ANKARA Around 20 percent of Türkiye's population experiences allergic symptoms, making the condition a widespread public health concern, according to an expert. “Allergies can be triggered by the air we breathe, the food we eat and the medications we use. Most people do not react, but some individuals with an allergic constitution have immune systems that treat these substances as foreign and respond accordingly,” explained Professor Dr. Osman Şener, a specialist in allergy at an Ankara