Turkish Joint Diseases Foundation is a supporting organization of Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health and member of International Osteoporosis Foundation.

Turkish Joint Diseases Foundation was established in Ankara in 1990.

Co-founders were:

  • O. Şahap Atik
    MD, Professor, Orthopedic Surgeon
  • Ahmet T. Kalaycılar (1945 - ∞)
    MD, Orthopedic Surgeon
  • İsmail Gökmen
    Lawyer

Their contribution to the establishment was:

  • Drs. Atik and Kalaycılar donated their medical books, medical journals, medical instruments, medical teaching materials and some amount of money.
  • Lawyer Gökmen administrated bureaucratic process.

We are a non-profit organization since 1990.