Yeditepe University was founded by ISTEK Foundation in 1996. It has pioneered many fields in Turkey since the day of coming into service. Yeditepe University Kozyatağı Hospital which is its first establishment in healthcare sector was opened in 2005. Yeditepe University aimed to provide larger populations with healthcare services and added Dental Hospital to the service chain, which was followed by Bağdat Caddesi Outpatient Clinic in 2006, Ophthalmology Center in 2007, Genetic Diagnosis Center and Complementary Medicine Center in 2008, Tissue Typing Laboratory in 2013, Koşuyolu Hospital in 2017. "Zero hospital-acquired infection spread" is tried to be achieved with Yeditepe University Koşuyolu Hospital which has been painted with a special antimicrobial agent developed in Yeditepe University Laboratory. Neurosurgery department which has the neurosurgeon of the century amongst its staff is internationally renowned. He is popular with the pioneering and successful surgeries in many fields including the method developed by him in the field of epilepsy surgery and tumor surgery. Yeditepe University Hospitals transmit the scientific power to service approach in all fields including adult and pediatric bone marrow transplant, renal transplant, cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, cancer surgery, orthopedics, urology, gynecology, in vitro fertilization, high-level genetic diagnosis laboratory. It became the "First Turkish University Hospitals Group" by being accredited by Joint Commission International in 2007. In the year 2014, it was accredited as “Training and Research Center Hospital” and became the first Medical School Hospital with this certificate. Yeditepe University Hospitals aim to provide healthcare services for the patients from different regions of the world and break a fresh ground in Turkish medical history with conducted researches and developed methods.