Useful Contacts and Resources

Contact details for organisations and links to resources relevant to healthcare in Turkey...

Health System

• Ministry of Health (Sağlık Bakanlığı)
• Ministry of Labour and Social Security (Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı)
• Turkish Social Security Fund (Sosyal Guvenlik Kurumu - SGK): Find a local office (in Turkish)
• Find the nearest hospital providing emergency services (Açil)

Pregnancy and Birth

• Mother And Child Care Association
• Social Security Institution - SSI (Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumu - SKG)
• Turkish Family Planning Association (Türkiye Aile Planlamas? Derne?i) (in Turkish)
  Tel: 0312 418 79 03
• Turkey Family Planning and Health Foundation (Türkiye Aile Planlamas? ve Sağlık Vakfı)

People with Disabilities

• Bakaçhan Kennel Club: Guide dog association
• Solidarity Association for People with a Disability (Bedensel Engelliler Dayanışma Derneği)
• Foundation for People with a  Disability (Fiziksel Engelliler Vakfı) (in Turkish)
  Tel:  0212 343 77 77 / 0212 444 60 00
• Turkish Foundation for  People with a Vision Impairment (Türkiye Görme Engelliler Vakfı) (in Turkish)
  Tel: 0216 345 35 25
• Istanbul Foundation for Children with an Intellectual Disability (Istanbul Zihinsel Engelliler Eğitim Vakfı - IZEV)
• Foundation for the Hearing Impaired (İşitme Engelliler Derneği - IED)
  Tel: 0212 559 87 97

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