Melahat Okuyan
Turkish physician and medical researcher
About Melahat Okuyan
Lived 1924 – 2025 (aged 100–101). Melahat Okuyan was a Turkish veterinarian, academic and microbiologist.
Melahat Okuyan (1924 – 14 August 2025) was a Turkish veterinary physician, academic and scientist in microbiology. She was also an HIV/AIDS activist.
Background Melahat Okuyan was born in Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey in 1924. She was schooled at the age of five and half.
Career Okuyan graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary medicine at Ankara University ranking first in the academic term in 1946. She then worked four years as an assistant at the Institute for Veterinary Bacteriology and Serology in Pendik, Istanbul.
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Who was Melahat Okuyan?
Turkish physician and medical researcher (1924–2025)
When was Melahat Okuyan born?
Melahat Okuyan was born in 1924 in Diyarbakır.
When did Melahat Okuyan die?
Melahat Okuyan died on 14 August 2025.
What was Melahat Okuyan's occupation?
Melahat Okuyan was a veterinarian, academic and microbiologist.
What nationality was Melahat Okuyan?
Melahat Okuyan was Turkish.
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