Health

Türkiye’s legal framework provides access to health services for forcibly displaced and stateless persons through constitutional guarantees and sectoral legislation, with access largely dependent on registration and possession of an identity document with a foreigner identification number. Services are typically organized through the province of registration. 

Primary care is delivered through family physicians and Community Health Centres, with Migrant Health Centres supporting Syrians under temporary protection. For international protection applicants and status holders, access to secondary and tertiary care is linked to General Health Insurance through the Law on Foreigners and International Protection and social security legislation, with publicly financed coverage typically limited to one year after registration, subject to exceptions for persons with special needs and discretionary continuation.

Nutrition support is mainly channeled through social assistance mechanisms and, where relevant, reception and accommodation arrangements. Sexual and reproductive healthcare is regulated by population planning legislation and delivered through the general health system. Disability and mental health access follow the same registration and financing conditions, with prioritization for persons with special needs and delivery through primary care and specialist services where available. Remedies exist in law, including patient rights complaints, Ombudsman review, judicial review, compensation claims, and individual application to the Constitutional Court after exhaustion, but practical use is often constrained by documentation, language, cost, limited awareness, and reluctance to complain where access to services is precarious.