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| Region | Turkey |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Nov 30, 2017 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The Constitutional Court annulled the provision of the Turkish Civil Code that regulates the condition of "being unable to reproduce" in order to allow gender reassignment. The request for annulment of the condition of having a gender reassignment surgery in order to change the identity card was rejected. |
| Sources | https://www.anayasa.gov.tr/icsayfalar/basin/kararlarailiskinbasinduyurulari/genelkurul/detay/35.html https://www.cnnturk.com/turkiye/anayasa-mahkemesi-cinsiyet-degistirmede-o-sarti-kaldirdi |
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Revision History (9)
edited by Markissik. Fixing status and description after reports. The information from sources was misunderstood by previous editor.
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | Turkey’s Constitutional Court found the the provision that required surgery to change one's legal gender unconstitutional. Sterilization is still required. | The Constitutional Court annulled the provision of the Turkish Civil Code that regulates the condition of "being unable to reproduce" in order to allow gender reassignment. The request for annulment of the condition of having a gender reassignment surgery in order to change the identity card was rejected. |
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| Description | The Constitutional Court found the operation condition unconstitutional and canceled it with a majority of votes. Sterilization still required. | Turkey’s Constitutional Court found the the provision that required surgery to change one's legal gender unconstitutional. Sterilization is still required. |
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| Sources | https://www.anayasa.gov.tr/icsayfalar/basin/kararlarailiskinbasinduyurulari/genelkurul/detay/35.html https://www.cnnturk.com/turkiye/anayasa-mahkemesi-cinsiyet-degistirmede-o-sarti-kaldirdi | https://www.anayasa.gov.tr/icsayfalar/basin/kararlarailiskinbasinduyurulari/genelkurul/detay/35.html https://www.cnnturk.com/turkiye/anayasa-mahkemesi-cinsiyet-degistirmede-o-sarti-kaldirdi |
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Reports (4)
- Status is not correct "surgery is required. it was declined according to the link."
- Status is not correct "Surgery is still required to change gender but sterilization is not required anymore. (Since Nov. 30 2017)"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct
edited by Buzdolabimotoru. Stronger source
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| Sources | https://www.cnnturk.com/turkiye/anayasa-mahkemesi-cinsiyet-degistirmede-o-sarti-kaldirdi | https://www.anayasa.gov.tr/icsayfalar/basin/kararlarailiskinbasinduyurulari/genelkurul/detay/35.html https://www.cnnturk.com/turkiye/anayasa-mahkemesi-cinsiyet-degistirmede-o-sarti-kaldirdi |
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edited by Buzdolabimotoru. Fixing information
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Nov 30, 2017 |
| End Date | -0001 | (none) |
edited by im_h_DEACTIVATED
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| Start Date | Nov 30, 2017 | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) | -0001 |
edited by Buzdolabimotoru
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Reports (2)
- Status is not correct "Legal, but requires surgery"
- Status is not correct "Surgery Required to Change Gender in Turkey."
edited by Buzdolabimotoru
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
edited by Notdog1996
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0 | Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | The Constitutional Court found the operation condition unconstitutional and canceled it with a majority of votes. | The Constitutional Court found the operation condition unconstitutional and canceled it with a majority of votes. Sterilization still required. |
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created by Buzdolabimotoru
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | Nov 30, 2017 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The Constitutional Court found the operation condition unconstitutional and canceled it with a majority of votes. |
| Sources | https://www.cnnturk.com/turkiye/anayasa-mahkemesi-cinsiyet-degistirmede-o-sarti-kaldirdi |
Reports (1)
- Newer law has been passed "Surgery is required. Bottom surgery is still required however the requirement for a seperate infertilization surgery was removed."