Türkan Akbayrak, PT, PhD, Prof., graduated from Hacettepe University, School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation in 1989 as the top student of the department. She received her Master's degree in 1993 and her Doctorate degree in 1997. She became Assistant Professor in the same year, Associate Professor in 2003, and Professor in 2009. She is currently a faculty member responsible for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in Pelvic Health and Women's Health at the same faculty. Additionally, since 2023, she has been the director of the graduate program in pelvic health and women's health at the Institute of Health Sciences of the same university. Prof. Dr. Türkan Akbayrak is the Turkish chief delegate of the International Organization of Physiotherapists in Pelvic and Women's Health (a subgroup of World Physiotherapy) and the coordinator of the Turkish Physiotherapists Association Women's Health Working Group. She is the assistant editor of the book "Massage Techniques", the Turkish translator of the KNGF guideline on physiotherapy in patients with stress urinary incontinence, and the editor of the books "Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in Women's Health", "Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in Pelvic Health", and "Obstetric Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation." Her clinical and academic work includes urogynecological and obstetric physiotherapy, lymphedema, mobilization and manipulation, headaches, fibromyalgia, chronic venous insufficiency, constipation, and anorectal dysfunction.

 

Esra Üzelpasacı, PT, PhD, Assoc. Prof., graduated from Hacettepe University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in 2013. She completed her MSc (2014–2017) and PhD (2017–2021) at Hacettepe University, Institute of Health Sciences. She worked as a research assistant at Hacettepe University between 2014–2022. In 2023, she joined the University of Health Sciences, Gülhane Faculty of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation as an assistant professor, and as of 2026, she continues as an associate professor at the same university. She is a member of the Turkish Physiotherapists Association, Turkish Thoracic Society, International Continence Society, and European Respiratory Society. Her main research interests are pelvic health and women's health physiotherapy. She has received national and international awards and has 26 PubMed-indexed publications in this field. She has been actively conducting clinical and academic studies in pelvic health and women's health for the past 12 years.