Assoc. Prof. MD. Sema Turker Reviews

I was admitted to Medical Park Goztepe's emergency department with severe, unexplained abdominal pain and a high fever. Within hours, I was in Dr. Sema Turker's care. She didn't just see a chart; she saw my panic. She calmly explained that my scans showed a mass requiring immediate investigation, but she anchored me with her certainty. Her approach wasn't rushed fear-mongering; it was a precise, rapid protocol. She coordinated with interventional radiology for a biopsy that same night. Her ability to navigate an emergency with both clinical speed and profound human reassurance turned my worst night into the beginning of my recovery. She's the calm in the storm you never wanted to enter.

My 8-year-old daughter's leukemia relapse felt like the universe breaking a promise. We came to Dr. Turker terrified, our hope fragile. She didn't just treat a pediatric oncology case; she engaged my daughter. She explained procedures using a stuffed animal, asked her about school, and earned her trust before the first new treatment cycle. Her protocols were academically rigorous, referencing the latest international studies she herself seemed to have just read, but her delivery was gentle. She spoke to us parents with devastating honesty about the odds, but always paired it with a tangible 'next step.' Under her care, my child wasn't a statistic; she was a little girl Dr. Turker was fiercely determined to give a future to. The complexity was in the science; the miracle was in her holistic dedication.

As a 72-year-old with metastatic prostate cancer, I'd seen many oncologists. My follow-up visit with Dr. Turker was different. She reviewed my latest PSA results and scans not as isolated data points, but as chapters in a story she knew by heart. She noticed a subtle shift in a bone lesion everyone else had called 'stable.' Her recommendation wasn't to blindly continue treatment, but to strategically switch to a newer hormonal agent based on emerging resistance patterns she described in detail. She treated my age not as a limitation, but as a factor in her calculus for quality of life. She asked about my arthritis, ensuring the new treatment wouldn't exacerbate it. This wasn't maintenance; it was masterful, proactive stewardship of my life with cancer.

My routine checkup post-breast cancer surgery turned into a lesson in vigilance. I felt fine, expecting a quick all-clear. Dr. Turker, however, conducted her physical exam with an intensity that surprised me. She spent minutes palpating my neck and supraclavicular area, her focus absolute. She found a lymph node I hadn't noticed. 'It's probably nothing,' she said, 'but its character isn't textbook for post-surgical change.' She ordered an ultrasound immediately, which led to a biopsy. It revealed a microscopic, early recurrence. Catching it at this stage changed my entire prognosis. What I learned is that for Dr. Turker, a 'routine' visit doesn't exist. Every appointment is a fresh investigation. Her expertise isn't just in treating the obvious; it's in uncovering the hidden before it becomes a threat.