About Us: Dr. Senai Aksoy's Independent Practice
Draksoy IVF is the name international patients know for Dr. Senai Aksoy’s independent private practice in Istanbul. Its registered name is Özel Uzm. Dr. Sanai Aksoy Muayenehanesi. Consultations and treatment planning take place at the practice on the fifth floor of the Lotus Nişantaşı building. Lotus Nişantaşı is an office building, not a hospital or an IVF laboratory.
This page explains who you will deal with, how a treatment plan is made and what the practice does not offer.
Who You Will Deal With
One physician makes the medical decisions, and two coordinators handle everything around the treatment.
- Berna answers French- and English-speaking patients.
- Sameh answers Arabic- and English-speaking patients.
They book appointments, arrange airport transfers, help with the health visa paperwork and pass your medical questions to Dr. Aksoy. They do not give medical advice themselves.
How Clinical and Laboratory Care Is Coordinated
IVF needs a physician, nurses, a procedure room and an embryology laboratory working to the same plan. The practice does not own a hospital or an IVF laboratory. Egg retrieval, embryo culture and embryo transfer take place in appropriately licensed facilities, and you are told which one before treatment starts.
How a Treatment Plan Is Made
Most patients who write to us have had tests, and many have had treatment, elsewhere. The plan starts from that history rather than from a standard protocol.
1. Review of your history
Dr. Aksoy reads your previous test results and treatment reports before suggesting a plan, and asks for any missing tests.
2. Stimulation
The starting dose is based on your age, ovarian reserve and earlier responses, then adjusted at each ultrasound scan.
3. Egg collection and the laboratory
Eggs are collected and fertilised by IVF or ICSI in a licensed laboratory, and the embryos are cultured for several days.
4. Transfer and pregnancy test
An embryo is transferred in the same cycle or frozen for a later transfer. The blood pregnancy test is scheduled for the date the clinic gives you, often 11 to 16 days after transfer.
The stimulation dose is not fixed in advance for the whole cycle. It is checked at each scan and changed if the ovaries respond more or less than expected. If the review shows that another cycle is unlikely to help, Dr. Aksoy says so before you travel.
How Outcomes Are Reported
Pregnancy and live-birth rates depend heavily on age, ovarian reserve and the reason for infertility, so a single percentage says little about your own chances. The success rates page explains how outcomes are counted and gives figures by age group, with the definitions behind them.
What the Practice Does Not Offer
Turkish law (Law No. 2238) allows IVF only for married couples using their own eggs and sperm. Egg, sperm and embryo donation and surrogacy are prohibited by law in Türkiye, and the practice does not provide them. Sex selection is not performed for non-medical reasons.
If you are unsure whether your situation fits these rules, ask before you plan travel. The IVF abroad guide lists the legal conditions in more detail.
Where exactly is the practice?
Lotus Nişantaşı, Halaskargazi Caddesi No. 38-66, fifth floor, office 92, Şişli, Istanbul. The contact page has a map and directions. If you are coming for treatment, the coordinators can suggest places to stay nearby; the IVF in Turkey guide covers the practical side of the trip.
Which languages can I use?
Dr. Aksoy trained in France and consults in English, French and Turkish. Berna works in French and English, and Sameh in Arabic and English.
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