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Turkey

Contracting State since
1981.04.21
Lastly updated
2022.08.02

Contact for consular services

German Embassy
Contact
Phone: 00 66 2224 7976
Fax: 00 662224 7493

National legal bases

Law on the Conservation of Cultural and Natural Property

Regulation on Taking Movable Cultural and National Property to Be Protected out of and into the Country

Regulation on Movable Cultural Property of Ethnographic Quality

The multilingual UNESCO Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws provides access to the relevant national legal bases. Another source of information on national cultural asset protection laws is the Sharing Electronic Resources and Laws On Crime (SHERLOC) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

This State Party to the UNESCO Convention of 14 November 1970 is also a State Party to the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegaly Exported Cultural Objects, which entered into force on 1 July 1998. The national legal bases are therefore also partially provided by the WIPO database.

Authorities responsible for issuing export permits

Ministry of Customs an Trade
Eskişhir Yolu 9
General Directorat of Customs Enforcements Dumlupinar Bulvari  151
06800 Cankaya/Ankara
Turkey
Ministry of Customs an Trade
E-Mail: 00 90 312 444 8 482

Further Information

Travel advice from the German Foreign Office, there a warning about the export of cultural goods under “Special criminal law”.

Further Information is available in German language.

Disclaimer:
The above information is based on the information available and deemed trustworthy at the time indicated, in particular the information provided by the State and the information as available in the UNESCO database . No guarantee can be given for the correctness and completeness of this information, nor can any liability be accepted for any damage that may occur. Legal regulations may change at any time without the Minister of State for Culture and the Media being informed. The decision to acquire, import, export or place cultural property on the market is your sole responsibility. It is therefore recommended that you contact the relevant diplomatic or consular representation and/or the export authorities of the respective foreign country.