Turkiye: Asylum Approval Rates and Decisions in US Immigration Courts

905 asylum merits decisions; 27.2% granted (2025-09 to 2026-08). Historical EOIR decisions do not predict an individual case. Judge-code history is not verified personal tenure.

How we estimate

EOIR grant rate means grants divided by grants plus denials for asylum merits decisions, excluding other closures. Rates require at least 2 decisions; rankings require at least 30. Proceedings history can extend to 1951; the first recorded asylum merits month in this import is Dec 1972. Each dataset states its own coverage. Do not interpret proceedings coverage as asylum decision coverage. Reconstructed pending counts may differ from agency totals. Historical judge-code attribution is not verified personal tenure.

Grants and denials by period

Totals and breakdowns use the canonical page period. Court and nationality trend tables include all available decision history; other trend tables use their labeled periods. All tables apply the display floor. Interactive filters can select a different period. Empty buckets and cells below the floor have no reported rate.

Decision trend
Group	Grants	Denials	Merits decisions	Asylum merits grant rate
1981	0	0	0	Too few decisions to report a rate (minimum 2).
1982	0	0	0	Too few decisions to report a rate (minimum 2).
1983	0	2	2	0.0%
1984	0	0	0	Too few decisions to report a rate (minimum 2).
1985	0	2	2	0.0%
1986	0	4	4	0.0%
1987	0	1	1	Too few decisions to report a rate (minimum 2).
1988	0	12	12	0.0%
1989	1	2	3	33.3%
1990	1	4	5	20.0%
1991	0	4	4	0.0%
1992	4	3	7	57.1%
1993	3	2	5	60.0%
1994	1	9	10	10.0%
1995	1	13	14	7.1%
1996	6	26	32	18.8%
1997	4	13	17	23.5%
1998	8	9	17	47.1%
1999	10	21	31	32.3%
2000	13	12	25	52.0%
2001	20	33	53	37.7%
2002	26	51	77	33.8%
2003	36	59	95	37.9%
2004	25	42	67	37.3%
2005	13	36	49	26.5%
2006	36	26	62	58.1%
2007	17	13	30	56.7%
2008	14	17	31	45.2%
2009	21	13	34	61.8%
2010	10	29	39	25.6%
2011	17	19	36	47.2%
2012	17	15	32	53.1%
2013	4	17	21	19.0%
2014	9	13	22	40.9%
2015	10	9	19	52.6%
2016	9	18	27	33.3%
2017	17	19	36	47.2%
2018	31	18	49	63.3%
2019	97	32	129	75.2%
2020	44	26	70	62.9%
2021	114	30	144	79.2%
2022	460	242	702	65.5%
2023	641	260	901	71.1%
2024	551	374	925	59.6%
2025	507	746	1,253	40.5%
2026	148	415	563	26.3%

Representation breakdown
Group	Grants	Denials	Merits decisions	Asylum merits grant rate
Represented	240	551	791	30.3%
Not represented	6	108	114	5.3%

Custody breakdown
Group	Grants	Denials	Merits decisions	Asylum merits grant rate
Never detained	160	364	524	30.5%
Detained	41	205	246	16.7%
Released	45	90	135	33.3%

Courts with recorded decisions

Guides

Methods and limitations

What is the asylum grant rate for Turkiye?

905 asylum merits decisions; 27.2% granted (2025-09 to 2026-08). Rates reflect the period and sample on this page. Historical EOIR decisions do not predict an individual case. Judge-code history is not verified personal tenure.

How do asylum grant rates vary by country?

Our nationality directory compares EOIR asylum merits decisions by the nationality recorded in court data. Use the same period and sample floor for comparisons. Nationality does not determine an individual outcome.

Which courts have the most recorded decisions for Turkiye?

Philadelphia Immigration Court; New York Immigration Court (NYV); New York Immigration Court (NYC). These are leading courts by merits-decision count in the page’s period, not recommendations about venue or individual outcomes.

Why is a grant rate or ranking missing?

We display a rate only with at least 2 merits decisions and rank judges or court comparisons only with at least 30. Small samples can vary widely. A missing rate is not a zero grant rate.