The United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) carried out a mission to Turkey from 20 to 22 April 2016 to support the Government of Turkey to reflect the NCD-related SDG targets included in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in national development plans and policies, and accelerate the implementation of national commitments included in the 2011 United Nations General Assembly Political Declaration on NCDs and the 2014 UN General Assembly Outcome Document on NCDs.Cardiovascular diseases stand for 47% of all deaths in TurkeyNCDs - principally cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases cause 86% of all deaths in Turkey.