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Merkez Prime Hospital is a private hospital in Kocaeli. It holds health tourism authorisation ST-1188 from the Turkish
Ministry of Health — the licence a facility must hold before it may treat patients
from abroad. The register lists 32 doctors, 75 beds and a total staff of 450, and records the facility as operating since 2020 (year recorded in the register). Treatments on record: Arthroscopy, Epidural Anesthesia, General Anaesthesia and Scoliosis (Spine Curvature) Surgery, and 2 more. Staff are listed as speaking Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, English, Serbian and Turkish.
LicenceST-1188
Clinicians on record32
Operating since2020register year
Total staff450
Beds75
Is Merkez Prime Hospital listed as authorised for international health tourism?
Yes — listed on the Ministry of Health register as of 2026-10-27 (document ST-1188). This site has read it on the register since 2026-09-17.
Being on the register says a facility holds the authorisation. It is not a quality or safety verdict;
that is what an independent investigation is for.
Licence
ST-1188
Register status
listed
Clinicians on the register
32
Official documents on file
2
Register last read
2026-10-27
What the register cannot tell you: whether the clinicians are skilled, whether a plan is
right for you, or what happens if something goes wrong. The licence is permission, not a quality mark.
How to verify a licence yourself.
What the records establish — and what remains to be established
What the records establish
Listed on the Ministry of Health's health-tourism register as of 2026-10-27, reference ST-1188.
International Health Tourism Authorisation Certificate ST-1188: copy on file, hashed on 2026-10-28.
Operating Licence and Activity Permit: copy on file, hashed on 2026-10-28.
32 clinicians on the register record as of 2026-10-27.
What remains to be established
Which physicians are currently affiliated with the facility?
Does the address match how it appears in other official sources?
Is the authorisation's current status re-confirmed with the Ministry?
What does official correspondence about the facility say?
The same open questions apply to every clinic. They are not findings about this one.
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A free checklist, the same for every clinic.
The name on your contract is the official facility name on the register.
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You know which company issues the quote.
Warranty and aftercare terms are in writing.
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The scope of treatment and any extra costs are in writing.
The health-tourism authorisation has been re-checked shortly before you book.
Clinimora does not arrange payments or appointments.
Treatments listed by the facility Facility declared
Adult Intensive Care UnitAesthetic Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryAnesthesiology and ReanimationBrain and NeurosurgeryCardiologyCardiovascular SurgeryDermatology and Venereal DiseasesGeneral SurgeryGynecology and ObstetricsInfectious Disease and Clinical MicrobiologyInternal MedicineMedical BiochemistryMedical MicrobiologyMental Health and IllnessNeurologyOphthalmologyOral, Dental and Maxillofacial SurgeryOrthopedics and TraumatologyOtorhinolaryngology (ENT)Pediatric SurgeryPediatricsPhysiotherapy and RehabilitationPsychiatryPulmonologyUrology
Clinicians · 32 on the official record Ministry record
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BA
Buket Aksaç
M.D. Specialist
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
DD
Dursun Demirtaş
Surgeon
Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)
EM
Eleonora Mukhtarova
Doctor
Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)
YD
Yakup Duman
M.D. Specialist
Aesthetic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
SA
Sinem Akay
Surgeon
Brain and Neurosurgery
KÖ
Kadir Öztürk
Doctor
Brain and Neurosurgery
FD
Fatma Damar
Doctor
Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology
AA
Aygün Aliyeva Köle
Surgeon
General Surgery
ŞB
Şemsettin Bilak
Associate Professor
Ophthalmology
SG
Sona Gorçuyeva
Surgeon
Ophthalmology
EY
Erdoğan Yıldırım
Surgeon
Ophthalmology
BB
Bahadır Bıçakçı
M.D. Specialist
Pulmonology
CA
Cihangir Ay
Surgeon
Gynecology and Obstetrics
UH
Umutcan Hasanoğlu
Surgeon
Gynecology and Obstetrics
BS
Bülent Serdar San
Surgeon
Gynecology and Obstetrics
PS
Pelin San
Surgeon
Gynecology and Obstetrics
ED
Enver Dayıoğlu
Professor
Cardiovascular Surgery
BY
Banu Yıldırım
M.D. Specialist
Neurology
CK
Cengiz Karataş
Surgeon
Orthopedics and Traumatology
TN
Turan Najafov
Surgeon
Orthopedics and Traumatology
FD
Fatma Doğan
M.D. Specialist
Psychiatry
MA
Melike Aydın
Psychologist
Mental Health and Illness
KT
Koray Topçu
Surgeon
Pediatric Surgery
MD
Memet Emre Dibek
M.D. Specialist
Pediatrics
All 32 doctors, by department
Internal Medicine · 5
M.D. Specialist Ahmet Altaş
M.D. Specialist Sevgi Köksal
M.D. Specialist Cengiz Kızıltepe
M.D. Specialist Hafize Çalıkuşu
M.D. Specialist İbrahim Çetindağlı
Gynecology and Obstetrics · 4
Surgeon Cihangir Ay
Surgeon Umutcan Hasanoğlu
Surgeon Bülent Serdar San
Surgeon Pelin San
Pediatrics · 4
M.D. Specialist Memet Emre Dibek
M.D. Specialist Serdar Sadık Duran
M.D. Specialist Süleyman Gülşen
M.D. Specialist Güldane Şenel
Ophthalmology · 3
Associate Professor Şemsettin Bilak
Surgeon Sona Gorçuyeva
Surgeon Erdoğan Yıldırım
Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) · 2
Surgeon Dursun Demirtaş
Doctor Eleonora Mukhtarova
Brain and Neurosurgery · 2
Surgeon Sinem Akay
Doctor Kadir Öztürk
Orthopedics and Traumatology · 2
Surgeon Cengiz Karataş
Surgeon Turan Najafov
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation · 1
M.D. Specialist Buket Aksaç
Aesthetic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · 1
M.D. Specialist Yakup Duman
Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology · 1
Doctor Fatma Damar
General Surgery · 1
Surgeon Aygün Aliyeva Köle
Pulmonology · 1
M.D. Specialist Bahadır Bıçakçı
Cardiovascular Surgery · 1
Professor Enver Dayıoğlu
Neurology · 1
M.D. Specialist Banu Yıldırım
Psychiatry · 1
M.D. Specialist Fatma Doğan
Mental Health and Illness · 1
Psychologist Melike Aydın
Pediatric Surgery · 1
Surgeon Koray Topçu
Practical information
Languages reported by the facility Facility declared
Albanian Bosnian BulgarianEnglishSerbianTurkish
Payment methods reported by the facility:
Cash, EFT, Mastercard, Transfer, Visa and Western Union.
Ministry recordthe Ministry's own recordFacility declaredentered by the facility, published as givenMatchedfound by us and matched to this record
Clinic-provided photographs
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Photographs entered by the clinic on the Ministry-hosted portal; not taken or checked by us.
Reviews and ratings
3.5Google rating from 3,028 reviews · read 2026-10-08
This site holds no patient reviews of Merkez Prime Hospital and does not write any. Read them where
they are published, then check what you read against the register entry above: the licence,
the legal entity (registered as Özel Merkez Prime Hastanesi) and the clinicians on record.
Is Merkez Prime Hospital listed as authorised for international health tourism?
Yes — listed on the Ministry of Health register as of 2026-10-27 (document ST-1188). This site has read it on the register since 2026-09-17. Being on the register says a facility holds the authorisation. It is not a quality or safety verdict; that is what an independent investigation is for.
What is Merkez Prime Hospital's licence number?
ST-1188. The number is issued by the Turkish Ministry of Health and can be checked against the official register; the certificate and operating licence are linked on this page.
What kind of facility is Merkez Prime Hospital?
Hospital in Kocaeli, Türkiye, registered under the legal name "Özel Merkez Prime Hastanesi".
Who are the doctors at Merkez Prime Hospital?
The Ministry's register records 32 clinicians for this facility; their names, titles and specialties are listed on this page as the register publishes them.
Which languages are spoken at Merkez Prime Hospital?
The facility records Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, English, Serbian and Turkish as spoken by its staff.
Where is Merkez Prime Hospital?
Yenikent Mahallesi 2424 Sokak No:25 Gebze / Kocaeli, Kocaeli, Türkiye
How can I verify Merkez Prime Hospital myself?
Ask the clinic for its international health-tourism authorisation number (format ST-0000), look it up on the Ministry of Health's register, and compare the legal name on the certificate with the name on the quote you were given.
Does clinimora.com recommend Merkez Prime Hospital?
No. Clinimora does not recommend or rank clinics, and clinics cannot pay for ranking. This page shows what the Ministry publishes and the documents behind it.
Official register
The licence number, the documents and the fields below come from the
Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Health's health tourism register, last read on 2026-10-27. Social accounts,
photographs, equipment and the treatment list are entered by the clinic itself on that
same official portal.
Yenikent Mahallesi 2424 Sokak No:25 Gebze / Kocaeli
Authorisation number
ST-1188
Operating since
2020 (year recorded in the register)
Total staff
450
Beds
75
Indoor area
27 m²
International Health Tourism Authorisation Certificate ST-1188Copy on file since 2026-10-28 · Signed by ClinimoraCurrent regulatory status: not independently re-confirmed
Operating Licence and Activity PermitCopy on file since 2026-10-28 · Signed by ClinimoraCurrent regulatory status: not independently re-confirmed
Digital proof
Each document is also published as a
W3C
Verifiable Credential, signed by us so a machine can confirm the file has not changed
since we fetched it. The signature is ours, not the Ministry's, and the credential status says only whether
we still stand behind the copy — not whether the authorisation is in force.
International Health Tourism Authorisation Certificate ST-1188Digital copy unchanged since 2026-10-28SHA-256 8fae973a45895cec…credentialcredential status
Operating Licence and Activity PermitDigital copy unchanged since 2026-10-28SHA-256 8957f4e53df1cb24…credentialcredential status
Issuer did:web:clinimora.com · public key · eddsa-jcs-2022
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Dates stated in the documents and the register
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