Ayşe Merve Uyar Board Member, TOOMAD THE SITUATION OF THE PROFESSION IN TURKEY

REGIONPOPULATIONOPH.OPH. / p.POSOS / p.P MARMARA BLACK SEA AEGEAN MEDITERRANEAN CENTRAL ANATOLIA EASTERN ANATOLIA SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA TURKEY TURKEY OPHTHALMOLOGISTS & OPTICAL SHOPS

REGIONPOPULATIONOPH.OPH. / p.POSOS / p.P MARMARA BLACK SEA AEGEAN MEDITERRANEAN CENTRAL ANATOLIA EASTERN ANATOLIA SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA TURKEY TURKEY OPHTHALMOLOGISTS & OPTICAL SHOPS Turkey's population increased by 5.86% in the years while the number of ophthalmologists has increased by 40.22% and the optical shops by 37.25%

Actively working opticians and spectacle makers Number of opticians1.138 Number of spectacle makers4.078 Ophtalmologist who works as an optician 3 Total5.219 Opticians and spectacle makers Number of ownerships of opticians 328 Number of ownerships of spectacle makers1.595 Opticians working as managing directors 810 Spectacle makers working as managing directors2.483 Percent of Ownership in optical shops Percent of ownership (legal and real identities) ,1% Percent of ownership (opticians and spectacle makers)1.923%36,9 In 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 COUNTRYPOPULATION OPTICAL GLASSES OPTICAL FRAMES Number of population wearing TURKEY % FRANCE % GERMANY % ITALY % SPAIN % UNITED KINGDOM % THE NETHERLANDS16, % THE NUMBER OF SALES OPTICAL GLASSES / OPTICAL FRAMES

OPTICAL SHOPS PER PERSON COUNTRYPOPULATIONOS / P.P TURKEY THE NETHERLANDS 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: Ophthalmologists : 716 -Orthoptists : 350 THE NETHERLANDS Number of optical shops

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?!