ISTANBUL
AVRUPA Hospital Mecidiyekoy, Phone: + 90 (212) 288 30 08

ANKARA
BAYINDIR Hospital Sogutozu, Phone: + 90 (312) 287 90 00 (40 lines)
YUKSEK IHTISAS Hospital Sihhiye, Phone: + 90 (312) 309 10 56

IZMIR
SAGLIK Hospital, Phone: + 90 (232) 421 86 20
KASKALOGLU EYE Hospital, Phone: + 90 (232) 465 05 05

Many of the farmers in the villages of the South and East are descendants of nomadic herders who have settled in the past 100 years. Groups of these people formed tribal units. Social and political relations were largely feudal and the measure of strength was the number of warriors at the command of each group. Weak tribes depended on the strong and gave them economic and military support in exchange for protection.

Because of the changes through government settlement programs and modernized farming, families are being detached from traditional structures in order to compete with others for jobs. Therefore these kinds of villages are losing their typical characteristics.

In forest villages, life is much more difficult than in normal villages, because of the daily living difficulties and transportation problems. The villages also cause a certain amount of destruction in the forests. That is why, these villages are supported by the state and villagers are encouraged to use coal for heating instead of wood, and other animals instead of goats whose grazing habits are harmful to the trees.

Villages in European Turkey, along the Black and Aegean Seas and to a lesser degree along the Mediterranean Sea have long been in contact with urban and western influences. Coastal villages have almost always lacked the self sufficient subsistence patterns of the Anatolian villages. Economic rather than traditional kinship considerations tend to pattern social relations.

Most coastal villagers have a broader social awareness than other Anatolian villagers and are more susceptible to national influences. In these villages, large landowners, by providing employment and land for tenants and by serving as an economic link between the village and the outside at world, are the primary holders of power and prestige.