As Associate Professor at the Sports Medicine Department of the Hacettepe University, Dr Gürhan Dönmez was invited to present his perspective on Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM) in his home country, Turkey. Tell us more about yourself I have been working as a sports medicine physician in Turkey for about 15 years. I am a faculty member and an Associate Professor at the Department of Sports Medicine of Hacettepe University, one of the best medical faculties and institutions for medical education in Turkey.