Getting Married in Turkey: Papers, Fees and Steps
The papers a foreign partner needs for a civil wedding in Turkey, the fees, the health report and what to register at home.
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A foreigner marries in Turkey the way Turkish couples do: one civil ceremony at a municipal marriage office (evlendirme dairesi), two witnesses, and a family booklet handed over at the end. What takes time is the file. Your own country has to certify that nothing stops you marrying, and that paper needs the right stamps and a Turkish translation. You also need a family doctor’s health report and a translated passport. Checked on 23 October 2026.
Getting married in Turkey, in short · checked 23.10.2026
One civil wedding, one file: most of the work is the papers from home.
- Where – a municipal marriage office or a district registry office (nüfus müdürlüğü). When one partner is foreign, the müftülük offices can’t hold the wedding.
- The key paper – a certificate from your own country that you are free to marry, apostilled or certified, then translated, unless it comes on a multilingual form.
- Health – a report from a family doctor in Turkey, valid 180 days; the groom is screened for thalassaemia carrier status first.
- Legal stay – offices take the file only while your visa, visa-free stay or permit is still valid.
- Cost – many municipalities charge more when a partner is foreign: 16,000 TL extra at Şişli on its 2026 list.
- Not a permit – marriage brings no residence permit and no citizenship by itself: a family residence permit is applied for, and citizenship only after three years.
Marriage file · Evlendirme Yönetmeliği, six municipalities and each country’s pages, checked 23 October 2026
Your marriage file, paper by paper
Partner 1
Partner 2
Partner 1 United Kingdom 0 of 7 ready
- Affirmation or affidavit of marital statusLiving in the UK: fill in GOV.UK’s Turkey template but don’t sign it; swear it before a UK notary or commissioner of oaths (they charge a fee), then get the apostille before you travel.ApostilleTranslation + notary
- Birth certificateOnly if your certificate doesn’t show your parents’ names and your place and date of birth.ApostilleTranslation + notary
- PassportThe original, with a Turkish translation by a sworn translator, certified by a notary.Translation + notary
- Proof you are in Turkey legallyA valid visa or visa-free stay, a residence permit or a work permit. Offices don’t take the file once your stay has run out.no stamp
- Health reportFrom a family doctor (aile hekimi) in Turkey, with your photo on it, stamped and signed; valid 180 days.no stamp
- PhotosFour to six, in colour, taken in the last six months: bareheaded, or a headscarf with forehead, chin and face showing.no stamp
- A sworn translatorIf you don’t speak Turkish: with you when you apply and at the ceremony.no stamp
After the wedding The UK issues no UK certificate for a marriage abroad; it recognises one that was lawful where it took place and is allowed under UK law.
Partner 2 Türkiye 0 of 4 ready
- Turkish ID cardThe original and a copy. A cracked card, or one whose chip has come off, isn’t accepted.no stamp
- Civil-register extract (nüfus kayıt örneği)Nothing to bring: the office pulls it from the system.no stamp
- Health reportFrom a family doctor (aile hekimi) in Turkey, with your photo on it, stamped and signed; valid 180 days.no stamp
- PhotosFour to six, in colour, taken in the last six months: bareheaded, or a headscarf with forehead, chin and face showing.no stamp
After the wedding The office sends the marriage to the nüfus müdürlüğü; your record shows it there.
11 papers in the file. Start with the slowest: Affirmation or affidavit of marital status.
Stamps
- Apostille from an authority in the country that issued the paper
- Translation + notary a sworn translator puts it into Turkish and a Turkish notary certifies the translation
- Multilingual form a multilingual form goes straight into the file: no apostille, no translation
- Kaymakamlık or valilik a paper from a consulate in Turkey is certified by a kaymakamlık or the valilik in that city
- Foreign Ministry a paper from an embassy in Ankara is certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (tasdik.mfa.gov.tr)
- Valilik, kaymakamlık or Foreign Ministry certified where the mission is: the Foreign Ministry for an embassy in Ankara, a kaymakamlık or the valilik for a consulate elsewhere
- Migration office the provincial migration office issues it from your file
The certificate, country by country
- United Kingdom – From home: Affirmation or affidavit of marital status. Living in the UK: fill in GOV.UK’s Turkey template but don’t sign it; swear it before a UK notary or commissioner of oaths (they charge a fee), then get the apostille before you travel. In Turkey: Affirmation of marital status. Already in Turkey: make the affirmation at a British embassy or consulate in Turkey. After the wedding: The UK issues no UK certificate for a marriage abroad; it recognises one that was lawful where it took place and is allowed under UK law.
- United States – From home: Marriage Eligibility Affidavit. Notarised by a US notary, then apostilled in the state where it was notarised. In Turkey: Marriage Eligibility Affidavit. Notarised at the Embassy in Ankara or the Consulate General in İstanbul: book a notarial appointment, pay the 50 USD fee on pay.gov first and sign only at the appointment. Ankara papers then go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, İstanbul papers to the İstanbul Valiliği. After the wedding: The Embassy doesn’t marry anyone: a marriage in Türkiye must follow the Turkish Civil Code to be recognised, and a religious ceremony alone isn’t.
- Germany – International certificate of capacity to marry (Ehefähigkeitszeugnis): From the Standesamt of your home in Germany, or your last one; Standesamt I in Berlin if you never lived there. German missions in Turkey don’t issue it: in Turkey you sign the application at the consulate or an honorary consul and send it to the Standesamt yourself. Allow several weeks. After the wedding: No step needed: Germany recognises the marriage without registration. You may have it entered in a German marriage register (Nachbeurkundung).
- France – A French paper that you are free to marry: France’s own step comes first: the certificat de capacité à mariage (CCAM) from the French embassy or consulate for the place of the wedding, after a hearing and ten days of banns. Ask the consulate which paper it issues for the evlenme ehliyet belgesi. After the wedding: Transcription in the French registers isn’t compulsory but is recommended: without it the marriage has no effect for third parties in France. There is no deadline.
- Russia – Certificate of marital status from the consulate: At Şişli, Russian citizens get it from their consulate in İstanbul. Ask the Russian consulate for the steps and the fee. After the wedding: Russia recognises a marriage made abroad under local law, unless an impediment under its Family Code applies.
- Spain – From home: Multilingual certificate of capacity to marry. At Şişli, Spanish citizens bring the multilingual certificate from home. In Turkey: Certificado de capacidad matrimonial. Registered as a resident with the embassy in Ankara: apply there in person, after a prior file (expediente previo); book through emb.ankara.inf
@maec.es. A multilingual form needs no translation. After the wedding: For full civil effect in Spain, have the marriage entered in the Spanish Civil Registry: at the consulate for the place of the wedding, or at home if you both live in Spain. - Poland – Zaświadczenie: Polish law lets you marry: At the Polish consulate in person, booked through e-konsulat; 71 USD; valid six months. Bring your partner’s civil-status paper, apostilled if it was issued outside Turkey and translated by a sworn translator or the consul. After the wedding: Transcription is optional, but compulsory if you have Polish civil-status acts and want a civil-status step, a Polish ID or a PESEL number. 71 USD at the consulate.
- Italy – From home: Certificato di capacità matrimoniale. From your comune in Italy, on the Munich Convention form that Turkey takes with no apostille and no translation. No banns for a wedding before Turkish authorities. In Turkey: Certificato di capacità matrimoniale. Living abroad and registered in AIRE: from the Italian consulate for where you live, on the same form. After the wedding: Have it transcribed at your comune, through the consulate or directly. The Turkish multilingual extract (Formulario B) needs no apostille or translation.
- Netherlands – From home: Verklaring van huwelijksbevoegdheid. From your gemeente, or the last one you lived in, as a multilingual model form valid six months. In Turkey: Verklaring van huwelijksbevoegdheid. Never lived in the Netherlands: ask by e-mail at the embassy in Ankara (ank-ca
@minbuza.nl) or the consulate-general in İstanbul (ist-ca @minbuza.nl); 30 euros, about ten working days, valid six months, on the multilingual model form. After the wedding: Living in the Netherlands: register the marriage at your gemeente as soon as you are back. Living abroad: converting it at The Hague is optional. - Romania – From home: Certificate that you are free to marry. Turkey’s rule for every foreigner applies: a paper from your country’s authorities, apostilled. Confirm with the Romanian consulate before you book. In Turkey: Certificate that you are free to marry. From Romania’s embassy or consulate in Turkey: ask them for the steps and the fee. After the wedding: Ask the Romanian consulate whether the marriage has to be registered in Romania.
- Brazil – Declaração Consular de Estado Civil: From the Consulate-General in İstanbul through e-consular: bilingual Portuguese–Turkish, 15 USD. Bring a full Brazilian birth or marriage certificate issued less than six months earlier. After the wedding: Register it at the consulate (20 USD), then have it transferred (traslado) at a Cartório do 1º Ofício in Brazil for full effect there.
- Another country – From home: Certificate of no impediment (evlenme ehliyet belgesi). From your country’s central authorities, showing your name, surname, parents’ names, date of birth and that nothing stops you marrying. Apostilled if your country is in the Apostille Convention. In Turkey: Certificate of no impediment (evlenme ehliyet belgesi). From your country’s embassy or consulate in Turkey. Papers from an honorary consul aren’t accepted. After the wedding: Ask your country’s registry or consulate whether the marriage has to be registered at home.
- Under protection in Turkey – Refugees, conditional refugees, subsidiary-protection holders, international-protection applicants and people under temporary protection who are in Turkey without a residence permit get it from the il göç idaresi müdürlüğü, which checks their file.
Source: Evlendirme Yönetmeliği; the pages of Şişli, Kadıköy, Kartal, Çankaya and Bodrum; each country’s own government or consulate page. Checked 23 October 2026 (Brazil: 16 October 2026). Offices may ask for more: Kartal wants every paper issued in the last 180 days, Çankaya a notarised declaration filled in with a translator.
Who can marry and where
The age to marry
- 16A judge’s permission, for a very serious reason
- 17Your parents’ or guardian’s consent
- 18No one’s consent
Check your age first, then the office. When one partner is foreign, only municipal marriage offices and district registry offices (nüfus müdürlükleri) may hold the wedding. The provincial and district müftülük offices can’t.
| Couple | Who marries you |
|---|---|
| A Turkish citizen and a foreigner | A municipal marriage office or a nüfus müdürlüğü |
| Two foreigners of the same country | Their consulate, if their law allows it, or a Turkish office |
| Two foreigners of different countries | A Turkish office |
| Two Italian citizens | Also the Italian consulate: it marries only two Italians |
| Refugees and people under protection | A Turkish office, with the certificate from the provincial migration office |
Two laws, two jobs
Your country’s law
Decides whether you may marry. That is why your own country issues the certificate.
Turkish law
Decides how the wedding is held: at a Turkish office, a man and a woman. Marrying again while still married is a crime: six months to two years in prison.
Source: law no. 5718, article 13; Civil Code, article 134; Penal Code, article 230.
“Aile cüzdanı gösterilmeden evlenmenin dinî töreni yapılamaz. Evlenmenin geçerli olması dinî törenin yapılmasına bağlı değildir.”
Türk Medeni Kanunu, md. 143 (mevzuat.gov.tr)
In English: no religious ceremony may be held before the family booklet is shown, and the marriage doesn’t need a religious ceremony to be valid. A religious ceremony alone is no marriage under Turkish law.
The file: certificates, stamps and translations
Start with the certificate that you are free to marry. Turkish offices call it the evlenme ehliyet belgesi (or bekarlık belgesi).
The certificate must show
- Your name and surname
- Your parents’ names
- Your date of birth
- That nothing stops you marrying
- The right stamp
- Who issues it – your country’s central authorities, or its embassy or consulate in Turkey.
- Honorary consul – papers from one aren’t accepted.
- You fetch it – the office asks for it through the authorities only if you can’t.
Source: Evlendirme Yönetmeliği, articles 12 and 20.
Which stamp does a paper need?
- Issued in your countryApostilleSworn translation + notary
- Your consulate in TurkeyKaymakamlık or valilikTranslation
- Your embassy in AnkaraForeign MinistryTranslation
- A multilingual formStraight into the file
Türkiye and the eleven countries in the file tool are in the Apostille Convention, so an apostilled paper never goes to the Ministry. In İstanbul, any kaymakamlık will do. Book the Ministry at tasdik.mfa.gov.tr.
Şişli takes the multilingual form from:
- Germany
- the Netherlands
- Austria
- Italy
- Portugal
- Switzerland
- Moldova
- Belgium
- Spain
- Greece
- Luxembourg
Source: Apostille Convention status table (Türkiye in force since 29 September 1985); the Foreign Ministry’s certification note; Şişli’s list.
| Paper | Where it comes from | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|
| Certificate that you are free to marry | Your country, or its embassy or consulate in Turkey | Usually six months: the Dutch and Polish ones last six months; Kartal takes nothing older than 180 days |
| Birth certificate | Your country; only if the certificate lacks your parents’ names, place and date of birth (Şişli, Kartal) | Kartal: 180 days |
| Passport and its translation | A sworn translator and a notary in Turkey | The passport must be valid |
| Health report | A family doctor in Turkey | 180 days (Şişli, Kartal, Çankaya) |
| Photos | Four at Kartal and Çankaya, five at Şişli and Bodrum, six on the US consulate’s list for İstanbul | Taken in the last six months |
| Proof of legal stay | A visa, a visa-free entry, a residence or work permit | Valid on the day you apply |
| Interpreter | A sworn translator you bring | At the application and the ceremony |
Your stay has to be legal on the day you apply.
- EverywhereA valid visa, visa-free stay or permit on the day you apply.
- ŞişliAn expired residence permit, work permit or visa stops the wedding.
- ÇankayaA residence permit, a work permit or a visa exemption; no foreigner without one.
- KartalWith no permit, the office looks at your last entry date.
- Your addressAccepted as you write it in the declaration, with no proof.
- Turkish partnerBrings the ID card, original and copy. The office pulls the civil-register extract itself.
Source: Evlendirme Yönetmeliği, article 20; the offices’ own pages.
The health report: a family doctor and a blood test
Book a family doctor (aile hekimi) in Turkey. There is no wedding without a health report showing no illness that stops you marrying. It carries your photo with the doctor’s stamp and signature and is valid for 180 days. Offices differ on where else it may come from:
- ŞişliAlso health centres and state hospitals. A private clinic’s report must be approved by the district health directorate.
- ÇankayaFamily doctors only. In Ankara, with no family doctor: three named centres issue it.
- KartalA family doctor only.
Source: Evlendirme Yönetmeliği, articles 15 and 20; the offices’ own pages.
The two screenings
- Thalassaemia and sickle cell – the family doctor tests the groom first when the couple asks for the report; if he is a carrier, the bride is tested too. From November 2018 the programme applies in all 81 provinces.
- SMA – carrier screening for spinal muscular atrophy before marriage is free and run by family doctors, in all 81 provinces since 27 December 2021. Results come within two weeks on e-Nabız.
- If a result shows a carrier – for SMA, the other partner is referred to a medical geneticist at no charge, and carrier couples are offered genetic counselling.
Applying: the day at the marriage office
Apply together, in person, during office hours. At Şişli that is weekdays from 09:00 to 12:30 and 13:00 to 15:00. You may choose the office: an Interior Ministry circular of 29 December 2020 removed the duty to apply where one of you lives. Either of you may send a proxy with a special power of attorney naming both partners; the wedding itself can’t be by proxy.
- Hand in the file. Both of you sign the declaration (beyanname). If you don’t speak Turkish, Çankaya wants two copies filled in with a translator and certified by a notary.
- The officer checks it. The certificate is compared with your identity document; anything missing has to be completed. There are no banns: the office sets your day and time in the order of applications.
- The objection window. Anyone concerned may object in writing, with proof of an impediment, until the end of office hours on the day before the wedding.
- Marrying somewhere else? Ask for an izin belgesi: it lets you marry before any competent office in Turkey or abroad without a new file, for six months from the day it is issued.
Source: Evlendirme Yönetmeliği, articles 17, 21, 22 and 24; Civil Code, article 124; Şişli’s list and the circular of 29 December 2020.
Date check · Evlendirme Yönetmeliği, Civil Code and municipalities, checked 23 October 2026
How old may each paper be?
- Health report180 days (Şişli, Kartal, Çankaya)issued on or after 26 April 2026
- Photossix monthstaken on or after 23 April 2026
- Your certificate and other papers180 days at Kartal; six months at Bodrum and Çankayaissued on or after 26 April 2026
- İzin belgesi, to marry at another officesix months from the day it is issuedvalid until 23 April 2027
- The 300-day waitends early with a birth or a court decisionadd the end date
Handing in the file on 23 October 2026: nothing in it may be older than 26 April 2026.
Dates count back from the day you hand in the file, on the rules checked 23 October 2026. Offices check the papers that day; if the wedding is weeks later, ask yours whether a paper may expire in between.
A woman whose marriage ended can’t remarry for 300 days, unless a child is born in the meantime, or a court lifts the wait because she isn’t pregnant from the earlier marriage or the former spouses want to marry each other again. Men have no waiting period.
Source: Civil Code, article 132; Çankaya’s page.
The ceremony: two witnesses and two yeses
Bring at least two witnesses: adults of sound mind who know the person they stand for. Şişli accepts two to four, all at least 18. Weddings take place in the municipality’s halls; on request the officer can also marry you at a home, in a private building or a hall, and an outside wedding costs more. A civil wedding is never held in a place of worship.
- Everyone in place. Both of you, in person, the two witnesses and, if you don’t speak Turkish, the interpreter you brought: the officer may use an interpreter of the first language of a state Turkey recognises.
- The question, to each of you. The officer asks each of you separately whether you want to marry the other. The marriage is formed the moment you both say yes out loud.
- Signatures. You and the witnesses sign the marriage register; the officer adds the date and time.
- The family booklet. The officer hands it over as soon as the ceremony ends. Ask for the multilingual marriage certificate too: a foreign spouse gets one on request.
Guests are welcome but not needed: a wedding without guests is still public. If the foreign spouse’s country belongs to the International Commission on Civil Status, the office sends a notice of the marriage to the registry of their birthplace. The office also notifies the registry office in Turkey of the marriage within ten days.
Source: Civil Code, articles 142 and 143; Evlendirme Yönetmeliği, articles 26, 27, 32 and 34.
Costs: what the wedding costs a foreigner
Look up your office’s price before you book. Each municipality sets its own wedding prices in a yearly tariff, and many charge more when a partner is foreign. Some also charge more when you live outside the district.
Şişli marriage office2026 list, weekday hall wedding
- Hall wedding4,000 TL
- Foreigner surcharge16,000 TL
- Family booklet1,202 TL
Foreign partner21,202 TL
A Turkish couple pays 5,202 TL.
The Treasury and Finance Ministry sets the booklet price for every booklet. Some tariffs include it, others add it on top.
On top of the wedding fee
- Consulate fee – 50 USD for the US affidavit, 71 USD for the Polish certificate, 30 euros for the Dutch one, 15 USD for the Brazilian declaration.
- Apostille – at home.
- Translations and notary – in Turkey. Ask for a quote first.
Source: Şişli’s 2026 list; the Treasury and Finance Ministry’s 2026 table of value papers; each consulate’s page, checked 23 October 2026 (Brazil: 16 October 2026).
2026 price lists, checked 23.10.2026
- Şişli+16,000 TL
- Kadıköy+30,000 TL
- Çankaya+30,000 TL
- Ümraniye+10,000 TL per foreign partner
- Kartal60,000 TL if one partner is foreign, 75,000 TL if both
- Melikgazi50 % more than the wedding fee
What each office’s own list charges when a partner is foreign. For any other office, ask for its fee list (nikah ücret tarifesi).
Ruling · 16 October 2024
Uşak raised its wedding fee for foreigners from 705 TL to 15,000 TL. The Human Rights and Equality Institution of Türkiye (TİHEK) found discrimination on grounds of race and ethnic origin and fined the municipality 141,934 TL.
TİHEK decision 2024/1127.
After the wedding: papers at home, residence and citizenship
Keep the family booklet and ask for the multilingual marriage extract. The multilingual forms (Formül A, B and C) download with a barcode from e-Devlet. They are valid between member countries of the International Commission on Civil Status, not with US authorities. For Italy, the extract is the Formulario B.
Source: Turkey’s consulate general in Houston; the Italian consulate in İzmir.
| Country | At home after a Turkish wedding |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | The UK issues no UK certificate for a marriage abroad; it recognises one that was lawful where it took place and is allowed under UK law. |
| United States | The Embassy doesn’t marry anyone: a marriage in Türkiye must follow the Turkish Civil Code to be recognised, and a religious ceremony alone isn’t. |
| Germany | No step needed: Germany recognises the marriage without registration. You may have it entered in a German marriage register (Nachbeurkundung). |
| France | Transcription in the French registers isn’t compulsory but is recommended: without it the marriage has no effect for third parties in France. There is no deadline. |
| Russia | Russia recognises a marriage made abroad under local law, unless an impediment under its Family Code applies. |
| Spain | For full civil effect in Spain, have the marriage entered in the Spanish Civil Registry: at the consulate for the place of the wedding, or at home if you both live in Spain. |
| Poland | Transcription is optional, but compulsory if you have Polish civil-status acts and want a civil-status step, a Polish ID or a PESEL number. 71 USD at the consulate. |
| Italy | Have it transcribed at your comune, through the consulate or directly. The Turkish multilingual extract (Formulario B) needs no apostille or translation. |
| Netherlands | Living in the Netherlands: register the marriage at your gemeente as soon as you are back. Living abroad: converting it at The Hague is optional. |
| Brazil | Register it at the consulate (20 USD), then have it transferred (traslado) at a Cartório do 1º Ofício in Brazil for full effect there. |
Family booklet in hand
- ResidenceA family residence permit for up to three years at a time. The card costs 964 TL in 2026.
- After a divorceA short-term permit after three years on a family permit. A court decision on domestic violence waives the three years.
- CitizenshipAfter three years of marriage, still married and living together, you may apply.
- SurnameThe rule that a wife takes her husband’s surname was annulled by the Constitutional Court on 22 February 2023. No new rule has replaced it: ask the office which surname choices it registers.
To sponsor a family permit
- A monthly income of at least the minimum wage, and at least a third of it per family member
- Suitable housing, health insurance for the whole family and an address registration
- No conviction for a crime against family order in the last five years
- Both spouses must be 18, and the marriage must not be made for the permit
- The one year of residence that other sponsors need doesn’t apply to spouses of Turkish citizens
Some countries take a separate name declaration: Germany’s missions hand out a Namenserklärung form with the certificate application, and Poland takes name declarations with the transcription.
Source: law no. 6458, articles 34 and 35; citizenship law no. 5901, article 16; Civil Code, article 187; Constitutional Court decision 2022/155 (published 28 April 2023, in effect nine months later); the Treasury and Finance Ministry’s 2026 table.
Questions about marrying in Turkey
Can you marry in Turkey on a tourist visa?
Yes, if your stay is legal on the day you apply. Şişli takes an unexpired visa or permit; Çankaya takes a residence permit, a work permit or a visa exemption. You still need the whole file, including the certificate from home and a family doctor’s health report.
How long does it take?
There are no banns in Turkey, so the office sets a date once the file is complete. The slow part is at home: Germany’s certificate takes several weeks; the Dutch one about ten working days; France’s marriage-capacity certificate needs a hearing and ten days of banns.
Can you marry at a hotel or a venue you choose?
On request the officer can marry you at a home, in a private building or a hall, and it costs more: at Şişli a restaurant or hotel wedding is 13,000 TL on weekdays and 16,000 TL at weekends on its 2026 list (checked 23 October 2026), before the foreigner surcharge, and the hotel or restaurant’s own price comes on top.
Is a religious ceremony enough?
No. Turkish law recognises only the civil wedding. A religious ceremony may be held only after it, once you show the family booklet.
Do you both need to be in Turkey?
For the wedding, yes: both of you in person, as there is no marriage by proxy. The application can be handed in by a proxy with a special power of attorney.
Can two foreigners marry in Turkey?
Yes, before a Turkish office, with each partner’s certificate. Two citizens of the same country may also marry at their consulate if their law allows it.
Does the marriage give me a residence permit or citizenship?
Neither by itself. A family residence permit is applied for separately, and citizenship can be applied for after three years of marriage.
Can same-sex couples marry in Turkey?
No. Turkish law provides for a man and a woman to marry each other, and the marriage offices follow it.
What is the izin belgesi?
A permission certificate from the office that checked your file: with it you can marry before another competent office in Turkey or abroad within six months, without a new file. It costs 1,500 TL at Kadıköy and Ümraniye and 3,000 TL at Şişli on their 2026 tariffs (checked 23 October 2026).
Sources and limits
Sources, checked 23 October 2026 (Brazil’s two pages: 16 October 2026): Turkish laws and the marriage regulation, the 2026 tariffs of six municipalities and Bodrum’s list for foreigners, health and foreign-ministry pages, and each country’s own government or consulate page. Municipalities change their tariffs every year and offices can ask for more: check your office’s page before you book.
- Evlendirme Yönetmeliği (marriage regulation) – mevzuat.gov.tr, checked 23.10.2026
- Türk Medeni Kanunu 4721, md. 124, 132, 134, 141–143, 187 – mevzuat.gov.tr, checked 23.10.2026
- MÖHUK 5718, md. 13 (law applying to marriage) – mevzuat.gov.tr, checked 23.10.2026
- Türk Ceza Kanunu 5237, md. 230 – mevzuat.gov.tr, checked 23.10.2026
- Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanunu 6458, md. 34–35 – mevzuat.gov.tr, checked 23.10.2026
- Türk Vatandaşlığı Kanunu 5901, md. 16 – mevzuat.gov.tr, checked 23.10.2026
- Anayasa Mahkemesi E.2022/155 K.2023/38 (surname) – Resmî Gazete 28.04.2023, checked 23.10.2026
- Değerli Kağıtlar Tebliği 2026 (family booklet, permit card) – Hazine ve Maliye Bakanlığı, checked 23.10.2026
- Kadıköy 2026 nikah ücretleri – Kadıköy Belediyesi, checked 23.10.2026
- Kadıköy 2026 nikah ücret tarifesi (breakdown) – Kadıköy Belediyesi, checked 23.10.2026
- Şişli Nikah Hizmetleri – Şişli Belediyesi, checked 23.10.2026
- Ümraniye 2026 ücret tarifesi – Ümraniye Belediyesi, checked 23.10.2026
- Kartal Evlendirme Hizmetleri – Kartal Belediyesi, checked 23.10.2026
- Çankaya Evlilik Başvurusu – Çankaya Belediyesi, checked 23.10.2026
- Melikgazi Nikah Ücret Tarifesi 2026 – Melikgazi Belediyesi, checked 23.10.2026
- Documents required from foreigners (EN) – Bodrum Belediyesi, checked 23.10.2026
- TİHEK Kurul Kararı 2024/1127 (Uşak) – TİHEK, checked 23.10.2026
- Tasdik bilgilendirme (certification) – Dışişleri Bakanlığı, checked 23.10.2026
- Evlilik Öncesi Hemoglobinopati Tarama Programı – Halk Sağlığı Genel Müdürlüğü, checked 23.10.2026
- Evlilik öncesi SMA taraması – Sağlık Bakanlığı, checked 23.10.2026
- Nüfus kayıt örneği (Formül A, B, C) – T.C. Houston Başkonsolosluğu, checked 23.10.2026
- Apostille Convention status table – HCCH, checked 23.10.2026
- Turkey: affirmation or affidavit of marital status – GOV.UK, checked 23.10.2026
- Getting your marriage certificate (abroad) – GOV.UK, checked 23.10.2026
- Marriage – U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Türkiye, checked 23.10.2026
- Getting married in the İstanbul consular district – U.S. Consulate General İstanbul, checked 23.10.2026
- Ehefähigkeitszeugnis – Deutsche Vertretungen in der Türkei, checked 23.10.2026
- Personenstand (registration) – Deutsche Vertretungen in der Türkei, checked 23.10.2026
- Mariage d’un Français à l’étranger – Service-Public.fr, checked 23.10.2026
- Семейный кодекс РФ, ст. 158 – КонсультантПлюс, checked 23.10.2026
- Certificado de capacidad matrimonial – Embajada de España en Ankara, checked 23.10.2026
- Inscripción de matrimonio – Embajada de España en Ankara, checked 23.10.2026
- Zaświadczenie… można zawrzeć małżeństwo – Polska w Turcji, checked 23.10.2026
- Transkrypcja aktu małżeństwa – Polska w Turcji, checked 23.10.2026
- Rejestracja małżeństwa zawartego za granicą – powroty.gov.pl, checked 23.10.2026
- Matrimonio – Consolato d’Italia a Smirne, checked 23.10.2026
- Verklaring van huwelijksbevoegdheid (Turkije) – Nederland Wereldwijd, checked 23.10.2026
- Buitenlands huwelijk registreren – Nederland Wereldwijd, checked 23.10.2026
- Declaração de estado civil – Consulado-Geral em Istambul, checked 16.10.2026
- Transcrição de casamento – Consulado-Geral em Istambul, checked 16.10.2026
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