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The Wasiyya Third Under Turkish Law (2026): Your Real Islamic Bequest Room
Islam caps bequests at one third and bars them to existing heirs. Turkish law caps wills at the disposable portion. The happy accident of Turkish Muslim estate planning: the two limits nest almost perfectly. How to use the third well.
TMK 676: The Heir Agreement That Makes Faraid Possible in Turkey (2026)
One article of the Turkish Civil Code lets a unanimous family divide an estate by Islamic shares after civil law has spoken, and Diyanet explicitly endorses using it. How the miras taksim sozlesmesi works, where it breaks, and how families prepare.
Diyanet's Inheritance Fatwa Service (2026): Free, Official and Underused
Turkey's highest religious authority answers inheritance questions for free: Alo 190, written applications, provincial muftis. The rulings that anchor every Muslim estate plan, and how to actually use the channels.
Turkey Has No Islamic Will Service (2026): The Gap and the Workaround
The UK has online wasiyya builders from GBP 98. Malaysia has an Islamic estate industry. Canada sells Islamic wills for $40. Turkey, home to one of the world's largest Muslim populations, has notaries and a fatwa line. Why, and what to do about it.
Islamic Estate Planning in Turkey (2026): The Complete Checklist
Fatwa, will, family protocol, lifetime gifts, insurance, review cycle: the complete sequence for a Turkish Muslim estate plan, with 2026 costs and the order that makes each step easier than the last.
Lifetime Gifts (Hibe) in Turkish Estate Planning (2026): Uses and Tenkis Risk
Property given while alive bypasses succession entirely, which makes hibe the most powerful and most dangerous tool in Turkish Muslim estate planning. What gifts can do that wills cannot, the fiqh of gifting children, and where tenkis claws back.
How to Calculate Zakat in Turkey (2026): The DIYK Method, Step by Step
Turkey's official zakat methodology comes from the Din Isleri Yuksek Kurulu: 2.5% on net zakatable wealth above the 80.18 gram gold nisab, with debt netting and rules most calculators skip. The complete walkthrough.
TDV vs IHH Zakat Calculators (2026): Same Math, Different Hands
Turkey's two institutional zakat channels use identical DIYK methodology and charge nothing. The differences are custody, control and reach: TDV banks zakat only at participation banks; IHH lets you aim it at 123 countries. The honest comparison.
Zakat on Gold in Turkey (2026): Karats, Prices and the 80.18 Gram Line
Turkey holds family wealth in gold like almost nowhere else: bilezik, quarter coins, wedding sets. The zakat rules: the 80.18 gram nisab, karat conversion, the buy-versus-sell price detail, and the jewelry question answered honestly.