Is euthanasia legal in Turkey?
Illegal
Euthanasia is strictly forbidden, and assisting suicide is punishable by imprisonment.
Turkey is one of 13 countries classified “Illegal” for euthanasia — 34% of the 38 with data. (Also searched as assisted dying.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Legality of euthanasia
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Israel
- Passive only Passive euthanasia is accepted in some cases, while active euthanasia is forbidden.
- Moldova
- Illegal All forms of euthanasia are banned in Moldova by the Criminal Code.
- Romania
- Illegal Euthanasia is illegal and punishable by imprisonment from one to five years under the Criminal Code.
- Serbia
- Illegal Euthanasia is illegal and classified as compassionate murder, punishable by imprisonment from six months to five years.
- Slovakia
- Illegal Euthanasia is prohibited by criminal law and the Constitution, which states no one shall be deprived of life.
- Poland
- Illegal Active euthanasia is forbidden and treated as a milder form of murder under the Penal Code.
Other laws in Turkey
- Abortion
- Legal on request
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- Surrogacy
- Banned
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.