Apparently the queues are very long to register,not with just UK citizens. As I have said before my husbands existing illness diagnosed in the UK has been recognised here. All he had to do was pay a doctor at the hospital to do the tests needed to confirm his illness . The doctor then sent a report to Ankara. They stamped the report and added his illness to his Bagkur/SSK on they`re computer system which is accessed by pharmacies and hospitals, dentists and opticians. We got a copy of the report for our files and produce this report ,if requested, when we get a prescription filled for his medication.The medication is then free apart from asprin and vitamins which cost very little.