Health care in Turkey

[1] Known as Universal Health Insurance Genel Sağlık Sigortası, it is funded by a tax surcharge on employers, currently at 5%.

In addition, patients must partially cover the cost of some prescription drugs and outpatient services.

[6] There is a substantial medical tourism business in Turkey, with almost 178 thousand tourists visiting for health purposes in the first six months of 2018.

[7] Turkey has a large private healthcare sector, in addition to its public health services.

Turkey previously had a scheme called green card (Yeşil Kart), which was developed in order to help low-income social group to get medical help.

[12] Total health spending according to the Turkish Statistical Institute data has exceeded 201 billion pounds in 2019.

Göztepe Prof. Dr. Süleyman Yalçın City Hospital in Göztepe, Istanbul
Old Imperial College of Medicine, currently the Haydarpaşa Campus of Marmara University in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul. The building was designed by architects Alexander Vallaury and Raimondo D'Aronco.
Jewish Balat Or-Ahayim Hospital in Balat, Istanbul
Modern Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital in Istanbul
Acıbadem Hospital in Altunizade, Istanbul
Yeşilköy Emergency Hospital constructed for the COVID-19 pandemic
An air ambulance of the Ministry of Health
Renewable energy reduces health costs in Turkey.