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Turkish Ministry of Health - Health Tourism Department (Sağlık Turizmi Daire Başkanlığı)
The Health Tourism Department sits within the General Directorate of Health Services of the Turkish Ministry of Health. Its site publishes lists of health facilities and intermediary agencies holding an international health tourism authorisation certificate (Sağlık Turizmi Yetki Belgesi). The facility lists were last updated 20 August 2026 and are published as PDFs by facility type.
Scope of authority
Authorisation of health facilities and intermediary agencies for international health tourism
How to check a licence
- Open 'Yetkili Sağlık Tesisleri ve Aracı Kuruluşlar' > 'Bakanlığımızca Yetkilendirilmiş Sağlık Tesisleri için tıklayınız.' (page dated 20 Ağustos 2026)
- Choose a category link: 'YETKİLİ HASTANELER LİSTESİ İÇİN TIKLAYINIZ', 'YETKİLİ TIP MERKEZLERİ LİSTESİ İÇİN TIKLAYINIZ', 'YETKİLİ MUAYENEHANELER LİSTESİ İÇİN TIKLAYINIZ' or 'YETKİLİ DİĞER SAĞLIK TESİSLERİ LİSTESİ İÇİN TIKLAYINIZ'
- Each link opens a downloadable PDF (e.g. hastanelerpdf.pdf, muayenehanelerpdf.pdf); there is no search box - find the facility by scanning the alphabetical-by-name table (columns: SIRA NO, İL, SAĞLIK TESİSİ ADI, SAĞLIK TESİSİ TÜRÜ, ADRES, TELEFON)
- The PDF header says names are in alphabetical order and the most recently authorised or updated facilities are marked in a different colour
- Languages: Turkish, English, Arabic
- Covers: facilities
Facility-level check; it does not verify individual doctors.
Documented from the register page on 2026-10-04: “Yetkili Sağlık Tesisleri 20 Ağustos 2026 YETKİLİ HASTANELER LİSTESİ İÇİN TIKLAYINIZ YETKİLİ TIP MERKEZLERİ LİSTESİ İÇİN TIKLAYINIZ”
Complaint pathway
Sağlık Hizmetleri Şikayetleri ve Hizmetler Hakkında Bilgi Alma
“Sağlık Hizmetleri ile ilgili her türlü şikayet için Sağlık Bakanlığı''nın (SABİM) ALO 184 adlı hattı arayabilirsiniz.”
Istanbul Provincial Health Directorate page on the ministry domain describing SABİM ALO 184. The page says postal applications are not accepted and the applicant must apply in person; no national-level complaint page was found.
Documented from the page on 2026-10-04.
Clinics with an accreditation from this body
- Istanbul Hair InstituteIstanbul
- Estetik InternationalIstanbul
- Antalya Dental CentreAntalya
- Ankara Eye HospitalAnkara
- Cosmedica ClinicIstanbul
- Memorial Sisli HospitalIstanbul
Link derived from the clinic’s declared accreditation list. Not every clinic holding this body’s licence is listed — only those whose public record explicitly names the body.