İstanbul NS Klinikası
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 71.4/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #3 of 9 ranked clinics · last checked 29 August 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Multi-specialty clinic naming a plastic surgeon matched by name in the Ministry of Health's list of physicians permitted to practise the plastic-surgery specialty, alongside other named specialists. The facility is matched in the state licence register.
Axis by axis
rubric value 1–5 · ? could not verify (no points, not a negative finding) · — not applicable: this country has no register of that class · OFF official register · SEC secondary source
| Axis | Finding (rubric anchor) | Value | Source class | Weight | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Specialist certification of the responsible physician Found by name or number; specialty matches what is advertised; status current. Matched by surname and given name in the Ministry of Health's list of physicians permitted to practise the plastic-surgery specialty (registry code 1164021). [moh-list] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-08-29 |
| M4 | Facility registration Record found: name, address and status match. Register match on legal name and registered address (Mustafa Kamal Atatürk prospekti 140), status current. [register] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-08-29 |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers No identifiers at all. |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Systematic superlatives without guarantees. A soft superlative on the homepage combined with a separate large claimed count of successful surgical operations. [site-team] Özünüzü ən yaxşı hiss etməyə başlayın. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-29 |
| M9 | Patient documents None. No consent, risk, aftercare, revision-policy or complaint-route document found on the pages checked. [site-team] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-29 |
Score ceilings
No ceiling applies. We never apply one on 'not found' alone.
Holds
No hold on this profile.
Inclusion policy
Four mechanical conditions. The first three decide whether a clinic is listed at all; the fourth decides whether it can be scored.
| Identifiable: live public surface + working in-country contact | verified yes [site-team] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site-team] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site-team] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site-team] |
Who is responsible
Named physicians and the legal entity, as published and as matched in the registers. A missing number is a statement about disclosure, not about licensing.
| Physician | Role | Register ID |
|---|---|---|
| Op. Dr. Sabahattin Kandal [site-team] [moh-list] | Plastic surgeon | 1164021 |
| Op. Dr. Taha Mehmetoğlu [site-team] | Plastic and aesthetic surgeon | not published |
Legal entity: "İSTANBUL NS KLİNİKASI" MMC · VÖEN 1003828601 / İN/L-193/2022 [register]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: aesthetic in general clinic (focus adjustment -2) [site-team]
- Rhinoplasty: could not verify
- Breast surgery: could not verify
- Liposuction & body contouring: could not verify
- Hair transplant: could not verify
- Injectables: could not verify
- Medical weight loss: could not verify
What we could not verify
- M3 · Basic medical licence
- M5 · Legal-entity traceability
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency
These cells score nothing and count against coverage, but they are not negative findings. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://istanbulns.az/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | *0600 / +994 55 467 85 00 |
| Address | Mustafa Kamal Atatürk prospekti 140, Nərimanov, Baku |
| City | Baku |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site-team | https://istanbulns.az/team | clinic's own site | physician roster naming the plastic surgeons with role | 29 August 2026 |
| register | https://admin.lisenziya.gov.az/api/license/Registry/search | official register | POST typeId=1 value="İstanbul NS" — Unified Register of Licences and Permits; matched "İSTANBUL NS KLİNİKASI" MMC, VÖEN 1003828601, İN/L-193/2022, address Mustafa Kamal Atatürk prospekti 140 (Nərimanov), status Verilib | 29 August 2026 |
| moh-list | https://sehiyye.gov.az/vetendaslar-ucun/tez-tez-verilen-suallar/pla… | official register | MoH order 3-28/3-1-26/2026 (16.01.2026), list of physicians permitted to practise plastic surgery; row 18: Kandal Sabahattin Yaser, registry code 1164021 | 29 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 29 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
Correction or right of reply
Corrections are applied with a source link and logged publicly. A clinic statement without a source is published next to the data; the score does not change.