Established the Burn and Transplantation Unit at Hacettepe University Hospital, Department of General Surgery, July
                       
Performed the first living-related kidney transplantation in Turkey, transplanting a graft from a mother to her 12-year-old child; Hacettepe University Hospital, Department of General Surgery, November 3
                       
Elected as the National Representative for the International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI)

Key player in the passage of Parliamentary Law 2238, enacted June 3, 1979, which validated regulations concerning the harvesting, storage, grafting, and transplantation of organs and tissues
                       
Performed the first domestic cadaver-kidney transplantation in Turkey, with an organ from a citizen who had died in a traffic accident, July 27
                       
Organized the first meeting of the National Burn Congress in Ankara, May 26-27

Enacted Law 2594, added to Law 2238, which included new articles enabling cadaveric organ transplantation without consent of the next of kin, for persons who have died in car accidents or natural disasters, and those whose relatives cannot be found, January 21

Established the first hemodialysis center in Ankara through the Turkish Organ Transplantation and Burn Foundation, March 12
                       
Conferred title of Full Professor of General Surgery, Hacettepe University

Chosen to be both a member of the Executive Committee and the representative for the Eastern Mediterranean Area for the ISBI

Conducted unprecedented research trails on organ cold ischemia time; first case in the medical literature of a successful cold kidney organ ischemia time of up to 111 hours

Awarded the Sedat Simavi Foundation award for outstanding medical contributions

Founding member of the Mediterranean Burns Club
                       
Established the Middle East Dialysis and Organ Transplantation Foundation (MEDOTF) to facilitate organ sharing and procurement in the Middle East

Organized the first meeting of the Middle East Dialysis and Organ Transplantation Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey, November 17-20
                       
Established the Turkish Organ Transplantation and Burn Foundation Hospital in Ankara, Turkey, September 16
                       
Received the Everett Idris Evans Memorial Award from the American Burn Association

Elected as Associate Secretary General of the ISBI

Established the Istanbul Dialysis Center, February

Established the Haberal Educational Foundation, September
                       
Accepted as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)

Founder and President of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation (MESOT)
                       

Organized the first Regional Eastern Mediterranean Burn Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey

Organized the first meeting of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation in Ankara, Turkey, November 2-4
                       
Performed the first successful cadaver-liver transplantation in Turkey and the region, December 8

Founder and President of the Turkish Transplantation Society, October
                      
Performed the first pediatric segmental living-related liver transplantation in Turkey, the region, and in Europe, March 15
                       
Performed the first adult segmental living-related liver transplantation in the world, April 24

Performed combined liver-kidney transplantation from a living-related donor, the first operation of its kind anywhere in the world, May 16
                       
Conferred membership in the New York Academy of Sciences

Established Baskent University* under the aegis of the Turkish Organ Transplantation and Burn Foundation and the Haberal Educational Foundation
                       
Opened Başkent University Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Center in Ankara, Turkey

Opened Başkent University Dialysis Center in Yalova, Turkey, the first medical facility of this type devoted to servicing a smaller rural community in Turkey, June
                       
Opened the Başkent University Hospital in Adana, Turkey, June
                       
Established the Middle East Burn and Fire Disaster Society

Opened the Başkent University Hospital in Alanya, Antalya, Turkey, July
                       
Received the Millennium Medal for recognition of contributions to the development of organ transplantation in Turkey and throughout the world by the International Transplantation Society in Rome, August
                       
Opened Başkent University College (preschool to high school levels) in Adana, Turkey

Opened a new Başkent University Hospital building in Ankara, November 20
                       
Established the Transplant Games Society, April 20

Opened Başkent University Adana Seyhan Hospital, Adana, Turkey
                       
Established the Society of Clinical and Experimental Research, January 14

Honorary Fellowship in the American Surgical Association (ASA)
                       
Opened Başkent University Konya Hospital, Konya, Turkey

Launched a TV channel, “Channel B,” a radio channel, “Radio Baskent,” and a news agency, “Baskent News Agency”

Elected President-Elect of the International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI) in 2004 in August, in Japan. The Presidential term of office will begin in September 2006 and end in 2008

Honorary Doctorate in the Azerbaijan Medical University

Elected as Councillor for The Transplantation Society Global Region, Middle East and North Africa

Conferred the title of Honoris Causa (Doctor of Science – D. Sc.) by the  University of Karachi, Pakistan

Visiting Professor, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Visiting Professor, The Massachusetts General Hospital

Elected as President of the Middle East Burn and Fire Disaster Society (MEBFDS)               

Granted Honorary Membership by the Board of Directors of Brazilian    Burn Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Queimaduras, SBQ)
     
Elected to membership in the International Surgical Group    
Given Lifetime Achievement Award by Kuwaiti Minister of 
Health, Shaikh Ahmad Al-Abdulla Al-Sabah

Began term of President of International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI).  Term of office will began in September 2006 and ends in September 2008.

Organized the First Meeting of the Society of Innate Immunity, Ankara

Organized New Key Opinion Leader Meeting of the Transplantation Society, Ankara

Organized 9th Meeting of the Turkish Transplantation Society, Ankara

Organized Symposium on Surgical Education and Quality, Ankara

Organized International College of Surgeons European Federation Turkey Section Meeting, Antalya

Received an Award for Medical Contribution to Organ Donation and Transplantation from Turkish Minister of Health, Prof. Dr. Recep Akdağ,

Received an Award form The First National Burns Week in Dubai

Established a Liaison Office in Munich, Germany

Received an Award for Medical Contribution to Organ Donation and Kidney Transplantation from Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman of Saudi Arabia

Received an Award for Medical Contribution to Organ Donation and Liver Transplantation from Prince Raad Bin Zeid of Jordan

Received an Award for Medical Contribution to Organ Donation and Transplantation from Prof. Dr. Fikri Canoruç, President of Dicle University

Visiting Professor, Washington University and Harborview Burn Center
 
Opened Baskent University Umitkoy Policlinic

Awarded Honorary Membership of the Czech Medical Association

Award a plaque as Guest of Honor from the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation
                 
Awarded Honorary Membership of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran

Received an Award for Medical Contribution to Organ Donation and Transplantation from the Middles East Society for Organ Transplantation

His Majesty King Felipe VI, King of Spain, bestowed upon Professor Mehmet Haberal the award of The Spanish Order of the Civil Merit (Cruz de Official) in recognition to the professional career of Professor Haberal in the fields of Medicine and Education, February 20

Organized the International Symposium on Deceased Organ Donation and Religion in Ankara, Türkiye. The Symposium boasted 19 invited speakers and 285 participants from 16 countries and proved to be a great success with high positive feedback from all who were in attendance, March 12-13

Edited and published a new book entitled “Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology in Liver and Kidney Transplantation”, June 2

Organized the American College of Surgeons Türkiye Chapter Meeting in Ankara, Türkiye. The main theme of the meeting was “Emergency Surgery Including Burns.” Although the meeting has been held virtually due to Covid-19 pandemic, it proved to be a great success with around 30 speakers from amongst the most distinguished members of the ACS faculty. A special edition dedicated to the meeting address most of the relevant aspects of the issues that were discussed during the meeting, September 3-4

Launched an international peer reviewed journal entitled Burn Care and Prevention that is published 4 issues a year; March, June, September and December. Burn Care and Prevention aims to create an arena to exchange information among all engaged in the field of burn care and prevention

Organized the first MESOT Webinar on How to Increase Organ Donation and Transplantation in Our Region during the Covid-19 Pandemic Period to share our insights and experiences on how to increase transplantation activities in our region during the Covid-19 period, April 7

Organized the second MESOT webinar on How to Increase Deceased Organ Donation during the Covid-19 Pandemic Period on June 9 Organized the International Symposium on Benign and Malignant Tumors in Liver With or Without Cirrhosis in Ankara, Türkiye. The Symposium had been an excellent opportunity for interaction and discussion on the latest advances and current practices in benign and malignant liver tumors, June 24-25

Edited and published a new book entitled “Transplantation in Türkiye and in Our Regions”, September 9

Pioneered the first Transplant Conference Organized in The History of Ukraine in Kiev with great success. The Ukrainian-Turkish Scientific- Practical Conference on Transplantation which was organized as a hybrid meeting, attracted almost 800 participants from 7 different countries, on October 15-16

Organized the Burn Care and Fire Disasters Meeting, in Ankara, Türkiye. The Meeting addressed a variety of cutting-edge issues in the field of burn injuries and fire disasters, with specific emphasis on state-of-theart presentations, November 4-5

Awarded the Ihsan Doğramacı Family Health Foundation Prize in 2022 by the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) for his remarkable services globally in the field of family health, May 27

Organized the Joint International Symposium on Pediatric Kidney and Liver Transplantation in Ankara, Türkiye. The Symposium addressed challenges and evaluated the short and long-term outcomes of pediatric kidney and liver transplantation in the Middle East and Mid Asia, February 10-11

Organized the International Symposium on Deceased and Living Donor Recent Criteria in Ankara, Türkiye. The Symposium reviewed and evaluated living and deceased donor selection criteria especially in the fields of infectious diseases, oncology and neurology in order to propose various strategies to expand the donor pool. Around 200 guests from 34 countries attended the Symposium, May 5-6

During the Symposium, Professor Haberal was presented with an Honorary Medal of Health by the Kazakhstan Ministry of Health in Aktobe region due to his outstanding contributions in the field of medicine in Kazakhstan, May 6

Invited as an Honorary Speaker to the 3rd National Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Congress that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan. During his visit, Professor Haberal met with legal authorities including members of Parliament, Chairman of the Board of Administration of the Regional Medical Divisions and Azerbaijan Health Minister, Dr. Teymur Musayev, June 3-4

Professor Mehmet Haberal presented with the 2022 Tanner-Vandeput- Boswick (TVB) Burn Prize by the International Burn Foundation (IBF) Board of Directors in recognition of his long-term and outstanding contributions to the field of burn care and education, August 29

2023 Organized the 18th Congress of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation, in Ankara, Türkiye. Around 300 participants from 38 countries attended the congress, May 24-26

Invited as an honorary guest speaker to the 9th International Congress of Iranian Society of Organ Transplantation (IRSOT), 30 October -1 November, 2023. During the Symposium, the Shiraz University presented Professor Haberal with Honorary Professorship

Organized the International College of Surgeons 2023 World Scientific Congress, in Ankara, Türkiye. More than 200 participants from 20 countries attended the congress, November 7-9

Organized the International Symposium on Brain Death and Circulatory Death, in Ankara, Türkiye. Around 150 participants from 15 countries attended the congress November 29-30

2024 Elected as a Partner Member of The Academy of Athens as a non-Greek Scientist for the first time in its history. The announcement was made by the President of Greece in the Official Newspaper of the State, 3199/08.12.2023 and also, announced during the Panhellenic Transplantation Congress, January 18-20 in Thessaloniki, Greece

Organized the International Symposium on Pediatric Organ Donation and Transplantation, in Ankara, Türkiye. Around 250 guests from 20 countries attended the symposium physically and virtually March 6-7

Invited as an Honorary Guest to the Annual Conference of the National Institute of Urology and Nephrology that was held in Cairo, Egypt. During the meeting, he was presented with a Shield of Honor by the National Institute of Urology and Nephrology for his contributions worldwide to the field of transplantation, May 8-10

Invited to the 11th Moscow Transplantation Conference that was held in Moscow, Russian Federation. During the conference, he is awarded by the V.P. Demikhov Commemorative Medal for contribution to the development of transplantation across the globe, May 21-24

Hosted the 30th International Congress of The Transplantation Society (TTS) in Istanbul, Turkey. This was the first international TTS congress held in Turkey and in the Middle East. As the Honorary Congress Chair, he has welcomed 2774 participants from over 97 countries.

During the Congress, he was awarded with the Medawar Prize for pioneering kidney and liver transplantation in Turkey and broadly across the Middle East and Central Asia and for establishing critical healthcare infrastructures and legislative frameworks that have saved thousands of lives and advanced medical practices in transplantation, September 25

The Medawar Prize, named after Society co-founder Sir Peter Medawar, is recognized as the world’s highest dedicated award for the most outstanding contributions in the field of transplantation. The award recognizes the outstanding investigators whose contributions have had such a profound influence on the field of organ transplantation.

Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal, Dialysis, Transplantation and Burn, the official journal of the Turkish Transplantation Society and the Turkish Burn and Fire Disaster Society

Editor-in-Chief of Experimental and Clinical Transplantation, the official journal of the MESOT, indexed by MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE

Guest Editor of Transplantation Proceedings, 1996: Edited the proceedings of a meeting that commemorated the 20th anniversary of the first transplantation in Turkey

Guest Editor of Transplantation Proceedings, 1998: Edited the proceedings of the 4th Congress of the Turkish Transplantation Society

Guest Editor of Transplantation Proceedings, 2000: Edited the proceedings of the 5th Congress of the Turkish Transplantation Society

Guest Editor of Transplantation Proceedings, 2002: Edited the proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the Turkish Transplantation Society and Eurotransplant

Guest Editor of Transplantation Proceedings, 2004: Edited the proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the Turkish Transplantation Society and Eurotransplant

Guest Editor of Transplantation Proceedings, 2005: Edited the proceedings of the IXth Congress of the MESOT

Guest Editor of Transplantation Proceedings, 2006: Edited the proceedings of the 8th Meeting of the Turkish Transplantation Society

Guest Editor of Transplantation Proceedings, 2008: Edited the proceedings of the 9th Meeting of the Turkish Transplantation Society

Editorial Board Member of the International Medical Journal

Editorial Board Member of the Urology Journal

Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Investigative Surgery

Editorial Board Member of Clinical Transplantation

Editorial Board Member of Transplantation Proceedings

International Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Advisory Board Member of Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases

International Board of Consultant of the Archives of Iranian Medicine

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Burns and Wounds

Editorial Review Board Member of American Journal of Disaster Medicine

• 11 faculties (including faculty of medicine)
• 7 institutes (including Transplantation and Genetic Sciences Institute)
• 3 vocational schools
• 1 preparatory school
• 2 colleges

• 10 hospitals (all with dialysis centers)
• 13 additional independent dialysis centers (all of which are located in cities throughout the country)
• 1 policlinic
• A liaison office in Munich, Germany, which is being represented by Dr. Walter Land, transplant surgeon

• A TV channel, Channel B
• A radio channel, Radio Baskent
• A news agency, Baskent News Agency

• 2 luxury hotels (1 is a spa)

• 2 holdings and more than 20 companies
• Baskent University Transplantation and Genetic Sciences Institute Integrated Facilities:
  • A milk production factory
  • An  experimental animal breeding center (pig, rat, rabbit, hamster, guinea pig)
  • A large agricultural farm
  • A cow farm
  • A quail farm
  • A bee farm

• Textile workshop
• Work clothes shop

• A dialysis solution factory

• A gas station
• A woodworking shop
• An ironworks

• has an annual budget greater than USD $300 million
• employs more than 8500 people

• Swimming
• Climbing
• Photography