Advance Directives are not regulated by any specific law in Turkey and t here is not any particular bill regarding ADs.

The possibility to appoint a healthcare proxy is envisaged by the Article 19 of Regulation on Patient Rights [ Hasta Hakları Yönetmeliği ] issued on August 1, 1998.

Living wills in Turkey can be named as:

• Yaşayan dilek
• Yaşayan irade
• Hasta vasiyeti

The number of living wills, if any, must be very low, due to there is neither legislation nor information about this topic.

Generally speaking, the citizens of Turkey do not complete AD s. No register of AD s exists. As a result, it is impossible to know whether some people have already completed them, whether before a notary or by another method.