Başkent University Hospital

Başkent University Hospital is one of Turkey's leading university hospital groups, established in 1982. The healthcare network comprises 10 university hospitals, 13 dialysis centers, and 5 outpatient clinics across Turkey, with 8,500+ employees treating approximately 3 million patients annually. The Ankara campus features 468 patient beds (including 90 physical therapy, 63 psychosocial rehabilitation, and 70 intensive care beds with specialized units for general medical, surgical, cardiovascular, cardiology, pediatric, and neonatal care), 14 operating rooms, and a separate same-day surgery unit. Founded by Prof. Dr. Mehmet Haberal, the hospital performed Turkey's first kidney transplant (1,832 kidney transplants completed to date), Turkey's first deceased-donor liver transplant (344 liver transplants completed), and the world's first adult segmental living-related liver transplant. Major centers of excellence include transplantation (organ and bone marrow — one of the largest transplant centers in the Middle East), oncology with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgery, cardiology and cardiovascular surgery for both pediatric and adult patients, burn treatment, IVF and reproductive medicine (since 1998), neurology and neurosurgery (Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, MS, epilepsy), ophthalmology, interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, genetic diseases diagnostic center, obesity clinic, and physiotherapy and rehabilitation. The hospital was the first foundation university in Turkey to receive ISO quality certification for healthcare and education activities.