Getting married in Turkey: Legal Requirements
Hosting a luxury destination wedding in Turkey is a dream for many couples and it requires people to comply with the legal requirements and Turkish marriage laws to get married in Turkey. Turkey boasts beautiful sites, beaches, mountains, resorts, and wonderful cities- all of these sites are often preferred by couples. It is a beautiful and amazing place to get married which cant be described in words.
Getting married in Turkey is not a huge task unless you get to know all the details required prior to the marriage. For more details feel free to contact us.
What is considered a wedding in Turkey?
As per the Turkish Marriage Legislation and regulations, a Turkish national and a foreigner or two foreigners with different nationalities can get married in Turkey. Further, two foreigners of the same nationality can marry in Turkey either in the offices of their own Country’s Embassy or in the Turkish Marriage Offices run by local municipalities. Civil weddings are only recognized by the state. Therefore, please be aware that religious weddings are not enough.
Legal weddings in Turkey must be only recognized as such when conducted by Turkish authorities and regulated as per the Tukey Civil Code.
Legal Requirements to get married in Turkey
As per the government of Turkey, for a wedding in Turkey, the legal requirements are as follows:
- Capacity To Marry: Minimum age requirement to get married in Turkey is 18. Moreover, mental illness can be a bar to marriage as a person is required to be of sound mental capacity to make fair judgments/decisions to get married.
- Absence of consanguinity: Marriage between close relatives is prohibited.
- Already existing marriage: Couples already married cannot enter into a marriage with anyone else. This is due to the fact that monogamy is one of the fundamental requirements of Turkish family law.
- Waiting period: Married women whose marriage has been dissolved cannot marry before the expiration of three hundred days from the date of dissolution.
- Sickness/Illness: Certain medical conditions can prove to be obstacles to getting married in Turkey.
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