Spec. Erkan SANMAK, M.D.
Acting Head of the Department of Health Tourism
Born in 1986 in Ordu, he completed his primary and high school education in Ordu. In 2010, he graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine. He worked as a general practitioner at Ordu Kumru Community Health Center and Ordu Aybastı State Hospital. He completed his specialty training in Medical Microbiology at Haydarpaşa Numune Research and Training Hospital. In 2018, he started to work as a specialist physician at Mardin Research and Training Hospital. In 2020-2021, he worked as the founder and responsible physician of Covid 19-PCR Laboratory. Between 2021-2023, he served as Deputy Chief Physician at Mardin Research and Training Hospital. Between 2023-2024, he served as the Head of Health Services at Mardin Provincial Health Directorate. In September 2024, he started to work as the Head of Health Professions Department.
As of February 26, 2025, he was appointed as the acting Head of Health Tourism Department.