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Family and inheritance

Inheritance shares

Enter the spouse, children, grandchildren, parents and siblings the deceased left behind; the tool shows each heir's statutory inheritance share as a fraction, a percentage and, if you wish, an amount.

Surviving spouse
Children

Also add adopted children and children born outside marriage whose legal parentage has been established.

Mother and father

Siblings inherit only if the mother or father died first. Children of a sibling who died earlier are not included in the calculation.

Grandparents

Enter the family details and press “Calculate shares”.

How is an estate divided?

Under Turkish law, statutory heirs are determined by a system of lines of heirs (zümre). The deceased'sdescendants (children and, if they have died, grandchildren) inherit first. If there are no descendants, themother and father inherit, and if they have died, their own descendants (the siblings). If there are none of these either, the grandparents and their children inherit. If even a single heir exists in an earlier line, the later line cannot inherit.

The surviving spouse inherits alongside every line: one quarter alongside the children,one half alongside the parents' line, three quarters alongside the grandparents, and the whole estate if there are none of these. A divorced spouse cannot inherit; if death occurs while divorce proceedings are pending, the spouse's position as heir is subject to special rules (Turkish Civil Code (TMK) art. 181).

If there is a will, the shares may change; however, the reserved shares of children, parents and the spouse cannot be removed by a will. For the certificate of inheritance (veraset ilamı / mirasçılık belgesi), see the certificate of inheritance page.

Legal basis

  • Turkish Civil Code (TMK) art. 495 (descendants)
  • TMK art. 496 (mother and father)
  • TMK art. 497 (grandparents)
  • TMK art. 498 (relatives born outside marriage)
  • TMK art. 499 (surviving spouse)
  • TMK art. 501 (the State)

These provisions and rates were last checked against official sources on 1 October 2026.

Note: Results are for general information and are approximate. The specifics of the file, court decisions and partial payments may change the result. Rates were checked against official sources on 1 October 2026.
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