Asst. Prof. MD. Turgut Kuytu

My 82-year-old mother, Fatma, fell at home and developed a chronic subdural hematoma. Other doctors were hesitant due to her age and mild dementia. Dr. Turgut Kuytu was different. He didn't see just an elderly patient; he saw a person who deserved quality of life. He explained the burr hole drainage procedure to us with simple drawings, comparing it to 'releasing pressure from a sealed jar.' His calm confidence was contagious. Post-surgery, her confusion cleared within days. At her follow-up, he didn't just check the scans; he asked her about her rose garden. She's back tending to her flowers. We call him the 'gentle-handed professor.'

Our 9-year-old son, Emre, was diagnosed with a Chiari malformation after years of unexplained headaches and neck pain. The world of pediatric neurosurgery felt terrifying. Dr. Kuytu met Emre on his level, he showed him the MRI, calling his cerebellum 'a little brain that's a bit too curious and peeking out.' He scheduled the decompression surgery with such meticulous planning. The day of, he promised Emre he'd 'make more room for his smart thoughts.' The surgery was a success. At our 6-month follow-up, Emre brought him a drawing of a brain with a superhero cape. Dr. Kuytu pinned it to his office wall. He treated our child's fear as seriously as the malformation.

I was the 'routine checkup' that wasn't. I'd had a lumbar microdiscectomy with Dr. Kuytu a year prior for a herniated disc and was back for my annual scan review. While discussing my excellent recovery, he paused, zoomed in on a different part of my spine on the MRI from a year ago, and said, 'This tiny area here... it's probably nothing, but its character has me thinking. Let's get a dedicated contrast MRI for absolute peace of mind.' That 'probably nothing' turned out to be a very small, early spinal meningioma. He caught it purely through his obsessive attention to detail. What was meant to be a 10-minute follow-up turned into life-saving early intervention. He doesn't just look; he *sees*.

My husband, a 45-year-old mechanic, was brought into Medical Park Bursa's ER after a workshop accident, a metal fragment had penetrated his temporal region. It was pure chaos and panic. Dr. Turgut Kuytu arrived, and the atmosphere changed. In the storm of the emergency, he was the calm center. He spoke to my sedated husband as if he could hear, saying, 'We're going to remove the uninvited guest and fix the window.' The complex surgery to remove the fragment and repair the dura lasted hours. He came out to update us three separate times. His approach wasn't just technical mastery; it was profound humanity in a crisis. He saved my husband's life and his ability to work with his hands.