Alcohol / Spirits 🇹🇷 Turkey
1L spirits or 2L wine duty-free
Can I bring Alcohol / Spirits into Turkey?
1L spirits or 2L wine duty-free
1L spirits or 2L wine
Very high SCT on excess
- Turkish Customs declaration for quantities above duty-free allowance
Required at the destination customs authority
Full details
Turkey allows 1 liter of spirits over 22% ABV or 2 liters of wine/beer duty-free. Alcohol is heavily taxed in Turkey (Special Consumption Tax up to 100%), making duty-free imports valuable. Alcohol is widely available in tourist areas but restricted in some conservative regions.
Travelers arriving in Turkey may import duty-free: 1L of spirits or 2L of wine or beer (17+), 400 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250g tobacco (17+). Merchandise (gifts and personal effects): USD $430 (approximately EUR 430) worth of goods per traveler. Turkish residents returning from abroad may import a single personal laptop duty-free. Additional personal goods are assessed at a flat rate. Commercial quantities of goods require formal import procedures.
Declare alcohol / spirits at customs on arrival in Turkey and carry any documentation specified in the rule. Verify current requirements with Ministry of Trade — General Directorate of Customs (Gümrük ve Ticaret Bakanlığı) before travel.
1L spirits or 2L wine
- Turkish Customs declaration for quantities above duty-free allowance
Very high SCT on excess
Customs Law No. 4458
This page covers destination customs rules in Turkey. Whether you can carry alcohol / spirits through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
Alcohol / Spirits is classified under Class 3 — Flammable liquids. Cabin and checked-baggage rules apply on top of any destination regulation.
Alcohol / Spirits rules in other countries
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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Completely prohibited. Zero tolerance under Islamic law.
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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Non-Muslim adults may import 4 litres of spirits or wine duty-free via most emirates.
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🇲🇾 Malaysia
1 liter duty-free allowance
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🇮🇩 Indonesia
1 liter duty-free; heavily taxed beyond
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🇰🇷 South Korea
1 liter (under USD 400) duty-free
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🇫🇷 France
EU standard allowances from non-EU; unlimited within EU