Who we are?
Diyabetle Yasam Dernegi (Living with Diabetes Association) is established in 1997 in Istanbul. Currently we are operating in Turkey with 8 regional branches.
Living with Diabetes Association is built by patients, patient care givers and healthcare professionals. Its objective is support patients diagnosed with diabetes, diabetic patient caregivers or people with diabetes risk around the disease and how to live with this health condition. Our association is the voice of diabetic patients and supports them with training, self care, health literacy specific to diabetes, patient rights while also trying to improve them, identify common problems and work for solutions.
Our association aims also to improve diabetes public awareness. We work in coordination with other non-governmental organizations, local and central governmental organizations, other professional associations working on this field to increase public awareness to prevent diabetes in high risk individuals.