational background that goes back to 1839 and the first autopsy in modem terms was performed in 1841. In the early days, it was common practice for those involved in this work to extend their investigative knowledge into areas not directly concerned with medical matters. However forensic medical investigations cannot be entrusted in the hands of single investigators, but should rather be dealt with by cooperative groups of experts nowadays.