Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye

Article 66: I. Turkish citizenship

PART TWO: FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES › Chapter Four: Political Rights and Duties

Everyone bound to the Turkish State through the bond of citizenship is a Turk.

The child of a Turkish father or a Turkish mother is a Turk. Repealed second sentence: 3/10/2001, Law No. 4709, Art. 23

Citizenship shall be acquired under the conditions stipulated by law, and shall be lost only in the cases determined by law.

No Turk shall be deprived of citizenship unless he or she commits an act incompatible with loyalty to the motherland.

Recourse to the courts against decisions and proceedings related to deprivation of citizenship shall not be denied.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 66 · I. Türk vatandaşlığı

Türk Devletine vatandaşlık bağı ile bağlı olan herkes Türktür.

Türk babanın veya Türk ananın çocuğu Türktür. (Mülga ikinci cümle: 3/10/2001-4709/23 md.)

Vatandaşlık, kanunun gösterdiği şartlarla kazanılır ve ancak kanunda belirtilen hallerde kaybedilir.

Hiçbir Türk, vatana bağlılıkla bağdaşmayan bir eylemde bulunmadıkça vatandaşlıktan çıkarılamaz.

Vatandaşlıktan çıkarma ile ilgili karar ve işlemlere karşı yargı yolu kapatılamaz.

Text as of 1 October 2026 · Official source (Turkish): mevzuat.gov.tr ↗

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