Çankaya Municipality voluntary counselling and testing centre
Çankaya Belediyesi Gönüllü Danışmanlık ve Test Merkezi
Public sexual health clinic · Ankara, Turkey
Can I go now?
Appointment needed
Listed by Pozitif Yaşam Derneği (Positive Living Association)· 22 Sep 2026Phone 0312 230 51 10 (the number both HIV organisations list) or email gonullutestdanisma@cankaya.bel.tr. The municipality's own page gives its call centre 444 06 01, a Turkish short number that may not work from a foreign SIM.
Can a visitor use it?
Check with the clinic before you go — None of the sources says whether foreign visitors can test here; ask when you phone.
About
The municipality's own page describes counselling and an anonymous HIV test at its public health centre with no social security asked, and two HIV organisations list the test as free, by appointment, four weekdays from 10:00 to 18:00.
Why you might feel comfortable here
This clinic doesn’t advertise itself as LGBTQ+ friendly. Most clinics don’t, so this isn’t a sign that it’s unwelcoming. If you’ve been, tell us how you were treated.
Services
Booking, access & languages
Phone 0312 230 51 10 (the number both HIV organisations list) or email gonullutestdanisma@cankaya.bel.tr. The municipality's own page gives its call centre 444 06 01, a Turkish short number that may not work from a foreign SIM.
Languages: Turkish — Ask whether any English is spoken.
Cost
| Service | Who | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid HIV test | Everyone | Free HIV test listed as free and anonymous by Red Ribbon Istanbul (list updated 10 August 2026) and by Pozitif Yaşam. Ask whether this extends to foreign visitors. |
Prices are shown in the local currency as stated by the source on the date shown. “Consultation” is often charged separately from tests.
Turkey: good to know
- PEP in this country. Red Ribbon Istanbul says Türkiye has no regular PEP programme for individuals: if you think you have had a high-risk exposure and are still within 72 hours, go without delay to a hospital that has an infectious diseases department, preferably a central one, and speak to an infectious diseases specialist, ideally one who follows HIV patients. PEP is taken for 28 days without a break, and some people pay for the medicine themselves.
- PEP in this country. Pozitif Yaşam says an infectious diseases specialist must review your risk before PEP is started, that it must begin within 72 hours and lasts 28 days, and that the prescribed medicines are not covered by health insurance even when a doctor prescribes them: you buy them at a pharmacy and pay yourself.
- What visitors pay. Red Ribbon Istanbul says Türkiye has no HIV-related entry restrictions and no testing on entry, that almost all antiretroviral medicines are available, and that people without a Turkish social security number must pay for medication and all HIV-related hospital costs themselves. It advises bringing enough medication for your whole stay.
- Legal & safety. The UK government's travel advice says same-sex sexual activity is legal in Turkey but same-sex relationships are not legally recognised, that parts of the country are socially conservative and public displays of affection may attract unwanted attention, and that since 2015 the authorities have banned or dispersed Pride events.Published by GOV.UK foreign travel advice (FCDO)· 22 Sep 2026
Emergency number: 112
Sources & last checked
Last checked 22 Sep 2026.
- e1 · Published by Çankaya Belediyesi (Çankaya Municipality) · 22 Sep 2026 · www.cankaya.bel.tr — Municipality service page: counselling and anonymous testing at the public health centre for people at risk of HIV, provided without asking for social security; Maltepe campus, Şehit Gönenç Caddesi; call centre 444 06 01. No hours, test list or eligibility rules.
- e2 · Listed by Red Ribbon Istanbul (Kırmızı Kurdele İstanbul) · 22 Sep 2026 · www.kirmizikurdele.org — List of centres for HIV testing without giving identity, updated 10 August 2026: Çankaya Belediyesi GDTM, Maltepe Yerleşkesi, Şehit Gönenç Caddesi, 0312 230 51 10, gonullutestdanisma@cankaya.bel.tr, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10:00–18:00, free, anonymous.
- e3 · Listed by Pozitif Yaşam Derneği (Positive Living Association) · 22 Sep 2026 · www.pozitifyasam.org — Undated list: same address, 0 312 230 5110, weekdays except Wednesday 10:00–18:00, anonymous and free counselling and HIV test, by appointment.
- e4 · Community-endorsed Kaos GL (LGBTI+ association, Ankara) · 22 Sep 2026 · kaosgl.org — Article dated 27 January 2023: free and anonymous rapid HIV test followed up by a code; hours then given as Tuesday and Thursday 09:00–20:00 and Wednesday 09:00–17:00, which the 2026 lists no longer show.
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