Ayşe Merve UyarAyşe Merve UyarBoard Member, TOOMADBoard Member, TOOMAD

THE SITUATION OF THE PROFESSION IN TURKEY

REGION POPULATION OPH. OPH. / p.P OS OS / p.P

MARMARA 20.724.950 750 27.633 1.331 15.571

BLACK SEA 7.462.451 203 36.761 291 25.644

AEGEAN 9.299.322 405 22.961 615 15.121

MEDITERRANEAN 9.024.884 285 31.366 477 18.920CENTRAL

ANATOLIA 11.327.675 505 22.431 822 13.781EASTERN

ANATOLIA 6.110.583 121 50.501 122 50.087SOUTHEASTERN

ANATOLIA 6.696.391 108 62.004 122 54.888TURKEY 70.586.256 2.377 29.696 3.780 18.674

2007 TURKEY 70.586.256

2007 OPHTHALMOLOGISTS & OPTICAL SHOPS

REGION POPULATION OPH. OPH. / p.P OS OS / p.P

MARMARA 22.387.173 1.148 19.501 1.790 12.577

BLACK SEA 7.508.293 269 27.912 460 16.394

AEGEAN 9.687.692 473 20.481 852 11.438

MEDITERRANEAN 9.620.240 417 23.070 734 13.196

CENTRAL ANATOLIA 11.965.642 669 17.886 1004 11.978

EASTERN ANATOLIA 6.321.505 177 35.715 161 39.758SOUTHEASTERN

ANATOLIA 7.233.724 180 40.187 217 33.489

TURKEY 74.724.269 3.333 22.420 5.218 14.403

2012 TURKEY 74.724.269

2012 OPHTHALMOLOGISTS & OPTICAL SHOPS

Turkey's population increased by 5.86% in the years 2007-2012 while the number of ophthalmologists has increased by 40.22% and the optical shops by 37.25%

Actively working opticians and spectacle makersNumber of opticians 1.138Number of spectacle makers 4.078Ophtalmologist who works as an optician 3Total 5.219Opticians and spectacle makersNumber of ownerships of opticians 328Number of ownerships of spectacle makers 1.595Opticians working as managing directors 810Spectacle makers working as managing directors 2.483Percent of Ownership in optical shopsPercent of ownership (legal and real identities) 3.293 63,1%Percent of ownership (opticians and spectacle makers) 1.923 %36,9In Turkey, 21,8% opticians and 78,2% spectacle makers work in optical shops.71,18% of 1,138 actively working opticians and 60,89% of actively working spectacle makers are managing directors.

The model of optical shops in Turkey

KİŞİ BAŞINA DÜŞEN OPTİSYENLİK MÜESSESESSİ

THE SITUATION OF PROFESSION IN TURKEY

COUNTRY POPULATIONOPTICAL GLASSES

OPTICAL FRAMES

Number of population wearing

TURKEY 74.7 17.600.000 7.900.000 20%

FRANCE 62.8 38.700.000 7.200.000 48%

GERMANY 81.7 34.500.000 11.500.000 50%

ITALY 60.3 19.200.000 6.500.000 43%

SPAIN 47.0 14.300.000 5.070.000 42%UNITED

KINGDOM 62.1 27.500.000 8.000.000 56%THE NETHERLANDS 16,0 4.800.000 2.000.000 54%

THE NUMBER OF SALES OPTICAL GLASSES / OPTICAL FRAMES

OPTICAL SHOPS PER PERSON

COUNTRY POPULATION OS / P.P

TURKEY 74.7 14.403

THE NETHERLANDS 16.0 7.000

THE SITUATION OF PROFESSION IN TURKEY

THE NETHERLANDS: Carers to eye

and vision healthcare

• Strong collaboration of opticians / optometrists / orthoptists and ophthalmologists

Three O's of Eyes: How Ophthalmologists, Optometrists and Opticians work

together for your eyes

OPTICIAN

• Makes glasses• Works in shops• Shows frames• Contact lenses• Refracting• Not involved to treating

eye conditions

OPTOMETRIST

• Works in shops & hospitals

• First step eye care• Looks overall health of

eyes• Measures your eye• Referral to

ophthalmologist

OPHTHALMOLOGIST

• The last O• Looks complicated

situations• Eye surgery

Turkey

Only OPHTHALMOLOGISTS

• Number of eye care professionals: -Optometrists: 900 -Opticians / refracting: 3510 -Ophthalmologists : 716 -Orthoptists : 350

THE NETHERLANDS

Number of optical shops2005 2000

2006 2040

2007 2050

2008 2070

2009 2110

2010 2130

• Situation of workplace of opticians • The requirement of optical shops • The devision of opticians and optometrists in

optical shops• Profits of optical shops for the opticians• Why Optometry?!