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🇹🇷  Treatment in Turkey

The largest destination for hair transplants and a major one for teeth and weight-loss surgery, mostly in Istanbul and Antalya. The Ministry of Health authorises clinics for international patients and publishes the list.

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EU rules

No

Currency

TRY

Language

Turkish

Time zone

UTC+3

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.

Doctors and dentists: We found no public online register of individual doctors in Turkey. Ask for the surgeon's full name, diploma and specialist certificate, and check that the clinic is on the Ministry's list.

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 usually Dental implants and veneers in Turkey2 trips usually Weight-loss surgery in TurkeyAt least 10 days before flying home Cosmetic surgery in TurkeyAt least 7 days before flying home Laser eye and lens surgery in TurkeyOne trip usually

Official travel advice

Sources

Next review due 25 Jan 2027.