International Health Tourism Authorization Certificateis mandatory under the regulation of the Turkish Ministry of Health dated 13.07.2017 for healthcare facilities and intermediary organizations to be able to accept international patients. Activities without the certificate may be suspended.
What is the certificate for?
- Being able to examine and treat international patients within a legal framework
- An exemption from advertising and promotion restrictions in line with the regulation
- A basis for benefiting from government incentives
- Trust and corporate reputation
Key digital requirements in the application
The regulation sets clear expectations for a facility's web and communication infrastructure:
- Transparent presentation of the physician's professional background on the website
- Pre-treatment information and communication system
- Deposit / prepayment infrastructure
- Compatibility and automation with the foreign patient module
- Consent and epicrisis processes in the patient's language
DREKLAM's role
We treat the certificate not as “paperwork” but as the digital backbone of the international patient experience. Multilingual site, physician pages, forms, speed and SEO all proceed in line with Via Danışmanlık's certificate consulting.
Next step
We can scan your current site against the certificate criteria and report what is missing. Contact · info@dreklam.com
Who is required to obtain a certificate?
Hospitals, medical centers, private practices, oral and dental health centers/polyclinics, laboratories, imaging centers and related institutions, as well as Group A travel agencies (intermediary organizations), are within the scope. Operating within international health tourism without a certificate is risky.
Quality and unit requirements
In practice, we often encounter requirements such as a minimum score in the healthcare quality standards assessment, establishing an international health tourism unit, including physician information on the website and a pre-treatment communication infrastructure. DREKLAM addresses the web and communication infrastructure items in particular with concrete pages and forms.
Advertising and information rules
The regulation requires promotion to be informative in nature, carried out by authorized healthcare professionals, and to respect patient privacy. DREKLAM produces content and ad copy within this framework and avoids exaggerated treatment-guarantee language.
For a detailed digital checklist and a quote, you can write to info@dreklam.com or review our existing guide page .
DREKLAM's digital checklist
- Multilingual showcase and physician pages
- Pre-treatment information form / contact
- Mobile speed and technical SEO
- Ad copy in compliant language
Certificate consulting is at Via Danışmanlık; digital compliance is at DREKLAM. Moving forward together shortens the process.
