Fake doctor arrested after one year on duty

A woman who introduced herself as a practicing physician in a state hospital in the northwestern province of Tekirdağ for about a year has been arrested after it was revealed that she was a fake doctor, Qazet.az reports.

Ayşe Özkiraz, who is understood to have practiced medicine with a fake diploma, was arrested after other doctors in the hospital suspected and complained.

Sharing many photos while so-called performing surgery on her social media accounts, Özkiraz lied to those around her about many issues, including her age.

In her statements to the prosecutor’s office, though she told the doctors that she was 25 years old, she was actually 20 years old.

She also told everyone that she graduated from Çapa Medicine Faculty ranking first in class.

“When I was a high school student, my parents wanted me to study in a medical school. They thought I would get a high score. But I did not get a good enough score to get into medical school,” Özkiraz explained.

In order not to shake her family’s trust in her, Özkiraz told her mother, stepfather and half-siblings that she had won the Çapa Medical School.

“When my family wanted to see the exam result document, I prepared a fake exam result document and showed it to my family,” she stated.