Safranbolu Houses located in opposite hillsides, meet us with traditional, plain and nature compatible white costumes accompanied by a rhythmical dance of mud brick and wood. In order to challenge hard winters, they are alike cuddled each other. A mysterious hand, placed meticulously, to enable appearance retention. People who are in search of happiness of seventh heaven stored their attracted histories, invisible fortunes inside their simple and modest historical houses. Thus it is too hard to notice rich and poor.

Safranbolu that takes its name from saffron which seems like crocus with lilac-colored and purple, is one of the cities in Turkey (İstanbul, İzmir, Adana, Birecik) and in the World where this herb is grown. Saffron which has been used as dyestuff and additive in Pharmaceutics, dyeing and in foods since Ancient Greek and Rome can paint centuple of water than its self weight. The weight of stigmas which are collected from one hundred thousand herbs, is only 1 kg. Mentioned by Homerus and Hippocrates, Saffron has been grown because of Mongols in China, of Arabs in Spain and because of The Crusaders in Europe, in France, Sicily, Iran, Kashmir. detail

Minister of Health Prof. Dr. Recep Akdağ met with the committee consisting of Treatment Services Director Associate Professor İrfan Şencan, Staff General Directorate Acting-Director Hikmet Çolak, Vice-Director Abdullah Yılmaz, Maternal and Infant Health Director Rıfat Köse, Basic Health Services Agent Halil Güleç and with Gaziantep Health Staffs in Cahit Nakıpoğlu Primary School on the date of 29th May 2010.

After that he held a evaluation meeting with Provincial Health Director Acting-Director Dr. Serdar Tolay, Health Vice-Directors, Department Chiefs, Health Department Chiefs and Hospital Head Physicians. detail

Gaziantep which is among 16 provinces called as “District Health Attractiveness Center” by Ministry of Health turns to be a Health Tourism Center. By means of health investments besides public institutions made also by private health care institutions and increase in number of physician and health care staff in Gaziantep, there are a great amount of increase in number of bed. Number of bed rose from 2090 in 2002 to 3436 in 2009, number of health care staff rose from 3331 to 9521 and number of intensive care bed rose 95 to 396. While people were able to have dialysis service in only 3 provinces, now they are able to have that service in all provinces. Besides early diagnosis of cancer, screening and training centers, the first Burn and Scar Treatment Center in Turkey is now offering service in Av. Cengiz Gökçek State Hospital. detail