Likewise, it is responsible for proposing and executing the government policy on social cohesion and inclusion, family, protection of minors, youth and of care for dependent or disabled persons.

The main goal of this initial period was to heal the wounds of the war and to build the legislation rather than developing a regular registration system.

Legislation was developed to promote preventive care and local administrations were encouraged to open hospitals.

Starting from densely populated settlements, diagnostic and treatment offices were opened in 150 district centers in 1924 and 20 more in 1936.

The salaries of physicians providing preventive care were raised and they were forbidden to engage in private practice.

The Plan aimed to expand healthcare to rural areas by establishing a 10-bed health center for every 40 villages.

In this period, pro-natalist policies were adopted due to high rate of child and infection related mortalities.

For this purpose, the Biological Control Laboratory and a vaccination station were established at Refik Saydam Public Hygiene Center in 1947.

In this period, legislation was developed for civil society organizations and various medical professions such as: Socialization in health was launched in 1963 and expanded to the whole country in 1983.

This basic plan on the healthcare sector marked the beginning of a process of addressing health reforms.

The main components of the Health Reform efforts in 1990s were as follows: This was a period when major theoretical work was done but without noteworthy chances for implementation.

Patients stranded in hospitals for failing to pay the bills became a thing of the past as the main concern was the provision of social insurance and universal health care.

After addressing the emergency transportation issues, demands were now focused on qualified intensive care unit beds in sufficient numbers.