Weekly Press Release of Istanbul Gelisim University (Issue 22) (November 4-8, 2019)

Abstract

Public Health Specialist Assist. Prof. Dr. Nurten Elkin stated that the elderly population in Turkey will have increased in proportion as 10.2 per cent till 2023 according to TurkStat data, and that the ‘gray tsunami’ defined as rapid aging has come and said: “We experience the change in a period of 20 years while the European countries do in almost a century. This shows that we are one of the fastest aging countries in the world.” Stating that Turkey gets older and ‘gray tsunami’ (rapid aging) is expected along with the increasing number of elderly, Public Health Specialist Assist. Prof. Dr. Nurten Elkin said that they organized the 1st International Istanbul Gerontology Workshop with the foresight of this important change.