Can you bring codeine to Turkey?
Short answer
Allowed, within limits
The official rule for Turkey below names codeine. The same rule also covers the other medicines it lists, so read the conditions carefully.
Controlled medication
allowed, within limitsYou can bring medicines with narcotic properties for your own treatment if you show customs a report or prescription from your treating doctor that states the medicine and the dose you'll take during your stay in Türkiye. The amount allowed is what's reasonable for the length of your stay.
Methadone: allowed if you follow the INCB's international guidelines for travellers under treatment with controlled drugs. Customs reports your entry and exit dates and passport details to the narcotics units, and foreigners staying more than 15 days must continue treatment at a Turkish addiction treatment centre. This comes from a 2012 notice by Türkiye's Consulate General in Rotterdam; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' current customs page states the same general rule for personal medicines. Codeine and oxycodone are narcotic drugs on the UN's international list.
Doctor's letter checklist
Only what Turkey's rule asks the letter or prescription to include. Tick each one off with your doctor.
Source Consulate General of Türkiye in Rotterdam (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) — Notice on bringing medicines to Türkiye (19 September 2012)Checked against the official source on 2026-10-17
Also covers: controlled substance, narcotic medication, opioid painkiller, methadone, codeine, oxycodone
Source Consulate General of Türkiye in Rotterdam (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) — Notice on bringing medicines to Türkiye (19 September 2012)Checked against the source on 2026-10-17
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Codeine in other countries
- Albaniaprohibited
- Australiaallowed, within limits
- Brazildepends on specifics
- Canadaallowed, within limits
- Costa Ricaallowed, within limits
- Cyprusdepends on specifics
- Georgiadepends on specifics
- Hong Kongdepends on specifics
- Israelallowed, within limits
- Japandepends on specifics
- Malaysiadepends on specifics
- Maldivesdepends on specifics
- New Zealanddepends on specifics
- Philippinesdepends on specifics
- Qatardepends on specifics
- Saudi Arabiadepends on specifics
- Serbiadepends on specifics
- Singaporedepends on specifics
- South Koreadepends on specifics
- Taiwandepends on specifics
- Thailanddepends on specifics
- United Arab Emiratesdepends on specifics
- United Kingdomallowed, within limits
- United Statesallowed, within limits
Other medicines
Informational only — not legal advice. Customs rules change; confirm with the official source above before you travel. Not medical advice. Don't stop or change a medicine because of a travel rule without talking to your doctor. See update history