Özet:

Ferruh Niyazi Bey, who was born in Antalya's Elmalı district in 1888, graduated from Medical School in 1913. He served on various battle fronts in the Balkan War and the First World War. He was appointed as Zor Liva Central Government Doctor in 1918 and as the Health Director of Kastamonu Province in 1919. Dr. Ferruh Niyazi Bey, who was the Sanitary Director of Sivas Province in September 1920 during the National Struggle, performed significant health and political services in the city, which was an important point on the way to Soviet Russia. During his health directorate, the city of Sivas was turned into an important base for vaccination, serum, and rabies studies. In addition, since he served as a government commissioner before the American Organization, he played an important role in the recruitment of vehicles. Having served as Sivas Sanitary Manager for eight months, Dr. Ferruh Niyazi Bey has pioneered Turkey's Sanitary and Social Geography studies and has attempted to gather information on health and social fields for four months in more than four hundred villages with health officials. But unexpectedly, he was dismissed together with the other officials of the province, especially the Governor, and for this reason it could not turn into a published work. This study aims to reveal the period of Ferruh Niyazi Bey's Sivas Sanitary Directorate in the light of archival documents, copies of Gaye-i Milliye newspaper, memories, and research works.

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