Turkey at a glance for the Zakat payer: and is paid, in practice, in TRY, at local prices, through local channels. This page translates the universal rules into that local reality: the gold and silver Nisab expressed in Turkish lira, how giving is usually organised in Turkey, what Ramadan 2027 will look like, and the calculators that do the arithmetic for you. The calculators linked here run in your browser, free, with the Nisab converted into TRY at live metal prices rather than printed from a table that went stale last month.
The two thresholds a payer in Turkey is judged against, at this guide's reference prices, are TRY 217,270 — the value of 87.48 grams of gold at TRY 2,484 per gram — and TRY 19,504, the value of 612.36 grams of silver at TRY 32 per gram, with the conversion running at 32.5 TRY per US dollar. Treat both figures as indicative: on your actual due date the live tool will quote the thresholds afresh in Turkish lira. So the line that matters most in Turkey is the silver one, TRY 19,504: cross it with net wealth held for a hawl, and 2.5% of everything above zero — not just of the excess — is due.
In daily practice, most payers hand their Zakat over through a few familiar channels: local Zakat committees that collect and distribute within the community, mosque collections, especially around Jumu'ah and during Ramadan and charity platforms and mobile giving apps. The channel matters less than the conditions: Zakat must actually reach people within the eight categories of Quran 9:60, and become theirs in law and fact (tamlik). Plenty of households here settle the calculation at home first — often on a fixed Ramadan date — and then distribute through two or three trusted channels rather than one. Ask any intermediary how they distribute, file the confirmation with your PDF report, and check whether administration costs come out of the Zakat itself where an organisation deducts them. A Zakat-specific fund, where a platform offers one, keeps the money out of general spending — the distinction is recorded in TRY on your statement.
Ramadan 2027 is expected to open on Monday 8 February 2027 for Turkey as for most of the world, always subject to moon sighting and your community's announcement. Ramadan's last ten nights start with the Maghrib of 27 February 2027, Laylat al-Qadr being sought on the odd nights that open on 27 February, 1, 3, 5 and 7 March with the 27th night opening the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The final fast should fall on 8 or 9 March 2027, followed by Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. For Ankara, day one runs from 06:18 (Fajr) to 18:23 (Maghrib), with the whole month tabulated in the Ramadan 2027 timetable for Turkey — Ankara. Other cities in Turkey with their own calendars: Istanbul, Izmir, Bursa, Konya — browse them all from the Ramadan 2027 timetables index.
Suppose a saver in Turkey holds TRY 46,809 held as cash and savings , roughly 2.4 times the silver Nisab, and no debts due. Above the Nisab and held for a full lunar year, so the Zakat due is 2.5% × TRY 46,809 = TRY 1,170. Any gold, stock or foreign currency joins the same TRY total before the 2.5% is applied.
On reference prices, the gold threshold is TRY 217,270 (87.48 grams of gold) and the silver Nisab is TRY 19,504 — 612.36 grams of silver. The working behind them: a gold gram at TRY 2,484 and TRY 32 for silver in Turkey, at 32.5 TRY per US dollar. Since prices shift daily, so check the live calculator for the binding figure on your due date; silver is the standard most scholars advise for cash.
Zakat in Turkey is calculated in TRY — the Turkish lira. Foreign balances is converted into TRY using the rate on your Zakat date and tested once, with the local total . What travels is the method, not the money: the Nisab, the hawl and the 2.5% rate are identical in Turkey to everywhere else.
Work in TRY throughout: balances, metals at today's price, business stock, investments and money owed to you. Take off the debts due now, then set the net figure against the Nisab in TRY — silver first (TRY 19,504). A net figure over the threshold, held a full hawl, pay 2.5% of the net total to eligible recipients — TRY 1,170 on the TRY 46,809 example worked through above.
Fitrana (Zakat al-Fitr) is not a fixed ZakatSuite figure: it is one sa' of staple — some 2–3 kilograms of wheat, rice, flour or dates — per household member. Local scholars and councils publish the TRY figure every Ramadan, and community announcements there are commonly made in Turkish. The count is per person, including children, and must reach the poor before the Eid prayer. The Fitrana calculator multiplies Turkey's announced rate by your household size so nobody is missed.
Turkey is listed in the Asia region, with Turkish recorded as its community languages. Its two-letter code is TR — and the short version of this page is at zakatsuite.com/tr. All 209 tools work for Turkey with TRY selected, with PDF reports for the record.