The term presidency of the World Healthcare Travel Council (GHTC) has passed to the TRNC.

The General Assembly of the World Healthcare Travel Council (GHTC) was held in Zagreb under the chairmanship of Croatia. Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Environment Fikri Ataoğlu has assumed the Presidency of the High Advisory Board of the Council (GHTC) in the new term, while Ahmet Savaşan, the Chairman of the Cyprus Health Tourism Council, has been elected as the 7th term chairman of the organization.

Founded in Monaco under the founding presidency of Turkey, with the participation of the United States of America, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Kingdom, Estonia, Croatia, India, Nigeria, Panama, Poland, Senegal, Ukraine, Jordan and Greece, today it has 56 countries. The term presidency of the World Health Tourism Council passed to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Ahmet Savaşan was elected as the term chairman.

According to the statement made by the Cyprus Health Tourism Council, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Environment Fikri Ataoğlu was the Chairman of the High Advisory Board for the 2023-24 period, and Ahmet Savaşan, Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Cyprus Health Tourism Council was elected as the chairman of the World Health Tourism Council. .

Having also served as the Deputy Minister of Health responsible for the development of health tourism in Croatia, the 6th term chairman of the Council, Dr. GHTC Founding President Emin Çakmak moderated the general assembly meeting in which Miljenko Bura made the opening speech.

In his speech at the General Assembly, the Founding President Emin Çakmak emphasized that there can be no political evaluation and discrimination on any subject in the World Health Tourism Council, and pointed out that countries that fulfill the necessary conditions can become members of the organization with their own flags and languages ​​and participate in the elections. Emin Çakmak also stated in his speech that the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has fulfilled all the necessary conditions to be a candidate for the presidency and that there is no problem in its candidacy for the term presidency.

At the general assembly meeting, where the annual report was presented by the term chairman, Croatia, issues such as expanding the international network of GHTC, registration of new member states, accreditation, training programs, digitalization, and developments in the field of health tourism were discussed. Subsequently, the candidate for the term presidency, Dr. Ahmet Savaşan brought the projects they plan to implement during the term presidency of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to the information of the general assembly.

In his speech here, Minister Ataoğlu underlined that they will give the necessary support to the work of the Council in the period of 2023-24, and said that in 2024, including hosting the Global Healthcare Travel Forum in Northern Cyprus with international participation, the GHTC’s He also said that they will contribute to the institutionalization of the company and increase its international visibility.

Emin Çakmak, who announced that Ahmet Savaşan was elected as the chairman of the World Healthcare Travel Council (GHTC) as a result of the election held in the general assembly and the term presidency was transferred to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, also stated in the general assembly that China, Saudi Arabia, Croatia, Germany, India, He announced that Kyrgyzstan, Moldova and Morocco were also elected as vice-presidential countries.

Savaşan, who was elected as the 7th term president to represent the TRNC to the World Healthcare Travel Council (GHTC), has been serving as the vice president of the organization since 2018.

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