[REPUBLICAN TURKISH UROLOGY and RESEARCHES on HERMAPHRODITES] [Collection of autograph letters, photographs, case registers and other documents].

Very Good Turkish A large collection including 150 autograph letters signed 'Cafer Yildiran', his other family members and medics. Most of them are in Turkish, several ones are in English, French, and German. Letters written by him and to him mostly with his wife. Written from Istanbul, USA, Europe (Germany), Trabzon and Edirne cities. He tells about his profession and other things in his letters. In addition it includes one telegraph, one hand-drawn painting on paper, several letters from his children, and one poem which was written by him to his son. Also collection has many photographs and x-ray pieces. They're separated as files and each file has photographs and notes. First file includes 10 photographs in 9 plates. Second one has around 30 photos, third one has many photos of his patients and x-ray photos in 10 plates. All photographs are original. In addition there are 50 photos out of files. One big file has detailed case registers during his working in Cerrahpasa Hospital between the years of 1956-1959 and in Haseki Hospital between 1959-1966. File is titled as 'fihristler' [i.e. indexes]. They include cases, patients' personal information (like their names, ages and which cities they came from). It has around 500 pages. In addition to all of these, another documents which have three b/w plates from a urology book printed in Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters), two business cards of Yildiran, four blank envelopes with his personal and 'Turkish Urology Society' letterhead, a certificate of participation of 17th Urology Congress in Turkey (Antalya city) with autograph signature of Vural Solok (President of Turkish Urology Society in its period), prescriptions, some correspondences of Diyarbakir and Polatli Rotary Clubs, Admiral Bristol Hospital and other corporates (around 15 documents), and other several documents. Cafer Yildiran was born in Mersin in 1916. In 1941, he graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine. He specialized in urology. He worked at Vakif Gureba Hospital, Trabzon Numune Hospital, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine. He was sent abroad by the Turkish government. He conducted various scientific studies in England and USA. In 1959, he was appointed as the chief of urology at Haseki Hospital. He retired from the same hospital in 1981. He has over 300 publications, two scientific books, one poetry book and two congress reports. He is a founding member of Turkish Physicians Solidarity Foundation. A fine and large collection on Republican urology including some unique photographs on Turkish hermaphrodite researches.