What is the Turkish word for “Chemist/Pharmacy/Drug Store”?

• The Turkish word is “Eczane”.
• Eczane are private businesses and only a licensed pharmacist can own one.

What can I buy at a Pharmacy?

• Even basic medications like aspirin or vitamins can only be purchased from a pharmacy.
• Just like Boots the Chemist and other drug stores around the wold, you can buy toiletries like toothbrushes, toothpaste, sunscreens, condoms, shampoos and cosmetics.
• In tourist areas like Bodrum they may even sell beach toys, hats and sun glasses.

Can I get medical attention at a Pharmacy?

• The Pharmacy can help you take care of basic healthcare like dressing a wound or taking your blood pressure.
• The apprentices on hand are also required to have a special licence which makes a pharmacy a reliable source of medical help.

How Can I find a Pharmacy?

• You can recognize a pharmacy from the “E” sign hanging perpendicularly on its storefront.
• There should also be an “ECZANE” sign somewhere on the main window. These standards are defined by the authorities and valid countrywide.

• If you have internet access you can find Bodrum Pharmacy information online:

Here’s a link to the Bodrum Belediyesi’s website for a list of Bodrum Pharmacy Locations

Here’s a link to the Yellow Pages to search for Bodrum Pharmacy Information

• This link will take you to the English version of Yellow Pages. Just type in “Pharmacy” and the town, to find your nearest Pharmacy.

• Yellow pages not only has the address and telephone numbers, but also the Bodrum Pharmacy location on a map.

When are Pharmacies Open?

• Normal hours are between 08:00 – 20:00 from Monday to Saturday.
• If you need access to a pharmacy out of their working hours, including Sundays, there is always one or more pharmacy on duty in the neighbourhood. This is a legal obligation for handling any emergency.
• All pharmacies are required to put a list of closest open pharmacies and their addresses on their storefront. Look for the “Nobetci Eczane” sign in the window, which means “pharmacy on duty”, and you’ll see the address of the nearest pharmacy that’s open.

 

 

Guest Content from Akinsal at The Best of Bodrum.

Akinsal is a regular visitor to Bodrum and authors The Best of Bodrum website. It’s a relatively new website focused on the Bodrum area, but has a lot of great content on it already. Akinsal publishes all his content in English even though it’s his second language.

He recently wrote an article about healthcare, hospitals, clinics and pharmacies on the Bodrum Peninsula, and the Top 5 list above was excerpted from his content about Bodrum’s Pharmacies. You can read the full article here.