Middle East
Healthcare and travel insurance in Turkey
$548health spend per person
Healthcare in Turkey
Private hospitals in big cities are modern, English-speaking and reasonably priced; state hospitals are cheap but crowded. Rural care is basic.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: not required for entry, but strongly recommended.
- Pharmacies: Pharmacies (eczane) everywhere; a duty pharmacy (nöbetçi eczane) opens at night. Many medicines sold without prescription.
- Doctors: 2.2 per 1,000 people (2022, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 112 · Ambulance 112 · Fire 112 · All emergencies 112.
Healthcare & insurance by place
- IstanbulHealthcare & insurance
- AntalyaHealthcare & insurance
- CappadociaHealthcare & insurance
- BodrumHealthcare & insurance
- FethiyeHealthcare & insurance
- AlanyaHealthcare & insurance
- IzmirHealthcare & insurance
- KaşHealthcare & insurance
- ÖlüdenizHealthcare & insurance
- MarmarisHealthcare & insurance
- PamukkaleHealthcare & insurance
- AnkaraHealthcare & insurance
- KuşadasıHealthcare & insurance
- SideHealthcare & insurance
- ÇeşmeHealthcare & insurance
- KemerHealthcare & insurance
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Foreign Affairs: visa information
- Go Türkiye: Digital Nomads
- Presidency of Migration Management
- Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK)
- TCDD Taşımacılık
- World Bank open data
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