[3] The School of Medicine, named Mekteb-i Tıbbiyye-i Şahane (Ottoman Turkish: مَكْتَبِ طبیە شاهانە, lit.

"Royal School of Medicine"), was officially opened by Sultan Abdulhamid II on his birthday, 6 November 1903.

[3] In 1933, following the reorganization of higher education in Turkey as part of Atatürk's reforms, the School of Medicine was closed.

[3] In June 2019, a presidential decree designated all faculties, colleges, and institutes located at the Haydarpaşa Campus with the prefix Hamidiye, in honor of Abdulhamid II, the founder of the original medical school.

[3] Gülhane Hospital's active presence began in 1909, when its physicians, who had been transferred to the newly established Faculty of Medicine, formed the majority of the academic staff.

During World War I, the hospital played a crucial role in providing healthcare to the Ottoman Army and treating wounded soldiers from the Battle of Gallipoli.

As the facilities became inadequate, a decision was made in 1963 to construct a modern hospital complex in the Etlik, Ankara.