Faruk Öztürk

Prof. Dr. Faruk ÖZTÜRK was born in Ankara. He graduated from Kuleli Military High School in 1981 and from the GATA (Gülhane Military Medical Academy) Faculty of Medicine in 1987, and completed his specialty training in Ophthalmology in the Department of Ophthalmology at the GATA Faculty of Medicine in 1993.

He took part in the founding of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine. He founded the Department of Ophthalmology at the Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine and served as its Head between 1999 and 2008. Between 2008 and 2013, he served as Chief Physician and Clinic Chief of the Ministry of Health Ulucanlar Eye Training and Research Hospital, and during the hospital's transfer from the SSK to the Ministry of Health, he worked as the founding Chief Physician, achieving physical, equipment, training, and management-based improvements and modernization of the hospital. In 2013-2014, he served as Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine. Since 2014, he has served as a faculty member in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. He became an Associate Professor in 1999 and a Professor in January 2005. He speaks English.

He has worked as a fellow and visiting faculty member at Wills Eye Hospital (Philadelphia, USA), Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA), New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Columbia University (New York, USA), Cincinnati Eye Institute (Ohio, USA), the University of Tennessee (TN, USA), and the Departments of Ophthalmology of the Ege University and Gazi University Faculties of Medicine.

He deals with vitreoretinal surgery, refractive cataract surgery, pediatric cataract surgery, retina and vitreous diseases, glaucoma, secondary intraocular lens implantation, and trauma.

He is a member of the Turkish Ophthalmological Association (T.O.D.) Ankara Branch, the T.O.D. Cataract and Refractive Surgery Unit, the T.O.D. Vitreoretinal Surgery Unit, the T.O.D. Glaucoma Unit, the Europe Vitreoretinal Society, Euroretina, the European Glaucoma Society, the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

He works on national and international projects, and served as the Ankara coordinator and conductor of the Afyon region Age-Related Macular Degeneration Frequency Study (2007) and the Turkey Glaucoma Prevalence Study (2009).

A.K.Ü. Faculty of Medicine Vice Dean, Faculty Board Member, Faculty Executive Board Member,

He has served as Chair of the Hospital Infection Control Committee, Chair of the A.K.Ü. Publication Commission, member of the Surgical Medicine Competency Commission and the Medical Education Commission for the construction of the 400-bed Application and Research Hospital (externally funded and turnkey), and Chair of the Faculty of Medicine Unit Strategic Plan Preparation Commission.

Within the Ministry of Health, he pioneered the establishment of retinopathy of prematurity screening and treatment centers. He has worked toward the establishment of a National Eye Institute.

He serves as a member (for 3 terms) of the Ministry of Health Medical Specialty Training Curriculum Development and Standard Setting Commission.

As a contribution to society, he has also served in the management, boards, commissions, and committees of local scientific, professional, social, and cultural institutions and organizations, including: Chair of the Audit Board of the AKÜ Faculty Members Association (2002-2008),

Member of the Honor Board of the Afyon Medical Chamber,

Coordinator of the English Course for Staff of the AKÜ Faculty of Medicine and Hospital,

Academic advisor for AKÜ Faculty of Medicine students throughout their medical education,

Member of the Editorial Board of the Kocatepe Medical Journal,

He carried out eye screening in the Afyon nursing home,

planned and carried out eye screening in all state-owned nursing homes in Ankara,

and planned and carried out eye screening in primary schools in Manisa, Kayseri, and Ankara.

1. Multikinase inhibition-mediated proliferative vitreoretinopathy therapy by nanoparticles in rabbitsArslan E., ÖZTÜRK F., Uner B., Tureli S., MÜFTÜOĞLU S. F., Tas C.MOLECULAR VISION, cilt.31, ss.142-157, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2. Relationships between corneal biomechanics and the structural and functional parameters of glaucoma damageHocaoglu M., Kara C., Sen E. M., ÖZTÜRK F.ARQUIVOS BRASILEIROS DE OFTALMOLOGIA, cilt.83, sa.2, ss.132-140, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
3. Increased levels of circulating CD34+cells in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: relation with clinical and OCT featuresKara C., Ozdal P. C., Beyazyildiz E., Ozcan N. E., Teke M. Y., Vural G., et al.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, cilt.28, sa.1, ss.80-86, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
4. Comparison of the corneal biomechanical properties, optic nerve head topographic parameters, and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measurements in diabetic and non-diabetic primary open-angle glaucomaAkkaya S., Can E., ÖZTÜRK F.INTERNATIONAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, cilt.36, sa.5, ss.727-736, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
5. A surprise in the lacrimal sacYuksel N., Akcay E., Kilicarslan A., Ozen U., ÖZTÜRK F.MIDDLE EAST AFRICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, cilt.23, sa.3, ss.268-270, 2016 (ESCI, Scopus)
6. Evaluation of corneal biomechanical properties using an ocular response analyser to examine aphakic and pseudophakic patients after congenital cataract surgeryŞİMŞEK T., Soba D. O., Tirhis M. H., Yilmazbas P., ÖZTÜRK F.ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA, cilt.94, sa.3, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
7. The influence of iris color and retina pigment epithelium melanin on allergic rhinitisDEREKÖY F. S., KENAR F., YAVAŞ G. F., Küsbeci T., ÖZTÜRK F., Ayçiçek A.ENT Updates, cilt.6, sa.1, ss.23-28, 2016 (ESCI)
8. Histopathological Analysis of Internal Limiting Membrane Surgically Peeled From Eyes with Epiretinal MembraneBeyazyildiz O., Tirhis M. H., HEKİMOĞLU E. R., Beyazyildiz E., Kaymaz F., Yilmazbas P., et al.CURRENT EYE RESEARCH, cilt.41, sa.2, ss.258-265, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
9. Effect of doxycycline on postoperative scarring after trabeculectomy in an experimental rabbit modelSen E., Balikoglu-Yilmaz M., Bozdag-Pehlivan S., Sungu N., Aksakal F. N., Altinok A., et al.Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, cilt.26, sa.5, ss.399-406, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

1. Cataract surgery outcomes in patients with chronic or recurrent uveitisÖZTÜRK F., NALÇACIOĞLU P., Ozdal P., Turkyilmaz M.Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), Washington, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 1 - 05 Mayıs 2016, cilt.57, (Özet Bildiri)
2. The effect of tyrosine kinase inhibitor nintedanib on post-traumatic proliferative vitreoretinopathyARSLAN L. E., ÖZTÜRK F., MÜFTÜOĞLU S. F., TÜRELİ S., Üner B. Y.
3. Offset Feed Line Inclined Aperture Coupled Stacked Microstrip Antenna DesignÖZTÜRK F., Yazgan E.