Dr. Mustafa Ağaoğlu is President of the International Federation of Sports Chiropractic (FICS) and of the Turkish Chiropractic Association which he co-founded. He helped commence the master’s in chiropractic sciences education program at the Bahçesehir University of Istanbul, Turkey in 2015.

He is a 1997 Life University graduate, he practised for one year in Lima, Peru. He then received Florida licensure and practised there until April 2004 when he moved to Izmir, Turkey where he opened up an office with his wife, a medical doctor.  

In this interview, he highlights the plight of the profession in Turkey and what he is doing to achieve the right to practice. The six chiropractors in Turkey face up to two years in prison if caught practising. He also talks about…

• Fighting legislation in court which proposed grouping chiropractic along with bonesetters and leech therapy
• Working with government to bring in legislation and protection of title
• How important support from the ECU and WFC has been
• The global consensus of what chiropractic should be
• Why national associations should be more proactive about standardisation
• How social media divides the profession