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Independent doctor profile
Dr Tevfik Sözen
ENT and nasal surgery
Ankara
This doctor is not affiliated with Rhinoplasty Team Turkey. Rhinoplasty Team Turkey publishes this independent information page and does not arrange appointments with this doctor.
Independent doctor profile
Dr Tevfik Sözen
Tevfik Sözen is an Ankara ENT surgeon with a public record in facial plastic surgery. His profile brings together a dated certification, a former Hacettepe affiliation and an EAFPS national-delegate listing. This is the ENT physician Tevfik Sözen; records for the urologist Tevfik Sinan Sözen concern a different doctor.
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Education and professional background
- 2003 · 2011
Hacettepe education
His biography records medical graduation at Hacettepe in 2003 and completion of ENT residency there in 2011. The university’s own AVESİS page marks him as a former researcher. A remaining university profile therefore should not be read as proof of a current Hacettepe appointment.
Source: Tevfik Sözen — professional biographySource: Hacettepe AVESİS — former researcher record - 2016 · 2018
Training and certification have different dates
His biography describes training at St George’s Hospital in London in 2016. Separately, the IBCFPRS register dates facial plastic and reconstructive surgery certification to 18 October 2018 and records EBCFPRS dual certification. The self-reported training period and the certification date describe different events.
Source: Tevfik Sözen — professional biographySource: IBCFPRS — certification dated 18 October 2018
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What does the practice focus on?
Nasal surgery within a broader facial practice
His practice biography includes primary and revision nasal surgery alongside other facial procedures. Keep the consultation centred on your nasal goals: ask which parts of the assessment concern appearance, septal support or breathing, and which proposed additional procedures are optional. A broad practice description does not make a combined operation necessary.
Dr Tevfik Sözen
Clinical interests & published evidence
Evidence reviewed:
Septal reconstruction as a research topic
Taştan and Sözen co-authored the 2013 paper Oblique split technique in septal reconstruction. It addresses rib-cartilage graft preparation and structural reconstruction. Authorship documents a specific technical interest, not a promise that rib cartilage is needed for you or that graft-related problems cannot occur. Ask how the proposed graft source would be chosen.
- Publication record · Taştan and Sözen — Oblique split technique in septal reconstruction, 2013
A delegate role and identifiable teaching topics
EAFPS lists Sözen among Turkey’s national delegates. A Turkish ENT society invitation describes his teaching on planning measurements, ligament preservation, piezo bone work, nasal-tip and alar-base surgery. These are professional activities. They do not establish a comparative patient outcome, a current university post or UK authorisation to practise.
- Institutional record · EAFPS — national delegates
- Institutional record · Turkish ENT society — Tevfik Sözen teaching invitation
Understanding nasal surgery
Different goals. One carefully considered plan.
A useful consultation separates what you would like to change from what an examination can establish. The guide below explains the vocabulary used in nasal surgery. It is general education, not a description of this doctor’s personal technique or a recommendation for your case.
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What would you like to change about your nose within the proportions of your face?
Breathing
Which symptoms need an internal examination and discussion of possible causes?
History
How do previous treatment, health and expectations inform the discussion?
Conceptual planning diagram, not a diagnostic image or a prediction of surgical results.
Read the procedure, recovery and risk guide
Rhinoplasty: the external shape
Rhinoplasty changes the shape or size of the nose. Open and closed describe access through different incision patterns; these words alone do not tell you what structural work is planned. Ask your surgeon to explain the proposed changes, their limitations and why that access suits your anatomy.
NHS · Nose reshaping (rhinoplasty)
Septoplasty: the internal partition
The septum divides the two nasal passages. A deviation can contribute to obstruction, but an off-centre septum does not always cause symptoms. Assessment considers other contributors, including the turbinates and nasal valves. Septoplasty addresses the septum; a combined septorhinoplasty also addresses the external nose.
AAO-HNSF / ENT Health · Deviated Septum
Revision: understand the earlier operation
If you have already had surgery, make that clear at the outset and bring any available operative records. A useful consultation should distinguish the concern you see today from the correction being proposed. Ask what can realistically change, what may remain and whether further surgery is appropriate at all.
ASPS · Rhinoplasty consultation; editorial consultation prompts
Arrive with a history, leave with clear questions.
Prepare your medical conditions, allergies, current medicines and supplements, smoking or alcohol history and previous procedures. Describe both appearance and breathing concerns. The consultation should include examination, available options and an explanation of risks. Do not change prescribed medicines yourself; ask the treating team for individual instructions.
ASPS · Rhinoplasty consultation
Recovery is a sequence, not a reveal.
This visual is an orientation to follow-up, not a fixed timetable. The treating surgeon determines your care and review schedule.
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Initial care
Splints or dressings may protect the nose. Obtain written instructions on care, medicines and the next review.
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Early review
Ask who removes dressings or sutures, when you can resume activities and whom to contact with concerns.
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Ongoing healing
Swelling changes over time; refinement can take up to a year. An early photograph is not the final assessment.
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Continued follow-up
Confirm how reviews continue after you return home and how persistent concerns will be assessed.
ASPS · Rhinoplasty recovery
Discuss the trade-offs before deciding.
Possible risks include breathing difficulty, infection, altered sensation, scarring, septal perforation, dissatisfaction with appearance and further surgery. Anaesthesia has its own risks. Ask which are relevant to your health and proposed operation, how complications would be managed and what alternatives are available.
ASPS · Rhinoplasty risks and safety
Dr Tevfik Sözen
Reviews, fees & online identity
Match the doctor and procedure before comparing reviews
For Sözen reviews on Reddit or RealSelf, first match the ENT identity and the procedure being discussed. A report about another facial operation or the urologist namesake is not rhinoplasty evidence for this doctor. Read the stated follow-up and account history, and use unresolved questions to guide consultation rather than assigning a rating from selected stories.
- Practice-published information · Tevfik Sözen — professional biography
- Institutional record · Hacettepe AVESİS — former researcher record
Separate nasal and additional facial costs
No current individual rhinoplasty total was verified. Because the published practice scope includes several facial procedures, request separate prices for the nasal operation and any optional addition. The written scope should identify the hospital, anaesthesia, graft-related costs, follow-up and responsibility for unplanned care after you travel home.
- Practice-published information · Tevfik Sözen — professional biography
Credentials do not authenticate a representative
A board record and an EAFPS role help distinguish the professional identity. They do not authenticate a social account, private group administrator or person quoting fees. Confirm who provides medical answers and whether any intermediary is paid for referrals. No social handle, private patient community or booking representative is endorsed here.
- Institutional record · IBCFPRS — certification dated 18 October 2018
- Institutional record · EAFPS — national delegates
This dated source review distinguishes published records from practice descriptions and patient-authored material. It does not audit individual outcomes or confirm services for a future booking.
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Questions before contacting the practice
Where is the doctor based?
Ankara
What is the doctor’s specialty?
ENT and nasal surgery
Can I book this doctor through Rhinoplasty Team Turkey?
No. This is an independent information page. Rhinoplasty Team Turkey does not arrange consultations or treatment with this doctor.
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Sources and verification
Professional facts are attributed to the sources below. Practice websites describe their own services; they are not independent evidence of outcomes. Confirm current arrangements directly.
Tevfik Sözen — professional biography
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Tevfik Sözen — Ankara practice record
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Hacettepe AVESİS — former researcher record
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IBCFPRS — certification dated 18 October 2018
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EAFPS — national delegates
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Turkish ENT society — Tevfik Sözen teaching invitation
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Taştan and Sözen — Oblique split technique in septal reconstruction, 2013
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