The Struggle of Tuberculosis Activities Between the Years of 1939-1950 in Turkey

The epidemics cause many people to die in the world history. Especially, wars, natural disasters, famine and financial problems make easier to spread the epidemics. The begining of the World War II causes negative conditons to arise in the whole world. Turkey has its share of the war even though it does not participate in war, the problems arise in the field of economic and social in the country. Production activities decrease, economic dislocation, food storage begins and the epidemics increase concordantly. Tuberculosis which is described the captain of death spreads all over the country and the death rate which is related to the illness increases day by day. After these bad conditions, it is started a big war against the tuberculosis in the country. In this study, it is studied to determine the methods of struggle with tuberculosis of public and the government and what sort of precautions are taken against the tuberculosis in Turkey. Especially, the resources which are related to the tuberculosis in the Prime Ministery Republic archives are determined. Furthermore, in accordance with the official reports of Turkish Grand National Assembly magazine; deputies’ election places and tuberculosis thoroughout Turkey and the struggle of this disease’s rate is tried to determine