Vaping / E-cigs — Turkey
What travelers need to know about vaping / e-cigs in Turkey. What is legal at home can be a serious crime here — each rule links to its official source.
Vaping / E-cigs in Turkey: prohibited — what is legal at home can be a serious crime here.
Importing an e-cigarette into Turkey is banned. Presidential Decision 2149, in force since 25 February 2020 under Art. 55 of Customs Law 4458, prohibits the import of every electronic cigarette and electronic hookah used in imitation of a tobacco product - whether or not it contains nicotine - together with the electronic devices, components, spare parts and liquids used to consume them, and of heated or burned tobacco products other than cigarettes, rolling tobacco, pipe tobacco, waterpipe tobacco, cigars and cigarillos. The Decision leaves passenger-accompanied entry and transit of the banned goods to the Ministry of Trade to regulate; LawLert could not read that Ministry regulation this run (ticaret.gov.tr was unreachable), so treat a vape in your luggage as liable to seizure rather than allowed.
§ T.C. Resmî Gazete No. 31050, 25 February 2020 - Presidential Decision 2149, Decision on the Importation of Electronic Cigarettes and Similar Devices and Certain Tobacco Products, Art. 1Verified Oct 4, 2026