Legal Aspects of Gender Reassignment Surgery in Turkey

İ.Özgür Can, Zehra Demiroğlu, Murat Köker, Halis Ulaş and Serpil Salaçin
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İ.Özgür Can: İ.Özgür Can is Assistant Professor at Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, lnciraltı/lzmir 35340, Turkey. E-mail: ozgur.can@deu.edu.tr
Zehra Demiroğlu: Zehra Demiroğlu is Assistant Professor at Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, lnciraltı/lzmir 35340, Turkey. E-mail: zehra.demiroglu@deu.edu.tr
Murat Köker: Murat Köker is Specialist in Forensic Medicine at the Council of Forensic Medicine, Manisa, Turkey. E-mail: muratkoker@gmail.com
Halis Ulaş: Halis Ulaş is Fellow at Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry,lznciraltı/lzmir 35340, Turkey. E-mail: halis.ulas@deu.edu.tr
Serpil Salaçin: Serpil Salaçin is Professor at Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, lnciraltı/lzmir 35340, Turkey. E-mail: serpil.salacin@deu.edu.tr

Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 2011, vol. 18, issue 1, 77-88

Abstract: The gender reassignment process has ethical, social and legal dimensions. However, European Union countries have recommended certain principles for such reassignment. The lack of special legislation regulating legal conditions and effects of gender reassignment creates a difficult situation for transsexuals. A new civil law was implemented in 2001 in Turkey recognising gender identity reassignment which has set new standards for procedures. According to the law, court permission is compulsory for gender reassignment surgery. Courts require expert analyses in a health council report which must include a psychiatric examination of the individual, who must also be permanently unreproductive as defined by the law. Although the new Civil Law arranges new standards for gender reassignment surgery procedures, there are several problems in reassigning the civil status of transsexuals in Turkey.

Keywords: Gender reassignment; civil status of transsexuals; legislation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/097152151001800104

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