Passport Law

Amended: 19/6/1984, Decree-Law No. 240; adopted without amendment: 7/11/1984, Law No. 3073, Art. 1

Turkish citizens and foreigners may enter and leave Türkiye through the passenger entry and exit gates designated by the President of the Republic.

The opinion of the Ministry of Interior shall be obtained for the opening of customs gates.

Requirement of a passport or a document valid in lieu of a passport:

Amended: 19/6/1984, Decree-Law No. 240; adopted without amendment: 7/11/1984, Law No. 3073, Art. 2

In order to enter Türkiye and to leave Türkiye, Turkish citizens and foreigners are obliged to present to the police authorities at the passenger entry and exit gates a duly issued and valid passport or a document valid in lieu of a passport.

Completion of the entry or exit formalities by the police authorities is a prerequisite for customs and other formalities to be carried out.

Apart from those established by laws and international agreements, the Ministries of Interior and Foreign Affairs are jointly authorised to decide which documents may be accepted as valid in lieu of a passport for Turkish citizens and foreigners.

Turkish citizens arriving without a passport or document:

Persons who arrive at the borders of Türkiye without a passport or document, or with a passport or document that is not duly issued or not valid, and who claim Turkish citizenship:

A) where they present population identity booklets or identity cards of the Republic of Türkiye and it is established that these belong to them;

B) where they show documents or evidence other than a population identity card, if the police, assessing the value of such documents or evidence, are satisfied that they are Turkish citizens; shall be admitted into Türkiye.

The persons referred to in paragraph (B) above may, if necessary, be sent to the nearest administrative centre and made to reside at a place to be designated by the local chief civil administrator until their citizenship is duly established by the fastest means.

Those whose Turkish citizenship is not established shall be turned back.

Foreigners arriving without a passport or document:

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Entry visa requirement:

Repealed paragraph 1: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Repealed paragraph 2: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Turkish citizens are not subject to the obligation to obtain a visa in order to come to Türkiye.

Visa exemption:

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Exit visa:

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Persons prohibited from entering Türkiye:

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Reciprocity:

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Exceptional passport and visa facilities:

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Exceptional measures in time of war and in extraordinary circumstances:

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Types of passports and documents, their fees and the authorities competent to issue them:

The passports to be issued in the name of the Republic of Türkiye and the documents intended to serve in their place are the following:

A) Passports:

I - Diplomatic passports;

II- Special passports (bearing a special stamp);

III - Service passports (bearing a service stamp);

IV - Ordinary passports (issued individually or jointly);

V - Passports for foreigners.

B) Amended: 19/6/1984, Decree-Law No. 240; adopted without amendment: 7/11/1984, Law No. 3073, Art. 3 Documents valid in lieu of a passport:

I. Laissez-passer, administrative letters and border crossing documents,

II. Seafarer's books, and documents issued to the officials and crew of railway and air transport vehicles,

III. Travel documents and similar documents.

Diplomatic passports:

Diplomatic passports shall be issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, in foreign countries, by the embassies and legations of the Republic of Türkiye.

Diplomatic passports shall be issued to persons travelling on a temporary assignment or journey, depending on the nature of their assignment or journey, either for a single journey or for a maximum of two years, and to persons travelling on a permanent assignment, valid for a period to be determined by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Amended: 28/5/1988, Law No. 3463, Art. 1 Diplomatic passports shall be issued to: members of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye; vice presidents of the Republic and ministers; the President and members of the Constitutional Court and the first and second presidents of the Court of Cassation, the Council of State, the Military Court of Cassation, the High Military Administrative Court, the Court of Jurisdictional Disputes, the Court of Accounts and the General Staff; the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Republic; generals and admirals of the highest rank; former Presidents of the Republic; former speakers of the legislative assemblies; former prime ministers, former vice presidents of the Republic and former ministers; former members of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye; (…) the Secretary General of the Presidency of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye; deputy ministers and the President of Religious Affairs; governors; mayors of metropolitan municipalities; persons who have been given the title of ambassador and career members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the President of Turks Abroad and Related Communities; the President of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency and the head of the Programme Coordination Offices of that Presidency abroad; senior officials of the Presidency of the Republic; counsellors, attachés and their assistants assigned to the foreign missions of the Republic of Türkiye; religious services coordinators; persons sent on behalf of the Government to conduct official international negotiations or to conclude agreements, or to attend international meetings, congresses and conferences, and persons sent to perform permanent or temporary duties with foreign states or international organisations; and diplomatic couriers.

Amended: 25/2/1981, Law No. 2418, Art. 1 As long as the capacity or duties of persons who are eligible for or who hold a diplomatic passport continue, diplomatic passports may also be issued to their spouses, or their spouses may be registered in the companion section of their passports.

Amended paragraph 5: 23/7/2010, Law No. 6009, Art. 58 As long as the capacity and duties of persons holding a diplomatic passport continue, diplomatic passports valid for the same period as the passport of the entitled person shall also be issued to their children who are minors, or who, even if of age, live with them, are unmarried, have no occupation and are continuing their education, until they reach the age of 25, and also to their children who, even if of age, live with them, are unmarried, have no occupation and are, at the same time, in need of permanent care due to at least one physical, mental or psychological disability, as documented by a medical board report issued by official health institutions.

Diplomatic passports shall contain one photograph each of their holders and, if any, of the persons registered in the companion section.

Diplomatic passports are not subject to any fee or duty.

Amended: Official Gazette 25/6/1958, Law No. 7154, Art. 1

A) Amended: 28/5/1988, Law No. 3463, Art. 2 Special passports (bearing a special stamp);

Amended paragraph: 22/8/1989, Decree-Law No. 378, Art. 1 (…) shall be issued to civil servants and other public officials holding first, second and third degree posts, or employed on a contract basis against such posts or affiliated with the Retirement Fund of the Republic of Türkiye with their pension contributions deducted at these degrees, to faculty members working at foundation higher education institutions who have at least 15 years of professional seniority, and to mayors who have become entitled to retirement at a first degree post, when they travel to foreign countries on any official duty other than duties requiring the issuance of a diplomatic passport, or on their own account. Added sentence: 19/10/2005, Law No. 5411, Art. 168 For members of the Banking Regulation and Supervision Board and of the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund Board, and for faculty members working at foundation higher education institutions, the requirement of affiliation with the Retirement Fund of the Republic of Türkiye and of deduction of pension contributions at these degrees shall not apply.

This type of passport shall also be issued to those among them who have left their duties by reason of retirement or resignation.

Amended paragraph: 3/3/1993, Law No. 3868, Art. 1 (…), provincial and district mayors shall be issued special passports for the duration of their term of office.

Added paragraph: 17/10/2019, Law No. 7188, Art. 1 Special passports may be issued to attorneys registered on the roll of a bar association who have at least fifteen years of seniority, provided that there is no investigation or prosecution against them for the offences defined in Book Two, Part Four, Chapters Four, Five, Six and Seven of the Turkish Penal Code No. 5237 dated 26/9/2004 or for offences falling within the scope of the Anti-Terror Law No. 3713 dated 12/4/1991. The procedures and principles relating thereto shall be determined by a regulation put into force by the Ministry of Interior upon obtaining the favourable opinion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice.

The same type of passport shall also be issued to the spouses of persons eligible for a special passport. Passports of the same type may be issued to the surviving spouses of persons who die while entitled to a special passport, provided that they have not remarried.

Amended paragraph: 23/7/2010, Law No. 6009, Art. 58 Special passports shall also be issued to the children of persons eligible for a special passport who are minors, or who, even if of age, live with them, are unmarried, have no occupation and are continuing their education, until they reach the age of 25, and also to their children who, even if of age, live with them, are unmarried, have no occupation and are, at the same time, in need of permanent care due to at least one physical, mental or psychological disability, as documented by a medical board report issued by official health institutions.

Added paragraph: 15/7/2016, Law No. 6728, Art. 7 In the classification made according to annual average export values, special passports may be issued for a period of four years, in accordance with the principles determined by the President of the Republic, to the authorised officers of firms whose annual average export amount over the last three years exceeds the value to be determined by the President of the Republic, provided that, even if the periods specified in Article 53 of the Turkish Penal Code have elapsed, they have not been sentenced to imprisonment for one year or more for an intentionally committed offence, or, even if pardoned, have not been convicted of offences against the security of the State, offences against the constitutional order and its functioning, embezzlement, bribery, theft, fraud, forgery, breach of trust, fraudulent bankruptcy, bid rigging, rigging the performance of an obligation, laundering of assets derived from crime, or smuggling.

B) Amended: Official Gazette 25/2/1981, Law No. 2418, Art. 2 Service Passports (bearing a service stamp):

They shall be issued to persons who cannot be issued a diplomatic or special passport under this Law, when they are assigned abroad on official duty by the Government, special provincial administrations or municipalities.

The same type of passport shall also be issued to persons employed with the status of official in international organisations of which the Republic of Türkiye is a member, and to persons assigned by the Turkish Aeronautical Association and the Turkish Red Crescent Society.

Amended paragraph: 23/7/2010, Law No. 6009, Art. 58 Service passports valid for the same period as the passport of the entitled person shall also be issued to the spouses of holders of service passports, to their children who are minors, or who, even if of age, live with them, are unmarried, have no occupation and are continuing their education, until they reach the age of 25, and also to their children who, even if of age, live with them, are unmarried, have no occupation and are, at the same time, in need of permanent care due to at least one physical, mental or psychological disability, as documented by a medical board report issued by official health institutions.

C) Amended: Official Gazette 7/11/1984, Law No. 3073, Art. 4 Special and Service Passports

They shall be issued by the Ministry of Interior upon the application of the competent superior of the authority to which the applicant belongs. Passports of this type may also be issued, under the same conditions, by the embassies and legations of the Republic of Türkiye with the consent of the Ministry of Interior and upon the instruction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The same written application is also required for issuing special or service passports to the spouses and children referred to in subparagraphs «A» and «B» above, or for registering children in the companion section. In order to obtain a special passport, persons who have left their duties by reason of retirement or resignation must apply directly to the Ministry of Interior with documents showing their status.

Amended paragraph: 28/5/1988, Law No. 3463, Art. 2 Amended first sentence: 23/7/2010, Law No. 6009, Art. 58 Special passports shall be issued valid for periods to be determined by the Ministry of Interior, provided that these are not less than six months; service passports shall be issued valid for a period to be determined by the Ministry of Interior according to the duration of the holder's duty, provided that this is not less than six months. Those of these passports whose validity has expired may also be extended five times each, for the same periods, by the embassies and legations of the Republic of Türkiye, upon the application referred to in the first paragraph of this subparagraph, the consent of the Ministry of Interior and the instruction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

One photograph each of the holders of these passports and, if any, of the persons registered in the companion section must be affixed to their passports.

Ordinary passports:

Amended: 19/6/1984, Decree-Law No. 240; adopted without amendment: 7/11/1984, Law No. 3073, Art. 5

Ordinary individual and ordinary joint passports of Turkish citizens shall be issued within the country by the Ministry of Interior or, according to the authority to be granted by the Minister of Interior, by governorships, and in foreign countries by the consulates of the Republic of Türkiye.

If the passport holder so requests, his or her minor daughters and sons shall be registered in the companion section of the passport.

Persons registered in the companion section may not travel with that passport unless they are accompanied by the person to whom the passport has been issued.

Amended paragraph 4: 23/7/2010, Law No. 6009, Art. 58 Ordinary individual passports shall be issued valid for periods to be determined by the Ministry of Interior, without prejudice to the exceptions set out in the Law and provided that these are not less than six months.

Paragraph 5 repealed: 3/3/1993, Law No. 3868, Art. 2

The passports of persons called to the country to perform military service, and of Turkish citizens who are established to have become destitute in foreign countries, shall be extended for one month in order to ensure their return to Türkiye. Persons who do not have a passport shall be issued a travel document valid for one month.

Ordinary joint passports:

Amended paragraph 1: 19/6/1984, Decree-Law No. 240; adopted without amendment: 7/11/1984, Law No. 3073, Art. 6 Turkish citizens who wish to travel together as a group and who form a group of at least 5 persons shall, if they so request, be issued an ordinary joint passport.

Amended: 19/6/1984, Decree-Law No. 240; adopted without amendment: 7/11/1984, Law No. 3073, Art. 6 These passports shall be issued valid for 3 months, 6 months or 1 year from the date of issue.

These passports shall be drawn up in the same manner as ordinary individual passports, with the addition of a list containing the photographs of the members of the group.

Persons who leave the group while travelling with this passport are obliged to obtain a separate passport.

Provisions on fees repealed: 25/2/1952, Law No. 5887, Art. 126(e)

Passports to be issued to persons whose travel is established to be of a nature that will provide a cultural, commercial or social benefit for Türkiye, and to teachers, students and athletes who will travel as a group, with the permission of the Ministry of National Education, in order to carry out scientific research or to participate in sports contacts and competitions to be held in foreign countries, are not subject to any fee.

Conditions for obtaining ordinary passports:

A) Amended paragraph 1: 19/6/1984, Decree-Law No. 240; adopted without amendment: 7/11/1984, Law No. 3073, Art. 7 Amended first paragraph: 3/10/2016, Decree-Law No. 676, Art. 10; adopted without amendment: 1/2/2018, Law No. 7070, Art. 10 The places of application of persons wishing to obtain an ordinary passport and the documents to be requested shall be determined by the Ministry of Interior.

In foreign countries, persons applying to the consulate at which they are registered shall be issued a passport on the basis of their records in the consular register. Where persons applying to another consulate do not present, in addition to a certificate of nationality or their old passport, their population registration documents as well, that consulate may, at its discretion, postpone the issuance of the passport until the inquiry it deems necessary has been carried out.

B) Repealed: 3/3/1993, Law No. 3868, Art. 2

Minors and persons under interdiction:

C) In order for minors and persons under interdiction to obtain a passport to travel alone, they must present a document certified by an official authority containing the consent of their legal representatives

D) Repealed: 19/6/1984, Decree-Law No. 240; adopted without amendment: 7/11/1984, Law No. 3073, Art. 7

E) Added: 6/12/2019, Law No. 7196, Art. 69 Decisions on custody or guardianship issued by the judicial or administrative authorities of a foreign country may be accepted in passport applications made at the foreign missions of the Republic of Türkiye located in the countries where the decision was issued.

Passports bearing the stamp "For foreigners":

Persons who are stateless, or whom the Ministry of Interior deems it necessary, because their nationality status is irregular, to subject to the treatment applied in practice to stateless persons with respect to their residence and travel, shall, where necessary and by decision of the said Ministry, be issued a passport bearing the stamp "for foreigners" which does not imply any meaning with respect to the acquisition of Turkish citizenship or the acquisition of any right in favour of its holder.

This passport is of two types:

A) Passports valid for only one entry into Türkiye or only one exit from Türkiye

These passports, whose validity shall end upon entry into Türkiye where issued for entry, and upon arrival in the country specified in the annotation thereon where issued for exit from Türkiye, must be used by their holders by leaving the country in which they are located within one month from the date of issue. Otherwise, they must be renewed.

B) Amended paragraph 1: 19/6/1984, Decree-Law No. 240; adopted without amendment: 7/11/1984, Law No. 3073, Art. 8 Amended first paragraph: 23/7/2010, Law No. 6009, Art. 58 Passports issued for one outward and one return journey shall be issued valid for a period to be determined at the discretion of the Ministry of Interior, provided that this is not less than three months.

Passports of both types shall be issued by the Ministry of Interior and, in foreign countries, by the consular authorities of the Republic of Türkiye on the basis of instructions to be given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs upon the request or approval of the Ministry of Interior.

If two months have passed since the date on which passports of the type referred to in paragraph (A) above ceased to be valid, their renewal shall be subject to the decision of the Ministry of Interior.

The minor daughters or sons of the passport holder who are in the same situation with respect to nationality and who have no occupation may be registered in the companion section of that passport. The same procedure may also be applied to a wife who is in the same situation as her husband with respect to nationality.

Persons registered in the companion section may not use that passport unless they travel with the passport holder.

These passports must contain one photograph each of their holders and, if any, of the persons registered in the companion section.

Fee:

Provisions on fees repealed: 25/2/1952, Law No. 5887, Art. 126

Laissez-passer and similar documents:

Laissez-passer or similar documents shall be issued to Turkish citizens for use in lieu of a passport within the border zones of the Republic of Türkiye and neighbouring countries. Their form, manner of issue, period of validity and the persons to whom they shall be issued shall be jointly determined by the Ministries of Interior and Foreign Affairs in accordance with the provisions of agreements concluded or to be concluded between the Republic of Türkiye and the States concerned.

Fee:

These documents are subject not to the passport fee but to duties and fees according to their special tariffs.

Documents issued to the officials and crew of transport vehicles carrying out transport outside Türkiye:

Amended: 19/6/1984, Decree-Law No. 240; Adopted without amendment: 17/11/1984, Law No. 3073, Art. 9

To crew members who are Turkish citizens of Turkish ships leaving Turkish territorial waters, a "Seafarer's Book" bearing a photograph, by the regional directorates of port and maritime affairs in accordance with due procedure;

To officers and crew of international air transport vehicles, a "Flight Crew Certificate" bearing a photograph, by their administrations in accordance with the specimen and procedure specified in agreements;

To officers and crew of international railway transport vehicles, a "Railway Personnel Identity Document" bearing a photograph, by the competent authorities provided for in agreements in accordance with the specimen and procedure, shall be issued.

Amended paragraph: 3/10/2016, Decree-Law No. 676, Art. 11; Adopted without amendment: 1/2/2018, Law No. 7070, Art. 11 Railway personnel identity documents may not be used in lieu of a passport unless certified by the competent authorities provided for in agreements. Institutions and organisations authorised to issue seafarer's books and flight crew certificates shall be obliged to verify with the competent authority the status of the persons concerned within the scope of Article 22 of this Law.

The form and content of the documents to be issued to seafarers and flight crew shall be determined jointly by the Ministries of Interior, Foreign Affairs and Transport.

Officers and crew of foreign ship, air and railway international transport vehicles may enter and leave Turkish territorial waters and port cities on the basis of reciprocity with documents issued by the competent authorities in accordance with due procedure and the specimen.

Conditions for issuing documents valid in lieu of a passport:

Amended: 19/6/1984, Decree-Law No. 240; Adopted without amendment: 7/11/1984, Law No. 3073, Art. 10

In issuing the documents referred to in Articles 19 and 20, the provisions of Articles 7, 17 and 22 shall apply.

Cases in which the issuance of a passport or document is prohibited:

Amended: 28/5/1988, Law No. 3463, Art. 3

A passport or travel document shall not be issued to persons whose departure abroad has been prohibited by courts, (…) and to persons determined by the Ministry of Interior to be founders or managers of, or to work at, any kind of educational, teaching and health institutions, foundations, associations or companies abroad whose membership of, affiliation with or connection to terrorist organisations has been established (…). However, persons other than those whose travel to foreign countries has been prohibited by courts may, in cases of necessity, be issued a passport or a travel document in lieu of a passport with the approval of the President of the Republic.

The full identities of persons in this situation (name, surname, place and date of birth, mother's and father's names, and place of civil registration) and the reason for the restriction shall be notified by the relevant departments to the local police authorities.

The relevant police authorities shall, immediately upon receiving this information, notify it in writing, through the provincial police directorate to which they are attached and by the fastest means of communication, to the police directorates where border gates are located, to the provincial police directorate of the place where the person is entered in the civil registry, and to the General Directorate of Security.

The departure abroad of such persons shall be prevented and no passport or document shall be issued to them; if one has been issued, it shall be withdrawn.

The expired passports of persons who have been prohibited, by the authorities referred to in paragraph 1, from being issued a passport or from leaving the country, and of persons whose remaining abroad has been determined to be objectionable in terms of general security, shall not be renewed; they shall be issued a travel document in order to return to Türkiye.

A passport or document may be refused, taking into account the reasons for their expulsion from those countries, to persons who have lost their passports or documents in lieu of passports and are unable to base this on a justified reason, and to persons who have been deported from the countries in which they were present.

Restriction or prohibition of travel of Turkish citizens:

Amended: 25/2/1981, Law No. 2418, Art. 4

The President of the Republic may, due to danger of war or other extraordinary circumstances affecting national security or the state of health, wholly or partially prohibit Turkish citizens from travelling to foreign countries, and may also decide, on political and economic considerations, that passports valid only for certain countries be issued.

Due to danger of war, internal disturbances or epidemic diseases that may arise in foreign countries, or for political or economic reasons, the authorities of the Republic of Türkiye abroad competent to issue passports may, upon the instruction or with the consent of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, issue the passports they grant to Turkish citizens as valid only for travel to certain countries.

Repealed third paragraph: 31/3/2011, Law No. 6217, Art. 31

Authorities competent to grant visas, types of visas and fees:

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Nature of the entry visa:

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Stateless persons:

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Visas on the diplomatic passports of foreigners and on their passports corresponding to the special and service-stamped passports provided for in this Law shall not be subject to any fee or duty.

Entry Visa

Single entry visa:

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Transit visa:

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

31: Repealed: 25/2/1952, Law No. 5887, Art. 126(e)

Exit visa:

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Penal provisions:

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Amended: 31/3/2011, Law No. 6217, Art. 8

Citizens who have somehow entered through the borders of the Republic of Türkiye without a passport shall be subject to an administrative fine of one thousand Turkish Liras to three thousand Turkish Liras. Repealed second sentence: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Repealed: 25/2/1952, Law No. 5887, Art. 126(e)

Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

With the exception of Law No. 5654, Passport Law No. 3519 and its annexes are hereby repealed.

This is the provision of the additional article introduced by Law No. 5654, Art. 1, of 24/3/1950, numbered for the sake of sequence; repealed: 28/5/1988, Law No. 3463, Art. 5

This is the provision of Additional Article 1, added by Decree-Law No. 240, Art. 12, of 19/6/1984 and adopted without amendment by Law No. 3073, Art. 12, of 7/11/1984; the article number has been put in sequence.

The principles concerning the implementation of the Passport Law, the determination of the form and content of passports, and the issuance of passports and documents valid in lieu of passports shall be set out in a regulation to be prepared under the coordination of the Ministry of Interior with the participation of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and of Finance and Customs.

This is the provision of Additional Article 2, added by Decree-Law No. 240, Art. 12, of 19/6/1984 and adopted without amendment by Law No. 3073, Art. 12, of 7/11/1984; the article number has been put in sequence.

For the fees and duties provided for in the Passport Law, the provisions of Fees Law No. 492 relating to passports shall apply.

Added: 28/5/1988, Law No. 3463, Art. 4

Persons who, while holding the titles and/or ranks held by civil servants in grade 1, 2 and 3 positions who are entitled to a Special Stamped Passport and by commissioned and non-commissioned officers, retired or left service without attaining grade 1, 2 and 3 positions, and who, by virtue of their length of service in the civil service and the titles and/or ranks they hold, would today qualify for a Special Stamped Passport, shall also be issued a Special Passport, taking such entitled persons as the benchmark.

Added: 28/5/1988, Law No. 3463, Art. 4; Repealed: 4/4/2013, Law No. 6458, Art. 124

Added: 23/7/2010, Law No. 6009, Art. 59

No registration of accompanying persons may be made in electronic passports, such passports may not be extended, and no joint e-passport may be issued.

Added: 17/10/2019, Law No. 7188, Art. 2 Annulled by Constitutional Court decision of 3/6/2021, E. 2019/114, K. 2021/36

Added: this is the provision of the provisional article introduced by Law No. 2009, Art. 2, of 11/5/1976, numbered for the sake of sequence.

The period of validity of passports issued for workers currently working in foreign countries shall, upon application at the end of the period, be extended for up to five years, unless the person concerned requests an extension for a shorter period. The worker's spouse and children shall also benefit from this provision.

This Law shall enter into force on the date of its publication.

The provisions of this Law shall be executed by the Council of Ministers.

Provisions That Could Not Be Incorporated into Principal Law No. 5682 of 15/7/1950

1. Provisional article of Law No. 3073 of 7/11/1984:

Provisional Article: The power to issue decree-laws granted to the Council of Ministers by Enabling Law No. 2977 of 2/2/1984 on the Reorganisation of Administrative Procedures and Acts shall remain valid, in respect of Passport Law No. 5682 of 15/7/1950, until the expiry of the period granted by the said Law.