Guidance

Turkey: country policy and information notes

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

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UK Visas and Immigration
Published
9 December 2016
Last updated
17 July 2025 — See all updates

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Country policy and information note: women fearing gender-based violence, Turkey, July 2025 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: women fearing gender-based violence, Turkey, July 2025

PDF, 1.14 MB, 77 pages

Country policy and information note: military service, Turkey, July 2025 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: military service, Turkey, July 2025

PDF, 881 KB, 65 pages

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Country policy and information note: PKK, Turkey, July 2025 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: PKK, Turkey, July 2025

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Country policy and information note: Kurds, Turkey, July 2025 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: Kurds, Turkey, July 2025

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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 information and guidance reports are used by UK Visas and Immigration officials to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

The reports also give information on asylum seekers’ countries of origin.

Updates to this page

Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 17 July 2025 show all updates

  1. Added information on women fearing gender-based violence.

  2. Updated the information notes on military service, Kurds and PKK.

  3. 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.

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

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

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

  7. Updated information on Kurds published.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  14. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  20. Removal of journalists guidance.

  21. Updated information on Kurds added.

  22. Updated country policy and information note on military service.

  23. Updated country policy and information note for Kurdish political parties.

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

  25. Information on women fearing gender-based violence updated.

  26. Updated country policy and information note on Gülenism.

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

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

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

  30. New guidance added on 'Gülenism'.

  31. First published.

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