Özet:

The fight against infectious diseases that have affected many societies throughout history has been among the priorities of the states. In this context, in the beginning the Ottoman, and then the Republic of Turkey, the state has sought ways to fight more effectively with infectious diseases. But the long-term wars, which began with the Balkan Wars in the early 20th century and resulted in the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, brought the society to a great disaster. He has been invited to infectious diseases as he has been. Therefore, at first TBMM later the Republican governments, on the one hand, called to correct the socio-economic situation of the country, while on the other hand, opened many facilities, such as hospitals, dispanser and sanatorium, and tried to fight with verem. In addition, they have prepared the work of the Health and Internal Geography of Turkey in order to be able to evaluate the whole country well. These works contain important information about the area in which they are written, such as education, health, economy, population. In this study, a total of 15 districts have been examined. Thus, taking advantage of the works of the Health and Intimate Geography of Turkey, it was tried to determine how widespread the verema disease that significantly affected the society of the time was seen in which province.