Introduction
For a complete listing of official gazettes and codes, and other sources of Turkish Case law, see Brill's Foreign Law Guide. For freely available online sources of decisions from Turkish courts, see below.
Legislation - Official Sources
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Legislation Search [Turkish and English]From the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.(Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi). Legislation search is only in Turkish. But information on the Assembly and the Legislative Process can be found in English by clicking on the 'EN' icon in the top right hand corner of the page.
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Resme Gazete [Turkish]Turkey's government published official gazette, and the official source for legislation (1921-present).
Other Sources of Legislation
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Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi [Turkish]From Legislative Information Service - a government run portal to Turkish legal information.
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LawsTurkey [English]Links to recent and historical legislation. Note: publisher of the site is hard to determine, but PDF versions of the laws have links which may help to authenticate.
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ECO Lex: Turkey [English and Turkish]Abstracts of Turkish environmental legislation in English. Full text in Turkish.
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WIPO Lex: TurkeyFrom the World Intellectual Property Organization. Links to legislation in English and Turkish.
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Ecoi.net [English]Links to several recent Turkish laws. From the Austrian Red Cross.
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Natlex - Turkey [English and Turkish]Turkish labor laws in English and Turkish. From the International Labor Organization.
Civil Code
The Turkish Civil Code is Turkey's primary civil law, structured into five books: law of persons, family law, law of inheritance, law of property, and law of obligations. Selected sources for the civil code include:
- Turkish Civil Code [Turkish]
From the government run Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi. - Turkish Civil Code [English]
From the Internet Archive.
Penal Code
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Penal Code of Turkey [Turkish]2004 version from the government run Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi, amended up to April 2020.
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Penal Code of Turkey [English]2004 version from the Council of Europe, amended up to March 2015:
Criminal Procedure Code
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Criminal Procedure Code [Turkish]2004 versions from the government run Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi, amended up to August 2020.
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Criminal Procedure Code [English]2004 version from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.