DoktorClub Awards 2025: Türkiye's Health Awards presented for the ninth time
Twenty awards were presented at the ceremony held at Fişekhane on 3 April 2026. More than 115,000 physicians voted on the winners; the Honorary Award went to Prof. Dr. Saman Belgerden.
Highlights
- 118 candidates competed in 9 main and 18 subcategories; the finalists were determined by 121 jury members, 91 scientific and 30 industry.
- The winners were chosen by the votes of more than 115,000 DoktorClub member physicians.
- The Honorary Award went to Prof. Dr. Saman Belgerden.
- Since 2017, the program has received more than 1,500 applications in total across nine ceremonies.
Istanbul, 6 April 2026 – DoktorClub Awards, organized by DoktorClub, Türkiye's largest digital physician platform, presented its awards for the ninth time. Twenty awards were presented at the ceremony held at Fişekhane on 3 April 2026. This year, 118 candidates competed in 9 main and 18 subcategories. The finalists were determined by a 121-member jury of 91 scientific and 30 industry members, and the winners were chosen by more than 115,000 DoktorClub member physicians.
- physicians eligible to vote
- 115,000+
- jury members
- 121
- candidates
- 118
- awards
- 20
“In nine years, DoktorClub Awards has become more than an awards ceremony: a vision platform where real success in Türkiye's healthcare ecosystem becomes visible through the eyes of physicians. Looking at this year's winners, we clearly see Türkiye advancing on the path to becoming a global player in health technologies.”
Gökçe YaraşanFounder & CEO, DoktorClubSelected winners
- Honorary Award: Prof. Dr. Saman Belgerden
- Pharmaceutical Sector Social Responsibility: Nobel İlaç, with Gri Bere İyilik Hareketi (Grey Beret Kindness Movement)
- Medical Device R&D: Medion ARGE
- Health Startup: Eyesoft Bilişim
- Institutional Innovation: Antalya Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (Antalya Training and Research Hospital)
- Civil Society: Leyla'dan Sonra Derneği (After Leyla Association)
- DoktorClub Special Award: CARMED İlaç
- Jury Special Award: innovRES
“We thank this year's main sponsor CARMED İlaç, our communications partner Branding Türkiye, and Özak GYO for hosting. Behind this program, which has grown for nine years, is the healthcare sector's desire to make good work visible. In our tenth year, we want to broaden this collaboration even further.”
Işıl VergiliGeneral Manager, DoktorClub“The 91 members of our scientific jury evaluated the applications in their own areas of expertise in terms of evidence and originality. The reliability of the physician vote also rests on the rigor of this preliminary screening. This year, the scientific quality of domestic projects in medical devices and digital health was particularly striking.”
Dr. Hamza GemiciMedical Director, DoktorClubAbout DoktorClub Awards
DoktorClub Awards, known as Türkiye's Health Awards, is an annual awards program organized by DoktorClub since 2017. The program recognizes physicians' scientific, clinical and social contributions; the R&D and social responsibility work of the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors; health startups; the innovative practices of public and private healthcare institutions; and civil society projects. Applications are first evaluated by an independent jury of scientific and industry members; finalists are then put to a vote by the verified physician members of the DoktorClub platform. Categories, the jury and past winners are available at doktorclubawards.com.
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About DoktorClub
DoktorClub is a free digital platform exclusively for physicians, with verified membership, founded in 2013 by Gökçe Yaraşan. With more than 116,000 members across all 81 provinces, it is Türkiye’s largest digital physician community; more than 94,500 members are physicians with a registered specialty and more than 21,700 are medical students and interns. Under a single account, the platform offers physician-reviewed health news, DoktorClub Academy continuing medical education, a congress calendar, a question bank for TUS (Türkiye’s medical specialty entrance exam), medical calculators and DOKGPT, an AI assistant built for physicians. Held since 2017, the DoktorClub Awards are Türkiye’s health awards, with winners chosen by the votes of the platform’s physician members. DoktorClub is operated by Mobisera Bilişim İç ve Dış Ticaret Ltd. Şti. doktorclub.com
Press contact
Erguvan İletişim Danışmanlığı · Arzu Törün · arzutorun@erguvaniletisim.com.tr, info@erguvaniletisim.com.tr · +90 212 263 13 03
Dr. Hamza Gemici · Medical Director · hamza.gemici@doktorclub.com
Sources and coverage
Source: doktorclub.com/en/press-center/doktorclub-awards-2025-winners-announced