İzmir Metropolitan Municipality voluntary counselling and testing centre (İZSEM Konak Center)

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Gönüllü Danışmanlık ve Test Merkezi (İZSEM Konak Center)

Public sexual health clinic · Izmir, Turkey

Check hours with the clinic

Can I go now?

Appointment needed

Listed by Pozitif Yaşam Derneği (Positive Living Association)· 22 Sep 2026

Phone 0232 294 22 47 for information and an appointment. The same number serves the second centre at İZSEM Küçük Çiğli, in the Atatürk industrial zone north of the city.

Can a visitor use it?

Check with the clinic before you go — The municipality says identity details are not taken and no social security is needed, but does not mention foreign visitors; ask when you phone.

What will it cost?

Free for everyone, including visitors

Full price list ↓

About

The metropolitan municipality says its centre gives free, anonymous finger-prick tests for HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and syphilis with a result in about 20 minutes, taking no identity details and asking for no social security.

Why you might feel comfortable here

Anonymous testing available — Yes

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

Rapid HIV test — Yes

Finger-prick or mouth swab; result in about 20 minutes.

A drop of blood from the fingertip, result in about 20 minutes.

Syphilis test — Yes

Blood test.

Hepatitis B & C test — Yes

Blood test.

Same-day results — Yes

Some or all results before you leave.

Results: About 20 minutes, according to the municipality.

Booking, access & languages

Phone

Phone 0232 294 22 47 for information and an appointment. The same number serves the second centre at İZSEM Küçük Çiğli, in the Atatürk industrial zone north of the city.

No ID required

You don’t need to show identification.

No insurance required

You can be seen without local insurance or a health card.

Appointment required

You must book before coming.

Pozitif Yaşam's list says appointments are required and the address is given when you book; the municipality gives its phone for information and appointments.

Anonymous option — Yes

You don’t have to give your name.

Languages: Turkish — Ask whether any English is spoken.

Cost

Service	Who	Cost
All services	Everyone	Free The municipality says the HIV, hepatitis B and C and syphilis tests and counselling are free and anonymous. 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.

After you leave

Results by: in person

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.
Community-endorsed Red Ribbon Istanbul (Kırmızı Kurdele İstanbul)· 22 Sep 2026
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.
Community-endorsed Pozitif Yaşam Derneği (Positive Living Association)· 22 Sep 2026
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.
Community-endorsed Red Ribbon Istanbul (Kırmızı Kurdele İstanbul)· 22 Sep 2026
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 İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (İzmir Metropolitan Municipality) · 22 Sep 2026 · www.izmir.bel.tr — Municipality news, 1 June 2026: a second centre opened at İZSEM Küçük Çiğli alongside the one at İZSEM Konak Center, run by the health department with the Ministry of Health; free and anonymous HIV, hepatitis C, hepatitis B and syphilis tests and counselling; no identity details taken and no social security required; a drop of blood from the fingertip with a result in about 20 minutes; phone 0232 294 22 47 for information and appointments.
e2 · Listed by Red Ribbon Istanbul (Kırmızı Kurdele İstanbul) · 22 Sep 2026 · www.kirmizikurdele.org — List updated 10 August 2026: İZSEM Konak Center, Millikütüphane Cad. No:41, Konak; 0232 294 22 47; weekdays 09:00–16:30; HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and C screening; free, anonymous. Also lists the Çiğli centre at 8715. Sk. No:16, AOSB.
e3 · Listed by Pozitif Yaşam Derneği (Positive Living Association) · 22 Sep 2026 · www.pozitifyasam.org — Undated list: İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi GDTM, 0 232 294 22 47, weekdays 09:00–17:00, anonymous and free, appointment required, address given when booking.

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