Hippotherapy Türkiye Policy Makers Meeting

The meeting was attended by Eser CANALIOĞLU ÇINAR, Representative of the EU Delegation to Türkiye, Dr. Mehmet Zafer KALAYCI, Head of the Department of Traditional, Complementary and Functional Medicine of the Ministry of Health, Melikşah TAŞKIN, Deputy General Director of Livestock of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Prof. Dr. Şükrü TORUN, Chief Executive Officer of Hippotherapy Türkiye, Advisor to the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Family and Social Services Assoc. Dr. Esma ATASOY, Representative of the Presidential Communication Presidency Assoc. Dr. Mustafa BOSTANCI, Legal Representative of the project Ankara University faculty member Asst. Prof. Dr. Cafer YILDIRIM, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Hippotherapy Application and Research Centre Director Lect. Ali Ekber ÜN and representatives from relevant ministries and Hippotherapy Turkey project team took place in Ankara. During the meeting, the achievements obtained in line with the project objectives, the network created, the hippotherapy practice standards and hippotherapy centres standards studies and the legal legislation infrastructure studies were discussed. The works carried out were conveyed to the guests. In line with the outputs obtained in the project, the road map to be followed for the next stages of the legal legislation process was discussed with the Ministry of Health GETAT Department and the Ministry of Agriculture on the establishment of hippotherapy horse and hippotherapy centres standards, and with the Ministry of Family and Social Services on the beneficiaries' ability to benefit from hippotherapy practices. The meeting ended with the presentation of certificates of appreciation.