Legal Remedies When a Foreign Patient Pays for a Treatment Package in Turkey but the Treatment Is Not Completed A foreign patient contacts a Turkish clinic after seeing an advertisement on Instagram. The clinic offers an all-inclusive package: “20 zirconium crowns + implants + hotel + airport transfer + medication: EUR 12,000.” The patient pays […]
Can Doctors and Clinics Legally Share Before-and-After Patient Photos on Instagram, Websites and Social Media? Before-and-after photographs have become one of the most powerful marketing tools in aesthetic medicine. Plastic surgeons, dentists, hair-transplant clinics, dermatologists and aesthetic medical practitioners frequently publish photographs showing the results of procedures such as: From a marketing perspective, the logic […]
For many Turkish health tourism companies, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and influencer marketing are among the most effective tools for attracting international patients. A typical campaign may look commercially simple: A British influencer receives a free hair transplant in Istanbul. A German content creator travels to Turkey for veneers. A Middle Eastern influencer posts videos from […]
Private Hospital Charged More Than SGK Allows? How Patients Can Recover Excess Medical Fees in Türkiye A patient covered by Türkiye’s Social Security Institution (Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumu – SGK) undergoes surgery at a private hospital. Before treatment, the hospital says: “SGK covers part of the treatment, but you need to pay an additional TRY 80,000.” […]
A Practical Legal Guide to Obtaining Hospital Invoices, Itemized Treatment Statements and Medical Records Under Turkish Law A patient leaves a private hospital after surgery, emergency treatment or inpatient care and receives a substantial bill. When the patient later asks what exactly they paid for, however, the hospital refuses to provide an invoice, gives only […]
Can a Patient Claim Compensation When the Expected Result Is Not Achieved After Cosmetic Surgery? A patient undergoes rhinoplasty expecting a smaller and symmetrical nose. Another patient undergoes breast augmentation but is left with visible asymmetry. A facelift results in scarring, or liposuction creates irregularities that did not exist before the operation. The doctor responds: […]
A Practical Guide to Hair Transplant Malpractice, Permanent Scarring and Compensation Claims Under Turkish Law Turkey has become one of the world’s leading destinations for hair transplantation. Thousands of domestic and international patients undergo FUE, DHI and similar hair restoration procedures every year. Most procedures are completed without serious complications. However, some patients experience significantly […]
Dental implants, veneers, crowns, smile-design procedures and other cosmetic dental treatments have become increasingly common in Turkey. Turkey is also an important destination for international patients seeking relatively affordable dental treatment. Most procedures are completed without serious problems. However, complications can sometimes result in implant failure, nerve damage, bone loss, infections, aesthetic deformities, chronic pain, […]
A person dies leaving behind an apartment, a bank account and 20 Bitcoin. The apartment can be identified through the land registry. The bank account can normally be located and transferred to the heirs after the relevant inheritance procedures are completed. But what happens to the Bitcoin? If the cryptocurrency is held on a regulated […]
A Practical Legal Roadmap for Establishing and Licensing a Crypto Asset Service Provider Before the Capital Markets Board of Türkiye Turkey has moved from a relatively unregulated crypto market to one of the most structured licensing regimes in the region. Following the entry into force of Law No. 7518 on the Amendment of the Capital […]