ministry · Turkey
Turkish Ministry of Health
Central government ministry regulating all healthcare facilities and practitioners in Turkey. Operates a national practitioner verification portal (Sağlık Bakanlığı) where licence status can be confirmed by name or identity number. Issues and revokes clinic operating licences.
Scope of authority
Central regulatory authority for all healthcare facilities and practitioners in Turkey. Operates USHAS (Health Tourism Authorisation) licensing for clinics marketing to international patients. Sets minimum facility standards, professional licensing requirements, and pharmaceutical regulation.
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
- 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.