ANTALYA As of mid-2025, approximately 1,500 patients in Türkiye are on the national waiting list for a heart transplant , according to data from the Health Ministry . At Akdeniz University’s organ transplantation center in the southwestern province of Antalya, nearly 400 patients are currently awaiting a new heart, despite recent progress in transplant numbers. In the first six months of the year, seven heart transplants were performed at the Akdeniz University Hospital, a record figure that