Is flag burning illegal in Turkey?
Criminal offense
Burning the flag of any nation, including Turkey, is strictly forbidden in Turkey.
Turkey is one of 55 countries classified “Criminal offense” for flag desecration — 82% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- 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
- Armenia
- Criminal offense Insulting the national flag is a criminal offense in Armenia.
- Israel
- Criminal offense Deliberately burning the Israeli flag is a criminal offense punishable by up to three years in prison.
- Azerbaijan
- Criminal offense Desecration of the national flag is penalized in Azerbaijan.
- Bulgaria
- Criminal offense Desecration of the national flag is a crime in Bulgaria.
- Greece
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Greece and punishable by up to two years of imprisonment.
- Egypt
- Criminal offense Desecrating the national flag is illegal and punishable by a fine.
Other laws in Turkey
- Blasphemy Laws
- Criminal offense
- Apostasy Laws
- Legal
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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