Guidance

Turkey: country policy and information notes

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

Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 28 January 2019 — see all updates

• From: UK Visas and Immigration

Documents

Country policy and information note: background note, Turkey, January 2019

PDF, 834KB, 24 pages

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Country policy and information note: Kurds, Turkey, September 2018

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Country policy and information note: military service, Turkey, September 2018

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Country policy and information note: Kurdish political parties, Turkey, August 2018

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Country policy and information note: Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Turkey, August 2018

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Country policy and information note: women fearing gender-based violence, Turkey, May 2018

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Country policy and information note: Gülenism, Turkey, February 2018

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Country policy and information note: Alevis, Turkey, August 2017

PDF, 368KB, 26 pages

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Country policy and information note: human rights defenders, Turkey, June 2017

PDF, 618KB, 35 pages

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Country policy and information note: sexual orientation and gender identity, Turkey, June 2017

PDF, 398KB, 22 pages

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Country information and guidance: prison conditions, Turkey, February 2016

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Details

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.

Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 28 January 2019 + show all updates

1. 28 January 2019 New country policy and information note on background note, January 2019.
2. 29 October 2018 Removal of journalists guidance.
3. 7 September 2018 Updated information on Kurds added.
4. 6 September 2018 Updated country policy and information note on military service.
5. 6 August 2018 Updated country policy and information note for Kurdish political parties.
6. 6 August 2018 Updated country policy and information note on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
7. 11 May 2018 Information on women fearing gender-based violence updated.
8. 21 February 2018 Updated country policy and information note on Gülenism.
9. 4 December 2017 Removal of country information and guidance on HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party), March 2016.
10. 4 August 2017 Updated information on the PKK, Kurdish political parties and Alevis.
11. 15 June 2017 Updated guidance on 'human rights defenders' and 'sexual orientation and gender identity'.
12. 7 April 2017 New guidance added on 'Gülenism'.
13. 9 December 2016 First published.