Health Ministry

Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that parental consent is necessary for the vaccination of babies and children, handing down a contrasting ruling to the country's Supreme Court of Appeals.

Three rock-carved inns in Cappadocia have turned into a mud bath facility, with the aim of creating a different tourism alternative in the region Turkey's first rock-carved underground mud bath will serve in the Cappadocia region, as local inns, which served as lemon storage facilities in the past, have been reorganized into an new tourist attraction. 

Counterfeit rak? consumption has killed six and poisoned dozens more, with nine in critical condition, prompting police to launch operations in four Istanbul districts, detaining 15 suspected of producing bootleg alcohol. 

Health Minister Mehmet Müezzino?lu said that six people had died and 23 others are currently under treatment at hospitals.

Hitachi Turkey General Manager Erman Akgün has said the company is at a serious point in talks with the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality to take part in a new air rail (havaray) project to help relieve traffic in the notoriously congested city. 

Akgün said the company may use long-term financing in the Japanese yen from a number of Japanese state-backed financial institutions. 

Health Ministry Undersecretary Eyüp Gümü? has announced that a total of 53 patients are in intensive care and receiving treatment after the Oct. 10 Ankara bombing which left at least 97 dead and hundreds wounded.

A smart system featuring an application for mobile handsets will provide real-time information about the traffic environment in Bulgaria, according to Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova.

The application is to be released in October.

Singapore said on Aug. 31 it has lifted a two-decade ban on HIV-infected people from entering the country, but will limit their stay to a maximum of three months.

Ambulances in Bulgaria will reach patients in 8-120 minutes, depending on the urgency of the case, according to a draft new emergency medical care standard published on the website of the Health Ministry.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has appointed his personal doctor, Prof. Dr. Cevdet Erdöl, who is also a Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy, as the rector of Turkey?s newly opened Health Sciences University.

Turkey, the sixth most visited tourism destination in the world, has also become one of the most popular medical tourism destinations with more than half a million medical tourists visiting the country last year, according to data compiled by Anadolu Agency from the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB), the Health Ministry and private hospital figures.