GETTING MARRIED IN TURKEY

The legal requirements for getting married in Turkey are relatively simple and straight forward. There are some legal requirements to get married in Turkey and you need to have a good lawyer to help you during this process of getting married in Turkey.

The necessary documentats and the process to be followed in respect of the legal requirements for getting married in Turkey are as follows. Please keep in mind that it is intended to be a starting point and guideline only and you need a good lawyer next to you to finish this process easily and get married in Turkey.

Although much care and effort has been taken to ensure the information provided is correct please do not take it as legal advice for getting married in Turkey. For legal advice you can contact us and our successful lawyers. I strongly advise you to consult the Consulate or Embassy of Turkey for first-hand information on the legal requirements for getting married in Turkey.

The important details about getting married in Turkey:

• A ceremony is the only legally binding type of ceremony possible in Turkey
• There is no minimum residency period (although it is recommended that you arrive at least 3 days prior to your wedding to allow sufficient time for the documentation to be processed)
• Women may have to wait 300 days following divorce, annulment or widowhood before being allowed to remarry (this will be dependent on the registrar in the area you choose to marry)
• A translator must be present if either of the couple does not speak Turkish,
• You may only have a religious ceremony after a civil ceremony has taken place, either in Turkey or in your own country,

Also, after getting married you  need to have residence permit to live in Turkey. If you want to learn about residence permit to live in Turkey after getting married in Turkey, you can look at our other articles about getting residence permit to live in Turkey and about the documents and requirements about getting residence permit to live in Turkey as a foreign citizen. 

If you want to learn about the process and get married in Turkey, you can come to our office to talk to our good lawyers. Marriage in Turkey is easy and straightforward if you work with successful and trustworthy lawyers like us in Turkey.

Call our law office or come to our office to talk to very good lawyers if you want a marriage with a Turkish citizen or if you are two foreign citizens who want to get married in Turkey.