One third of young married couples are currently using modern methods of contraception. Recent studies indicate that more than 30% of @entity233 's married couples use withdrawal as their means of fertility control and only slightly more than 1% of Turkish families have opted for female sterilization. There is certainly an higher proportion of reproductive age married couples in @entity233 which have completed their family size and could enjoy the advantages of permanent contraceptive methods. There has been little effort, however, on the part of the Turkish government to provide @entity1 with information and education on male voluntary surgical contraception (VSC), and the appropriate counseling and surgical services. As in many Asian, Islamic societies, the idea of males learning about and practicing family planning has long been culturally unacceptable. The @entity1 Resource Development Foundation, with the assistance of Pathfinder International, opened the first VSC clinic for @entity1 in May 1989 in Ankara. This initiative makes Pathfinder the first private voluntary organization to establish a project offering VSC methods to @entity233 's male population through hospital clinics. The urology department of the Ankara Social Security Hospital serves as the site for the project's counseling and training network. From that department, the project director and supervisor coordinate the development and establishment of male family planning clinics in surrounding hospitals. In just over two years, 19 urologists have been trained in VSC procedures and counseling, and more than 700 @entity1 have had vasectomies using the no-scalpel technique. An additional 6000 clients, both @entity1 and @entity1 , have received counseling on VSC procedures and the project's popularity continues to grow. The project expanded in 1991 into Istanbul and Izmir in response to growing demand for services. It is possible that even more expansion of VSC services is on the horizon in @entity233 .

Vasectomy project launched in @entity233 . XXXX 's first VSC clinic.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'Human', 'men'] @entity233 :: ('9103', 'Species') :: ['Turkey']
@entity233 :: (9103,Species) :: ['Turkey']
