Five Years in the Mental Hospital

Five Years in the Mental Hospital

At just 23 years old, Tuncer Kelleci was sent to Elazığ Mental Hospital as the director. When he stepped into this massive hospital filled with mental patients, he was an idealistic young man. Patients from all corners of the country came in saying, "I'm not crazy, get me out of here." Some were laughing, some were silent, some were shouting, while others were crying incessantly... Tuncer Kelleci, the author of Five Years in the Mental Hospital, says, "I came to understand just how valuable the mind is, and how, in a place where there is no mind, among thousands of mental patients and those trying to reason with them, I understood it better after working as a manager for five years." This book uniquely tells, straight from the author, the experiences, observations, and historical notes of a manager who spent many years overseeing mental hospitals.