USHAŞ is a member of the Ministry of Health in order to promote the services offered in Turkey in the field of international health services, to support and coordinate the activities of the public and private sectors for health tourism, to make recommendations to the Ministry on policies and strategies regarding international health services, service delivery standards and accreditation criteria. It became operational on 04/02/2019 as a related institution. Headquartered in Ankara, USHAŞ has a branch in Istanbul.
USHAŞ, which was established with the Decree Law No. 663 on Certain Regulations in the Field of Health (KHK), carries out activities to make Turkey one of the world's leading value-added health exporters by combining the dynamism of the private sector with the public power.