Purpose: To bring the establishment period of Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine into the narrative of history.Materials and methods: Pamukkale University Rectorate, Faculty of Medicine Dean's Office, local press and National Library archives were used to collect the data. In addition, interviews were conducted with some academic and administrative personnel working during the establishment years of the medical school.Results: Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine was established in 1987 under the name of Denizli Faculty of Medicine, affiliated to Dokuz Eylül University, and was affiliated to Pamukkale University in 1992. In the beginning, some buildings in the city center were used as faculty buildings and training and research hospitals. Since 2002, the Faculty of Medicine has started to move to the buildings on the present Kınıklı campus.Conclusion: Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, which did not have its own faculty building and training and research hospital at the time of its establishment, experienced some difficulties. However, in 2002 it gained the buildings on its own campus. The difficulties encountered in the foundation years were overcome with the devoted efforts of the academic and administrative staff and the faculty has survived to the present day.