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🇹🇷  Treatment in Turkey

The UK Foreign Office names cosmetic surgery and dental procedures as the most common procedures for medical tourists in Turkey. The Ministry of Health authorises clinics for international patients and publishes the list.

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Not medical advice. Whether a treatment is right for you is a decision to take with a doctor or dentist who has examined you. Talk to your own doctor before you book.

EU rules

No

Currency

TRY

Language

Turkish

Time zone

UTC+3

Treatments in Turkey: Hair transplant · Dentists: implants and veneers · Weight-loss surgery · Cosmetic surgery · Laser eye and lens surgery

Check a clinic or a doctor in Turkey

Clinics

Ministry of Health: healthcare providers authorised for health tourism

Four lists: hospitals, medical centres, private practices, other providers. Check that the exact clinic and address you are booked into is listed: an authorisation is not transferable between sites.

Clinics

HealthTürkiye (USHAŞ, under the Ministry of Health): certified providers and facilitators

Explains the certification of clinics and of the agencies (facilitators) that sell treatment to foreigners; agencies need their own authorisation.

Dentists

Turkish Dental Association (TDB): Find a Dentist

Search a dentist by first or last name, and narrow by province: the result shows the name, city and district. Not every dentist may show up: if the name is missing, ask for their dental chamber and registration number and check with the chamber.

Doctors: We found no public online register of individual doctors in Turkey that foreign patients can use: the Ministry's Doctor Information Bank is on e-Devlet and needs a Turkish e-Devlet login. Ask for the surgeon's full name, diploma and specialist certificate, and check that the clinic is on the Ministry's list.

Dentists: Dentists in Turkey belong to a regional dental chamber of the Turkish Dental Association (TDB), whose Find a Dentist page searches registered dentists by name and province (register above). If the dentist does not show up, ask for their chamber and registration number and check with the chamber.

Rules worth knowing

  • Clinics and hospitals treating international patients need a health tourism authorisation from the Ministry of Health, and so do the agencies that recruit patients.
  • The UK Foreign Office reports that 7 British nationals died in Turkey in 2025 following medical procedures.

Treatments in Turkey

Hair transplant in TurkeyOne trip Dental implants and veneers in TurkeyOne or two trips, by procedure Weight-loss surgery in TurkeyAt least 10 days before flying home Cosmetic surgery in TurkeyAt least 7 to 10 days (by procedure) before flying home Laser eye and lens surgery in TurkeyUp to 7 days (by procedure) before flying home

Cities where many clinics are

Who licenses the clinics in each city, the regional register where there is one, and the airport. We never rank, review or recommend clinics.

Istanbul Istanbul Province · IST Antalya Antalya Province · AYT İzmir İzmir Province · ADB

Official travel advice

Your own government's advice on Turkey: Ireland (DFA) · France (Diplomatie) · Australia (Smartraveller) · New Zealand (SafeTravel) · Germany (Auswärtiges Amt) · Canada (travel.gc.ca) · United States (CDC travel health) · Sweden (UD, Sweden Abroad) · Norway (UD, regjeringen.no) · Austria (BMEIA) · Switzerland (EDA: choose the country) · Denmark (Udenrigsministeriet) · Finland (UM) · Belgium (SPF Affaires étrangères) · Netherlands (Nederland Wereldwijd) · Singapore (MFA)

Sources

Next review due 25 Jan 2027.