Canan Karatay

Her first book was published in April 2011 with the name "Karatay Diet". Later, November 2011 "Lifelong Health with Karatay Diet", May 2012 "Karatay Cuisine", February 2013 "There is a Solution to Obesity and Diabetes with Karatay Diet!" and lastly, in October 2013, his book titled "The Karatay Diet Guide to Freedom from Nutritional Traps" was published.

Mutia Canan Karatay (born 2 March 1943 in Elazığ), Turkish Medical Doctor, Heart and Internal Medicine Professor, former rector of Istanbul Bilim University and Internal Medicine and Cardiology Sciences Main Banch teacher, heart and internal medicine specialist.

Canan Karatay was born on March 2, 1943 in Elazığ as the daughter of Vasfiye and Ömer Naimi Erdem. Their surname, which was Erdem, was changed to Efendigil by her father in the 1950s.She graduated high-school from Üsküdar Amerikan Academy in 1961, and in 1967 graduated from Istanbul Üniversitesi Medical Faculty. In 1972 she completed her Internal medicine residency training at the Treatment Clinic of Istanbul University. With the scholarship she earned from the English Government she studied at Liverpool Regional Cardiac Center in cardiology specialist education between the years 1972-1974. Between the years 1974-1976 she worked as a chief assistant at Istanbul University Treatment Clinic. Karatay continues her duty at Florence Nightingale Group Hospital. She is married to Ali Karatay, who is one of the founders of Boğaziçi University's Department of Philosophy and is still teaching as an Honorary Faculty Member. She has a son named Mehmet Rahmi Karatay.