Legislative bulletin

Amendments published in the Turkish Official Gazette that bear on our fields of work are collected here in date order. Each entry states the law that introduced the change, the date and issue of the Official Gazette, the date of entry into force and any transitional rule.

Private Health Insurance Regulation — Official Gazette, 20 October 2025 (issue 33053)

Health Insurance for a Residence Permit: Waiting Periods and Renewal Rules from 2026

Waiting periods capped at six months and applied only to the first policy, completed periods preserved when switching insurer, and the residence permit policies left outside the lifetime renewal guarantee.

Motor Third-Party Insurance: Diminished Value, Parts and Care Costs

Diminished value is part of the damage claim, the insurer bears the burden of proof on equivalent parts, and medically necessary care costs remain covered.

Remote Identification at Crypto and Brokerage Firms

Non-Turkish nationals may be onboarded with an NFC passport, subject to address verification and SWIFT-only transfers; companies are identified through their representative.

The Building Demolition Regulation Amended

Technical supervision assigned to civil engineers with an 18.50 m threshold, engineers required on site for explosive demolition, and a new section on high-rise buildings.

Fugitive Defendants and the Chief Public Prosecutor's Objection

Retrial where a fugitive defendant seeks to be heard, and a three-month period for the Chief Prosecutor's objection with no period for objections in the defendant's favour.

Genetic (DNA) Analysis Records: Retention and Deletion

Results are held de-identified in a dedicated system, destroyed at once on acquittal and after twenty years otherwise, with a right to seek earlier deletion.

Article 233 TPC: Breach of an Obligation Arising from Family Law

The penalty was raised in all three paragraphs, and a new paragraph increases it, without any requirement of complaint, where the child commits a serious offence.

Routes of Challenge in Foreigners' Law: Which Decision Goes Where?

Forums and time limits for deportation, administrative detention and residence permit decisions, and the closing of the appeal to the Council of State.

Guidance Measures Under the Child Protection Law and the Family's Responsibility

New guidance measures, emergency protection orders, mandatory social investigation and coercive detention for parents who breach a measure.

The Unquantified Claim Action Abolished: A New Era for Debt Claims

Article 107 of the Civil Procedure Code repealed, a single increase in partial claims, limitation, and statutory interest tied to the rediscount rate.

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How to read the bulletin

The effect of an amendment on a pending file often depends as much on the transitional rule as on the change itself. For procedural provisions the test is usually the date proceedings were issued; in criminal matters the date of the act; and in enforcement matters most often the date of the auction advertisement. Each article therefore states the date of entry into force and the transitional rule separately.

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