Transfers, hotels, visas, what to pack and how to spend the days between appointments — the practical half of treatment abroad.
Four thousand shops, no air conditioning and a lot of elbows — here is when it is safe to go after surgery, and how the bargaining actually works.
Learn moreForty-five degrees, an abrasive scrub and a pressure massage — here are the waiting periods we give for dental, hair, nose, body and bariatric patients.
Learn moreAntibiotics need a prescription, every district keeps one pharmacy open all night, and brand names do not travel — what to bring and what to buy here.
Learn moreAlmost every standard policy excludes planned treatment abroad and its complications — here is what to buy instead, and what our own warranty covers.
Learn moreA hair transplant is six to eight hours. Here is what your companion can reach from Sisli, and the three jobs that make them genuinely useful.
Learn moreCobbles, missing kerbs and steep side streets are real — but the metro, Marmaray and the ferries work, and here is exactly what we arrange for you.
Learn moreThirty-four degrees in August, five in January — each season changes what your dressing, your scar and your compression garment have to cope with.
Learn moreA tourist SIM costs 20 to 30 euro and starts a 120-day handset clock; an eSIM costs a few euro and does not. Plus how treatment payments should look.
Learn moreTwenty small plates, plenty of bread and less protein than it looks — how to eat it after dental work, and why a sleeve patient eats almost none of it.
Learn moreBuyukada fits around a first trip; the thermal baths of Bursa and a Cappadocia balloon do not — the medical reasons, and the timing that actually works.
Learn moreTwo million patients a year cannot all be wrong — but the gap between the best and worst clinics here is wider than anywhere in Europe.
Learn moreA realistic itinerary for patients — short distances, low effort, and nothing that involves climbing.
Learn moreIST is bigger and better connected; SAW is often cheaper and closer for some hotels. Transfer time is the real difference.
Learn moreApril–June and September–November: mild weather, comfortable recovery and easier flights. July is the one to avoid.
Learn moreFront-buttoning clothes, your medication list, and one thing most people forget: a copy of your medical history in English.
Learn moreMost European citizens enter visa-free for 90 days. The document that actually matters is a passport with six months of validity.
Learn moreFifteen centuries of history, an active mosque, and a visit that takes an hour if you time it right.
Learn moreA public ferry costs less than a coffee and shows you more of the city than any tour bus.
Learn moreTurkish cuisine is unusually well suited to post-operative eating — soft, warm, protein-rich and rarely spicy.
Learn moreŞişli, Nişantaşı and Levent all work. Sultanahmet looks romantic and adds an hour of traffic to every appointment.
Learn moreA translator in the room is not a luxury — consent, symptoms and aftercare all depend on being understood precisely.
Learn moreBring photographs, medication lists and questions written down — the ones you forget are always the ones that mattered.
Learn moreCard payments to a company account, an itemised invoice, and never a large cash deposit to a personal account.
Learn moreThe moment you land is not the end of treatment. Here is the schedule and the list of symptoms that should never wait.
Learn moreNot medically necessary for most procedures — but the first 48 hours are considerably easier with company.
Learn moreTwo weeks without nicotine changes wound healing measurably. It is the single most effective thing a patient can do.
Learn moreSometimes — but the order matters. Holiday first, treatment second, and never the reverse.
Learn moreWe are not the cheapest and we say no more often than most. Here is exactly who we are the right choice for.
Learn moreUse the apps, carry an Istanbulkart, and understand that distance on a map has almost no relationship to travel time.
Learn moreYou are entitled to copies of everything, and to refuse the use of your photographs in marketing. Both should be in writing.
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