Reference guide

Treatment in Türkiye: choosing well is most of the outcome

Last reviewed: 26 September 2026 · Source: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Presidency of Migration Management

Türkiye receives patients from across the region, and the standard of its leading facilities is genuinely high. The risk is not the medicine — it is the brokerage layer between the patient and the hospital, where prices inflate and promises outrun reality.

What a serious file looks like

  • A medical report first. No credible facility quotes a treatment plan before reading your reports and imaging.
  • A written quotation that separates the procedure, the hospital stay, the tests and the follow-up — and states what is not included.
  • A named physician and a named facility, not "one of our partner hospitals".
  • A stated length of stay in Türkiye, including the post-operative follow-up period.
  • A medical interpreter present at the consultation, not a general guide.
  • A plan for the return home — what your local doctor needs to receive and when.

Questions to ask before you book a flight

  1. Which facility exactly, and can I verify its authorisation for international patients?
  2. Which physician will perform the procedure, and what is his or her specialisation?
  3. What is included in the quoted figure, and what is billed separately?
  4. What happens if a complication requires additional days or a second procedure?
  5. How many days must I stay, and when am I cleared to fly?
  6. What written record leaves with me for my doctor at home?
A promise to be suspicious of: a fixed price quoted before anyone has seen your reports. Either the figure will change after you arrive, or the plan was never based on your case.

Visas and invitations for treatment

Travel for organised medical treatment is not covered by the e-Visa, which is valid for tourism or commerce only. A medical invitation from the treating facility supports a visa application at the mission — and it must reflect a real case, with a real appointment. An invitation issued on paper, with no clinical basis, is a reason for refusal and can create a longer-term problem for the traveller.

Treatment is also one of the grounds on which a short-term residence permit may be granted, provided the patient does not present a public-health risk.

How we work

1

We read the file

You send reports and imaging. We present the case to accredited facilities in the relevant specialty.

2

You receive options

A written plan and quotation from more than one facility where possible, so you compare rather than accept.

3

We arrange the travel

Invitation, appointment, accommodation near the hospital, transfers, and a medical interpreter with you.

4

We stay with the case

Through the admission, the procedure and the follow-up visits, with the discharge documents you will need at home.

5

After you return

We relay questions to the treating team and arrange follow-up consultations where the facility offers them remotely.

Always

We tell you the risk

Where a procedure carries a realistic chance of a second intervention, you hear it before you travel, not after.

Send your medical report and receive real options

We present your case to accredited facilities and return with a written plan and quotation before you commit to anything. Reports and images stay confidential.

Send your report