Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721)

Article 28: I. Birth and death

Book One: LAW OF PERSONS › Part One: NATURAL PERSONS › Chapter One: PERSONALITY A. In general

Personality begins at the moment the child is fully born alive and ends with death.

Subject to the condition that it is born alive, a child acquires legal capacity from the moment of conception.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 28 · I. Doğum ve ölüm

Kişilik, çocuğun sağ olarak tamamıyla doğduğu anda başlar ve ölümle sona erer.

Çocuk hak ehliyetini, sağ doğmak koşuluyla, ana rahmine düştüğü andan başlayarak elde eder.

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

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