HOW A FOREİGN PATİENT CAN HAVE TREATMENT İN TURKEY - YABANCILAR TÜRKİYE'DE NASIL SAĞLIK HİZMETLERİNDEN YARARLANABİLİRLER - 2021.01.23

In accordance with the Social Security agreement signed by our country, foreigners coming from countries that have Social Security Applications can benefit from health services for a temporary period during their stay in Turkey provided they accept Covid 19 is a deadly disease for those patients like us and that there is a risk of catching it.

For example Bosnia Herzegovina is one of these countries. The first step to be followed is getting TR/BH4 certificate from the country of origin. With this document, the registration procedure will have to be completed in any Social Security Institution. Following this, application to any health centre you wish to get services from would be sufficient.

Social Security

Medical Assistance

Providing Medical Assistance Within the Scope of E-State Social Security Agreements

Our department provides assistance within the scope of our institution only for the citizens of the countries which are parties to the agreement. Services for the citizens of the countries that did not sign the agreements are given by other related department of our institution. Agreements signed with Germany, Austria, Albania, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Czech Republic, France, Netherlands, TRNC, Macedonia, Luxembourg, and Romania include long term insurance in accordance with health insurance among the social security agreements signed with 22 countries. Since health insurance is not included in the security agreements of the remaining countries such as Denmark, Georgia, England, Switzerland, Sweden, Canada, Quebec, Libya and Norway, citizens of these countries are not within the scope of the duties of our Department.

Foreign nationals obtained medical security from the 13 countries given above within the scope of social security agreements who are in Turkey for temporary duty, touristic purposes, medical purposes, as the workers of transportation companies, for education purposes and those with permanent residence have to obtain medical benefit certificated from the related institutions on behalf of participating countries determined in accordance with their agreements during their date in Turkey.

Foreign nationals with medical benefit certificates have to deliver their medical benefit documents to directorates or centers in the list given in the list of Social Security Provincial Directorates to receive medical assistance in accordance with Turkish legislation. When they deliver these formularies they will receive free of charge medical assistance just as our beneficiaries excluding the participation amount.

If they require medical assistance without having their medical benefit document, application should be submitted to the directorates or centers where they reside to provide their certificate through their security institutions.

Insurance holder will pay for the expenses occur until the medical assistance document is provided. If the documents are received before these insurance holders depart from Turkey, costs incurred will be returned to them in accordance with the legislation. If it is not received in the meantime before they depart Turkey or they depart Turkey without submitting application to directorates or centers to receive their medical assistance document, they can ask for reimbursement from their security institution in the home country by submitting receipts and medical documents of the costs incurred. 

https://www.turkiye.gov.tr/immigration-guide

And aslo you can find further detailed information from the link below.

http://www.sgk.gov.tr/wps/portal/sgk/en/detail/foreign_healthcare