Turkey’s health services industry served more than 640,000 people from other nations, and 400,000 of them were Europeans, offering a wide range of treatments, including very popular plastic surgery, hair transplant and in vitro fertilization.

Data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) showed that 388,000 foreigners visited Turkey for health tourism and revenues stood at $550 million, Alagöz recalled, adding that the number of visitors nearly doubled to 642,000 people and revenues climbed to $1.05 billion in 2021.

Most foreigners visit Turkey for plastic surgery, hair transplant, cardiovascular surgery, dentistry, orthopedics, cancer treatment and in vitro fertilization.

For instance, a bypass surgery costs some $125,000 in the U.S, whereas the same heart operation costs only $25,000 in Turkey, according to the report.