Is Amphetamine legal in Turkey?

Legal status

Amphetamine is a controlled substance in Turkey and the dossier carries it under the schedule name amphetamine. It is also one of the substances the Penal Code names in its own text: article 188(4)(a) of Code No. 5237 covers the case where the material is «amfetamin ve türevleri», amphetamine and its derivatives. That limb was not in the original Code. Law No. 7445 of 28 March 2023 replaced the earlier wording and inserted the synthetic cathinone, synthetic opioid and amphetamine derivative limbs, so the amphetamine uplift dates from 2023 rather than from 2005. The schedule side runs through Law No. 2313 on the Control of Narcotic Substances, whose article 19 empowers a Presidential decision to bring further substances under the Law, and whose footnote records ten such decisions down to Presidential Decision No. 10851 of 9 January 2026. The dossier's outcome for this row is VERIFIED on the schedule name alone; the article 188(4)(a) text and its amendment date were read from the consolidated statute on 20 September 2026.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. The cited instruments give no per-substance numeric quantity threshold; purpose and circumstances are assessed case by case, and the ceiling is 30 years under article 188(1) of Penal Code No. 5237 with aggravating multipliers in article 188(4), (5) and (8). Amphetamine sits inside the 188(4)(a) list, so the sentence «yarı oranında artırılır», is increased by one half, on the identity of the substance and before any question of weight arises. The unlicensed manufacture, import or export band in 188(1) is «yirmi yıldan otuz yıla kadar hapis ve ikibin günden yirmibin güne kadar adlî para cezası», twenty to thirty years with a fine of two thousand to twenty thousand days, and the domestic conduct floor in 188(3) is not less than ten years. Article 188(7) is worth reading beside this row because amphetamine synthesis draws on permission bound precursors, and it sets «sekiz yıldan az olmamak üzere hapis», not less than eight years, for importing, making, selling, buying, dispatching, transporting, storing or exporting such a precursor. Article 191(1) sets two to five years on the user side with the five year deferral and supervision regime of 191(2) and 191(3).

If prescribed or medical

Amphetamine is not a routinely dispensed Turkish medicine and the traveller question is a licensing question rather than a dosage one. Article 188(6) of the Penal Code applies the trafficking paragraphs to any substance whose production depends on the permission of official authorities or whose sale depends on a prescription written by an authorised physician and which produces a narcotic or stimulant effect, and allows the sentence to be reduced by up to half; both limbs of that test have to be satisfied and the dossier made no finding on either. Article 24 of Law No. 2313 punishes a pharmacy that sells a narcotic substance without a physician's prescription under the relevant articles of the Penal Code. The dossier carried no prescription instrument for this row, so the availability and classification of any amphetamine product is for the TİTCK to state and is deferred here. A foreign prescription is not a Turkish authorisation.

Documentation

Treat a prescribed stimulant as a pre-clearance problem, not a packaging problem. Obtain the position from the TİTCK before travelling, carry the original dispensing packaging with the prescription and a prescriber's letter naming the patient, the active ingredient, the dose and the treatment period, and bring only the quantity the stated treatment period needs. The dossier records the schedule name only, read on 18 September 2026, and makes no finding about import permits, so any permit requirement must be confirmed directly rather than inferred from this row. Article 188(4)(a) was read from the consolidated Penal Code on 20 September 2026.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Turkey’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.