Türkiye’s Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan announced that 131 new medicines had been added to the list of medicines whose costs are covered by the Social Security Institution, stressing that efforts are continuing to ensure every citizen can access the medicines and treatment they need.
The minister said the new medicines include 22 diabetes medicines, 14 medicines for pulmonary hypertension and six cancer medicines, as well as four blood products and two allergy vaccines. He noted that 119 of them are domestically produced.

The move brings the number of medicines added to the reimbursement list since the beginning of 2026 to 380, including 34 cancer medicines.