Why Is Gastric Sleeve So Cheap in Turkey? (Video)
Why is gastric sleeve so cheap in Turkey? Op. Dr. Volkan Arayıcı answers in a 21-second video.
What the video covers
Why is a gastric sleeve so cheap in Turkey? Mostly because everything around the operation costs less: salaries, rent, hospital running costs and day-to-day expenses are far lower than in the UK. The operation itself – a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy taking 45 to 75 minutes – is the same procedure. A lower price is therefore not automatically a warning sign. But cheap is not the same as safe, and the cheapest offers often save money in places you only notice after you have booked.
The surgeon’s checklist
- Who operates? Ask for the surgeon by name – and talk to that surgeon before you book, not only to a sales team.
- Where do you recover? Some clinics send patients to a hotel the day after surgery. My patients stay four nights in hospital until discharge – no hotel transfer.
- What aftercare do you get? Ask what happens once you are home. I follow my patients for 12 months by video call and WhatsApp.
- What is included? Tests, surgery, hospital stay, interpreter and airport transfers should be in one all-inclusive price, so there are no extras on arrival.
Is a gastric sleeve in Turkey right for you?
Whether surgery is right for you depends on your BMI, your health and what you have tried before. Every operation carries risks, and we go through them with you in person before you decide. Results vary from person to person.
Free assessment – send your height, weight and age; Op. Dr. Volkan Arayıcı replies personally.
Read more
- Weight loss surgery Turkey – the bariatric centre of Op. Dr. Volkan Arayıcı in İzmir
- Gastric sleeve Turkey – the procedure, recovery and results
- Gastric sleeve Turkey price – from £3,000 all-inclusive, hospital stay until discharge
- Gastric sleeve Turkey reviews – what other patients say
- How safe is gastric sleeve surgery in Turkey – why a low price does not have to mean low safety
Your questions to Op. Dr. Volkan Arayıcı
Send me your height, weight and age – I will tell you personally which operation is suitable and what it costs. A gastric sleeve costs from £3,000 as a fixed price, including pre-operative tests, four nights in hospital until discharge – no hotel – transfers, an interpreter and twelve months of aftercare; the flight is not included.
Whether an operation is right for you is decided individually. Results are not guaranteed.
Free assessment – send your height, weight and age; Op. Dr. Volkan Arayıcı replies personally.
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Op. Dr. Volkan Arayıcı
Specialist in Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery · Izmir, Turkey
This article was written and medically reviewed by Op. Dr. Volkan Arayıcı. Dr. Arayıcı has been exclusively specialising in bariatric surgery since 2014 and has performed over 5,000 procedures at a JCI- and TEMOS-accredited hospital in Izmir.
✍ Published: November 3, 2026 · 🔄 Updated: November 7, 2026 · About the author →
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