Hair Transplant in Istanbul for UK Patients. Sule Hair Clinic — doctor-led boutique clinic in Istanbul. Sapphire FUE, DHI, Hybrid from €2,990.
No. The UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) and the older EHIC only cover state-provided emergency healthcare in EU countries plus Switzerland and Norway. Turkey is not in the scheme, and elective procedures like hair transplants are excluded everywhere. We recommend a £25–£40 medical-travel insurance add-on for the trip, even though all clinical care at Sule Hair Clinic — including unlimited follow-ups for 12 months — is included in your package price.
NHS GPs will treat any genuine post-operative complication (infection, allergic reaction) free at the point of use, but they will not provide routine hair-transplant aftercare. They are also not obliged to remove sutures from elective overseas surgery — though FUE doesn't use sutures, so this isn't an issue. We provide a written discharge summary in English (and one in clinical Turkish for your records), plus 12 months of WhatsApp follow-ups with Dr. Tulunay's team.
Turkey doesn't have a direct BAHRS equivalent, but Dr. Enver Kayıkçıoğlu personally performs every Sapphire incision — something most UK chains delegate to technicians. Sule Hair Clinic operates under Turkey's International Health Tourism Authorisation (Article 8), which requires the same sterile-room and surgeon-presence standards as UK private hospitals. Documentation in English is provided on request.
You can pay your deposit (£200) by UK debit/credit card online — we process in GBP and add the standard 7% card-processing fee. Balance on arrival can be paid by card (7% fee) or cash GBP/EUR (no fee). Bank transfer to our Turkish account is possible but takes 2–3 working days from a UK bank, so most patients prefer card or cash.
Free rebooking up to 14 days before surgery — no charge, just message your coordinator on WhatsApp. Within 14 days, your £200 deposit is held as credit for any date in the next 12 months. We don't refund the deposit (it covers your reserved theatre time), but you never lose it as long as you reschedule within a year.
Yes, with one caveat: bring our printed medication kit list. UK Border Force may ask about prescription anti-inflammatories or antibiotics in your carry-on — the kit comes in a sealed pouch with a Turkish pharmacy label and an English-language doctor's note explaining each item. In 8 years and ~3,000 UK patients, we've never had a confiscation.
Sule Hair Clinic is a doctor-led hair transplant clinic in Istanbul, Türkiye. Dr. Enver Kayıkçıoğlu personally performs all Sapphire hairline channel incisions. Medical Director Dr. Selahattin Tulunay, a board-certified plastic surgeon, carries out the final quality control. Anaesthesiologist Dr. Zafer Ersin Ünlüer manages anaesthesia and intra-operative monitoring, and Şule Ölmez performs the hairline design consultations. We deliberately keep the number of operations per day very limited so every patient gets the full time of the senior team, have completed 30,000+ consultations, and our graft-handling protocol with Hypothermosol cooling protects graft viability. All-inclusive packages start at €2,990 and cover surgery, hotel, VIP transfers, medication and 12 months of follow-up; flights are not included. Google rating 4.9 from 1,700+ reviews. Turkish Ministry of Health approved · USHAŞ registered health tourism provider.
Address: Yeşilpınar, Çay Sk. No:2, 34065 Eyüpsultan, Istanbul, Türkiye. Telephone: +90 542 838 77 79. Email: info@sule-hairtransplant.com.