Guides, comparisons and honest answers about treatment in Istanbul — written by the clinicians who do the work.
IST 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.
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