Guidance

Turkey: country policy and information notes

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 9 December 2016
• Last updated: 9 August 2024 — See all updates

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Country policy and information note: military service, Turkey, October 2023 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: military service, Turkey, October 2023

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Country policy and information note: Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Turkey, October 2023 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Turkey, October 2023

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Country policy and information note: Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), October 2023 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), October 2023

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Country policy and information note: Gülenist movement, Turkey, October 2023 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: Gülenist movement, Turkey, October 2023

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Country policy and information note: Kurds, Turkey, October 2023 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: Kurds, Turkey, October 2023

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Published 9 December 2016

Last updated 9 August 2024 + show all updates

1. 9 August 2024

   The following documents were removed: 1. Medical and healthcare provision, Turkey, April 2021 and 2. Turkey: fact finding report on Kurds, the HDP and the PKK, October 2019.

2. 26 October 2023

   Added accessible versions for the notes on military service and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK),

3. 23 October 2023

   Updated the notes on military service and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

4. 20 October 2023

   Updated information on 'Peoples’ Democratic Party, Green Left Party' and on 'Gülenist movement' published.

5. 19 October 2023

   Updated information on Kurds published.

6. 14 February 2022

   Updated 'Country policy and information note: Gülenist movement'. Added HTML accessible version.

7. 20 October 2021

   Removed 'Country policy and information note: background note'.

8. 30 September 2021

   Removed country policy and information notes: 'Women fearing gender-based violence, May 2018', 'Sexual orientation and gender identity, June 2017', and 'Alevis, August 2017'.

9. 10 June 2021

   Updated the country background note for Turkey with June 2021 version.

10. 29 April 2021

    Updated the country background note for Turkey with new 2021 version.

11. 21 April 2021

    Added country policy and information note on medical and healthcare provision.

12. 13 March 2020

    Removed country policy and information note: Kurdish political parties, Turkey, August 2018 and replaced this with a new country policy and information note: Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), March 2020.

13. 17 February 2020

    Updated country policy and information notes: Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Turkey, February 2020 and Kurds, Turkey, February 2020.

14. 29 October 2019

    Added fact finding report on Kurds, the HDP and the PKK.

15. 10 September 2019

    Updated country policy and information note on background note and removed human rights defenders guidance.

16. 17 July 2019

    Removed country information and guidance: prison conditions, Turkey, February 2016.

17. 28 January 2019

    New country policy and information note on background note, January 2019.

18. 29 October 2018

    Removal of journalists guidance.

19. 7 September 2018

    Updated information on Kurds added.

20. 6 September 2018

    Updated country policy and information note on military service.

21. 6 August 2018

    Updated country policy and information note for Kurdish political parties.

22. 6 August 2018

    Updated country policy and information note on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

23. 11 May 2018

    Information on women fearing gender-based violence updated.

24. 21 February 2018

    Updated country policy and information note on Gülenism.

25. 4 December 2017

    Removal of country information and guidance on HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party), March 2016.

26. 4 August 2017

    Updated information on the PKK, Kurdish political parties and Alevis.

27. 15 June 2017

    Updated guidance on 'human rights defenders' and 'sexual orientation and gender identity'.

28. 7 April 2017

    New guidance added on 'Gülenism'.

29. 9 December 2016

    First published.