Is voting compulsory in Turkey?

Compulsory (enforced)

Turkey has compulsory voting with fines for abstaining without justification, enforced since 1983.

Turkey is one of 15 countries classified “Compulsory (enforced)” for compulsory voting — 9% of the 176 with data. (Also searched as mandatory voting.)

Source

Taken from: Wikipedia: Compulsory voting
Last checked: 7 July 2026
How it was classified: Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.

Nearby countries

Syria: Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Cyprus: Voluntary Cyprus repealed compulsory voting in 2017 after being inactive for many years.
Lebanon: Voluntary Compulsory voting was repealed by 1996.
Georgia: Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Armenia: Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Israel: Voluntary Voting is voluntary.

Other laws in Turkey

Voting Age: 18
Minimum Working Age: Under 14

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