M.D. Tuğçe Özdemir Gültekin

As a 72-year-old retired cartographer, my world was shrinking due to unexplained vertigo that made even reading maps impossible. Dr. Tuğçe didn't just treat symptoms—she discovered a rare vascular compression affecting my vestibular nerve through meticulous investigation. Her team performed a precise microvascular decompression at Acibadem Maslak, and now I'm navigating Istanbul's streets again, creating hand-drawn maps for my grandchildren.

Our 8-year-old daughter, a competitive junior chess player, began experiencing 'chessboard hallucinations' where the board patterns would animate during tournaments. Multiple doctors dismissed it as imagination. Dr. Tuğçe recognized it as pediatric occipital lobe epilepsy triggered by pattern recognition. Her tailored treatment plan allowed our daughter to compete nationally again, turning what seemed like a magical curse into a manageable neurological condition.

I'm a 34-year-old marine biologist who developed sudden prosopagnosia—face blindness—after a mild concussion during fieldwork. Dr. Tuğçe's innovative neuroplasticity-based therapy at Acibadem Maslak involved virtual reality facial recognition training combined with targeted neuromodulation. Six months later, I can recognize my research team underwater again, something I'd mourned as permanently lost.

My 58-year-old husband, a master violin maker, developed a mysterious intention tremor in his dominant hand that threatened his life's work. Dr. Tuğçe diagnosed it as a rare form of task-specific dystonia rather than Parkinson's. Her treatment involved botulinum toxin injections guided by EMG and occupational therapy retraining his neural pathways. He recently completed his most intricate violin restoration in years.