Abstract: Pharmaceutical legislation plays a key role in providing
regulatory norms for the practice of pharmacy. Knowing the historical
background of legislation also promotes a better understanding of the
interrelationship between pharmacy-related issues of the past and the present. This study aims to examine the
historical evolution of Turkish pharmaceutical legislation from 1852 to the
present. Pharmaceutical laws,
regulations, and directives enacted in the Ottoman and the Republican periods
were analyzed from several different aspects (i.e., qualifications of
pharmacists, requirements for setting up a pharmacy, and national
pharmacopoeia). The first
pharmaceutical regulation in Turkey, “Regulation of civil pharmacy in the
Ottoman domains,” (1852) stipulated for the first time that a pharmacy had to
be operated by a diploma holder-pharmacist, and the quality and safety of the
medicines prepared in a pharmacy were primarily under the pharmacist’s
responsibility. Despite a great
number of pharmaceutical regulations enacted in the 19th century, it was after
the proclamation of the Republican regime in 1923 that Turkey observed a
sustainable development in its pharmaceutical legislation.
Keywords: History of pharmacy, pharmaceutical legislation, Turkey
Cite: Tekiner, Halil., Ulu, Ahmet. "The historical evolution of the Turkish pharmaceutical legislation from 1852 to the present," Farmacia 2015; 63(4):619-622.
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