Smile Hair Clinic
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 68.3/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #1 of 15 ranked clinics · last checked 18 September 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Multi-physician hair-transplant clinic in Ümraniye. Two named founding physicians and three additional named hair-transplant surgeons are listed with roles; no matching entry was confirmed for the clinic's physicians in the national plastic-surgery association's open member directory this pass. No legal-entity registration number or physician licence number is published on the site.
Google Maps listing (reference, not scored)
What the clinic's public Google Maps listing showed when we read it: the rating other people gave, the number of their reviews and the hours the clinic itself publishes there. This block is a reference only — it does not enter the score, the rank, the ceilings or the holds, and we have not checked it beyond matching the listing to this record.
| Google rating | 4.9 out of 5 · reviews: 2,453 |
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| Opening hours as published on the listing |
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| Open the listing on Google Maps | Google Maps |
Source: Google Maps, read 4 October 2026. The listing was matched to this record by the clinic's website address, the clinic's phone number.
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 Could not verify — this register is closed to machine queries in this country, so the axis is left out of the coverage calculation for every clinic on this site. Not a negative finding. Reason: Register closed to machine queries. Last attempt: tpcd, 18 September 2026 — POST https://plastikcerrahi.org.tr/doktor-arama/istanbul TextBox1=MEHMET TextBox2=ERDOĞAN — HTTP 200, 0 rows; ERDOGAN and the co-founder named on the site were checked on the same roster with no match. The clinic’s physicians are advertised as hair-transplant surgeons, so the plastic-surgery society roster does not cover them. The country’s specialist register (Sağlık Bakanlığı Doktor Bilgi Bankası) is behind e-Devlet login, so this axis is not scored anywhere on this site; the secondary finding is shown as a card fact. |
? | ? | 26 | 2026-09-18 |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. Founding partners named with role and tied to the Ümraniye clinic address; three additional named surgeons listed. [site] |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Could not verify — this register is closed to machine queries in this country, so the axis is left out of the coverage calculation for every clinic on this site. Not a negative finding. Reason: Register closed to machine queries. Last attempt: tpcd, 18 September 2026 — POST https://plastikcerrahi.org.tr/doktor-arama/istanbul TextBox1=MEHMET TextBox2=ERDOĞAN — HTTP 200, 0 rows; ERDOGAN and the co-founder named on the site were checked on the same roster with no match. The clinic’s physicians are advertised as hair-transplant surgeons, so the plastic-surgery society roster does not cover them. The route corroborates practice only: neither TPRECD nor any other open Turkish source publishes a physician licence number, and the clinic publishes none either (pages loaded: https://smilehairclinic.com/, https://www.smilehairclinic.com/contact/, https://www.smilehairclinic.com/cerez-aydinlatma-metni/ and https://www.smilehairclinic.com/kisisel-veri-politikasi/). Physician register behind e-Devlet login; the clinic publishes no licence or diploma number on the pages loaded (https://smilehairclinic.com/, https://www.smilehairclinic.com/contact/, https://www.smilehairclinic.com/cerez-aydinlatma-metni/ and https://www.smilehairclinic.com/kisisel-veri-politikasi/). |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-09-18 |
| M4 | Facility registration Could not verify — this register is closed to machine queries in this country, so the axis is left out of the coverage calculation for every clinic on this site. Not a negative finding. Reason: Register closed to machine queries. Last attempt: mohtourism, 18 September 2026 — Smile Hair: absent. The list covers hospital-level facilities; a private clinic is outside its scope. The clinic itself publishes no facility or authorisation number on the pages loaded (https://smilehairclinic.com/, https://www.smilehairclinic.com/contact/, https://www.smilehairclinic.com/cerez-aydinlatma-metni/ and https://www.smilehairclinic.com/kisisel-veri-politikasi/), so the rubric anchor 3 does not apply. Facility register behind an image CAPTCHA; the clinic publishes no facility or authorisation number on the pages loaded (https://smilehairclinic.com/, https://www.smilehairclinic.com/contact/, https://www.smilehairclinic.com/cerez-aydinlatma-metni/ and https://www.smilehairclinic.com/kisisel-veri-politikasi/). |
? | ? | 10 | 2026-09-18 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability The legal entity is named; the register of this class is not accessible or does not cover this legal form (sole practitioner, private practice). The operating company is named as data controller in the clinic’s own cookie notice; no MERSİS or trade-registry number is published, and both Turkish trade registers are login-gated. The open ETBİS site query (GET https://etbis.ticaret.gov.tr/tr/SiteSorgulama?url=smilehairclinic.com, 2026-09-18) returned "Site Kaydı Bulunamadı". [cerez] Smile Hair Sağlık Hizmetleri ve Turizm Dan. Tic. Ltd. Şti. |
SEC | 8 | 2026-09-18 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. One physician's ISHRS associate membership is named without a certificate number; no licence, facility or company registration numbers published. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty No pattern from the lexicon found. No pattern from the advertising-honesty lexicon (guarantees, absolute-safety claims, unattributed superlatives) found on the surveyed pages. [site] |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Some facts appear on only one front. Mechanical comparison of 4 language fronts (tr, en, de, fr) on 2026-09-21: a phone number appears on one front only. [fronts] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-09-21 | |
| M9 | Patient documents One. Aftercare content published ('Operasyon Sonrası' post-operation section); no dedicated informed-consent, risk/contraindication, revision-policy or complaint-route page found on the surveyed pages. [site] |
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] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site] |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Mehmet Erdoğan [site] | Founding partner, hair-transplant physician | not published |
| Dr. Gökay Bilgin [site] | Founding partner, hair-transplant physician | not published |
| Dr. Firdavs Ahmedov [site] | Hair-transplant surgeon, ISHRS associate member | not published |
| Dr. Ali Osman Soluk [site] | Hair-transplant surgeon, medical aesthetics physician | not published |
| Dr. M. Reşat Arpacı [site] | Hair-transplant surgeon | not published |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified no
- Breast surgery: verified no
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified no
- Hair transplant: verified yes →
- Injectables: verified no
- Medical weight loss: verified no
- Foreign-patient register (Ministry of Health, Health Tourism Department — list of authorised health-tourism facilities): not found in the register [mohlist]
What we could not verify
- M1 · Specialist certification of the responsible physician — Register closed to machine queries
- M3 · Basic medical licence — Register closed to machine queries
- M4 · Facility registration — Register closed to machine queries
These cells score nothing and are not negative findings. A cell on a register that is closed to machine queries is left out of the coverage calculation; the others count against it. Each one names why it is empty; an attempt that did not complete is re-run in the next collection pass. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://smilehairclinic.com/ |
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| Phone | +90 549 149 24 00 |
| Address | Tatlısu, Alptekin Cd. No:15, 34774 Ümraniye/İstanbul, Türkiye |
| City | Istanbul |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://smilehairclinic.com/ | clinic's own site | physicians, roles, address, phone, menu, aftercare section | 29 August 2026 |
| tprecd | https://plastikcerrahi.org.tr/doktor-arama/ | secondary | GET https://plastikcerrahi.org.tr/doktor-arama/ (unfiltered public roster) — searched rendered roster text for 'ERDOĞAN'/'BİLGİN'; 'BAŞAR ERDOĞAN — Op. Dr. Başar Erdoğan Estetik Cerrahi Kliniği' found (different clinic, not a match), no reliable Bilgin match | 29 August 2026 |
| mohlist | https://shgmturizmdb.saglik.gov.tr/TR-94834/yetkili-hastaneler.html | official register | pdf https://shgmturizmdb.saglik.gov.tr/TR-94834/yetkili-hastaneler.html (redirects to Ministry-hosted PDF, dated 25 Aug 2026) — searched Istanbul rows for 'Smile Hair'; not present (hospital-only list) | 18 September 2026 |
| fronts | https://smilehairclinic.com/ | clinic's own site | language fronts compared mechanically for M8 — tr: https://www.smilehairclinic.com/ | en: https://www.smilehairclinic.com/en/ | de: https://www.smilehairclinic.com/de/ | fr: https://www.smilehairclinic.com/fr/ | 21 September 2026 |
| cerez | https://www.smilehairclinic.com/cerez-aydinlatma-metni/ | clinic's own site | Çerez Aydınlatma Metni naming the data controller / operating company | 18 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 18 September 2026 | axes.M5: null → 3 (Re-run of the retry cell against the legal_entity class (v1.2 pass 1): the clinic’s own cookie notice names the operating company; the register stays login-gated, so the rubric anchor is 3.) |
| 18 September 2026 | axes.M4: null → null (Re-run against the facility_registry class (v1.2 pass 1): register re-probed and still CAPTCHA-gated; secondary route "mohtourism" run; nullReason retry → registry_closed.) |
| 18 September 2026 | axes.M3: null → null (Re-run against the medical_licence class (v1.2 pass 1): register re-probed and still e-Devlet login-gated; secondary route "tpcd" run; nullReason retry → registry_closed.) |
| 18 September 2026 | axes.M1.attempt: "pending" → "tpcd" (Secondary route run against the TPRECD member directory (v1.2 pass 1); the specialist register itself stays login-gated.) |
| 18 September 2026 | axes.M1.nullReason: "retry" → "registry_closed" (Methodology v1.2 (owner ruling 2026-09-18): specialist register closed for the whole site (closedAttempt on record): the axis leaves the coverage denominator) |
| 17 September 2026 | axes.M8: null → 3 (Mechanical cross-locale comparison (methodology v1.1, item 9).) |
| 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.