Politics · Turkey · 18 hrs ago
Ankara opens short-term care centre for families of disabled people
Turkey has opened its first Nefes Centre in Ankara, at the Saray Care, Rehabilitation and Family Counselling Centre.
It provides short-term care for disabled people so their families can leave them in a safe place when needed.
Families can use the service for up to 30 days in a year, and the centre has space for 24 people, with separate units for women and men.
The need may arise when a family member has surgery, travels outside the city or faces another emergency.
The wider Saray centre serves 779 disabled people and offers rehabilitation and social and cultural activities.
The minister said 48 Nefes Centres had opened so far, including one in Istanbul’s Beylikdüzü district.
The government aims to expand the service across Turkey within a month.
Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş opened Ankara’s first Nefes Centre, offering short-term care for disabled people.
Families can leave their children at the centre for up to 30 days in a year when they need care.
The centre has capacity for 24 people, with separate units for women and men.
Göktaş said 48 such centres had opened so far and the government aimed to expand the service across Türkiye within a month.
The centre is part of the Saray Barrier-Free Living, Care, Rehabilitation and Family Counselling Centre.
- Who
- Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş opened the centre.
- What
- Ankara’s first Nefes Centre began offering short-term care for disabled people. Families can leave their children there for up to 30 days a year.
- When
- October 11, 2026. The article does not state the opening time.
- Where
- At the Saray Barrier-Free Living, Care, Rehabilitation and Family Counselling Centre in Ankara.
- Why
- To provide short-term care when families need a place for their disabled children, including when a family member has surgery or travels outside the city.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
We have opened a centre where families of disabled people can leave their children for up to 30 days in a year, especially when they need it.
They are our children, entrusted to the state.
In an environment where evil is so widespread, it is now essential that we make acts of kindness visible too.
Göktaş opened Ankara’s first Nefes Centre at the Saray Barrier-Free Living, Care, Rehabilitation and Family Counselling Centre.
Göktaş toured the centre, spoke with disabled people staying there and visited its workshops.
- Location
- Saray Barrier-Free Living, Care, Rehabilitation and Family Counselling Centre, Ankara
- Capacity
- 24 people
- Annual care limit
- Up to 30 days per year for each family
- Existing centres
- 48 centres had opened so far
- Expansion aim
- Extend the service across Türkiye within one month
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