Eye care in Turkey
Turkey offers six of the seven eye procedures on Medbook's list: laser eye surgery (LASIK, LASEK and SMILE), cataract and lens replacement surgery, glaucoma treatment, retina and macular treatment, keratoconus and cornea treatment, and strabismus (squint) surgery. The last four are offered through Medbook only in Turkey.
The one eye procedure Turkey does not offer is the ICL lens implant, which South Korea offers. In Turkey, your treatment takes place in one of eight cities, and each offer shows which.
You see a price only when a clinic makes you an offer.
Procedures available in Turkey
- Laser eye surgery (LASIK, LASEK, SMILE)
- Cataract & lens replacement surgery
- Glaucoma treatment
- Retina & macular treatment
- Keratoconus & cornea treatment
- Strabismus (squint) surgery
Cities
Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Adana, Bodrum, Bursa, Eskişehir, Kayseri
What is arranged for you
- Airport and clinic transfers
- Accommodation
- Interpreter
- Personal coordinator
- Visa support
- Online consultation before you travel
- Aftercare
How a Medbook trip works
- Tell the assistant what you need treated, where you travel from and when.
- See the destinations that offer your treatment and choose where to ask.
- Receive offers with a price and dates.
- Confirm an offer and get a day-by-day travel roadmap.
What you can have done in Turkey
Laser eye surgery is offered in Turkey as LASIK, LASEK or SMILE, alongside cataract and lens replacement surgery. The rest of Turkey's list concerns eye conditions: glaucoma treatment, retina and macular treatment, keratoconus and cornea treatment, and strabismus (squint) surgery. Medbook's guide to eye care, under Treatments, describes each of these procedures.
If your eye doctor has already named your condition, choose the matching procedure, or type the diagnosis in your own words when the assistant asks what you would like treated. If you are not sure, choose "Not sure yet" under eye care. The clinic reviews your case before it makes you an offer.
How the trip usually goes
Before you travel, ask your optician or eye doctor for your latest eye measurements and your current prescription for glasses or contact lenses. For an eye condition, add your eye doctor's letters, any scans and the names of the eye drops you use. In the online consultation, ask what the examination before treatment involves and how long it takes, and how soon after the treatment the clinic would like to see you again before you fly home.
Once you confirm an offer, your roadmap starts with the flight, which you book yourself or leave to Medbook, and the transfer follows it. In Turkey, accommodation and the transfers between the airport, your accommodation and the clinic are arranged for you, an interpreter is arranged for your stay, and a personal coordinator looks after the practical side. The length of your stay depends on the procedure, and your clinic confirms the dates in its offer. Aftercare is among the services in Turkey and can continue remotely once you are home; before you confirm an offer, check whether it includes follow-up.
Questions
Is ICL offered in Turkey?
Not through Medbook at the moment. ICL lens implants are offered in South Korea. If you choose ICL together with other treatments when you describe your case, your results show which destination offers each of them.
Can I have keratoconus treated in Turkey?
Yes. Keratoconus and cornea treatment is offered through Medbook only in Turkey. Bring your eye doctor's letters and your most recent scans of the cornea, and ask in the online consultation which measurements the clinic needs.
Will I need to see an eye doctor again at home?
That depends on the procedure. Ask in the online consultation before you travel what follow-up the clinic plans once you are home and how your own eye doctor can be involved. Each offer shows whether follow-up is included.