Last updated: 21 September 2026
Key terms
Key terms
Apostille, legalisation, sworn translator, certified copy: the terms of the certification chain in Türkiye and how they are used.
Translation in the chain
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- Document going abroad The sources describe two routes: an apostille on the original, or a translation certified by a notary with the apostille then confirming the notary’s signature. The receiving authority says which it wants.
- Foreign document used in Türkiye The sources describe an apostille in its country first, then a Turkish translation with notary certification; the Turkish institution receiving it confirms its own requirement.
- Sometimes none is needed Multilingual civil status extracts and some treaties remove the translation or the apostille. The authority that receives the document decides.
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- Allonge: the attached sheet carrying an apostille An allonge is the separate sheet carrying the apostille; article 4 allows it and Turkish circular 68/1 joins it with a seal across the edge.
- Apostille certificate: Article 5 scope and Article 4 form The apostille as a certificate: the three elements attested under Article 5, the French heading required by Article 4 and the ten fields of the model.
- Article 12 objection: when two parties are not bound An Article 12 objection works only against an accession and blocks the Convention between two states; Türkiye has neither made nor received one.
- Article 3(2) exemption: when no apostille can be required Article 3(2) bars the apostille where law, practice or an agreement has removed the formality; how CIEC, ETS 063 and Northern Cyprus relate.
- Certified true copy (aslı gibidir) versus a photocopy A certified true copy is certified by the issuing institution or a notary; how it differs from a photocopy, who certifies, what an apostille attests.
- Competent authority (Article 6): who apostilles in Türkiye Article 6 competent authorities and the offices Türkiye notified: governors, district governors, judicial commissions; two ministries in e-Apostil.
- Double apostille: a practical term, not a legal one Double apostille is not a legal term: one apostille on the original, one on the notarised translation. The receiving country decides which is needed.
- e-Apostille and e-Register: the e-APP terms in Türkiye The two components of the HCCH e-APP, electronic certificate and online register, and their Turkish form: e-Apostil and verification by file upload.
- ETS 063: the 1968 convention on consular documents The 1968 European Convention removes legalisation of consular documents; in force for Türkiye since 1987, and which list of states to read.
- Finality clause: the step before a judgment is apostilled The finality clause records that a judgment is no longer open to appeal; it precedes the apostille, which names only the signature it certifies.
- Legalisation versus apostille: the consular chain Legalisation is the consular certification of Article 2, replaced by the apostille. Five links for a Turkish document going outside the Convention.
- Multilingual civil status extract: Formül A, B and C Formül A, B and C rest on the CIEC Convention of 1976: what they are, where they skip legalisation, and how e-Apostil applies.
- Notarised translation: what the notary actually certifies In a notarised translation the notary certifies the translator’s signature; the apostille sits on that act and attests the notary, not the text.
- Public document (Article 1): four kinds, two exclusions Four kinds of public document under Article 1, two exclusions, and how a private paper or a translation enters the scope via a notarial certificate.
- Sworn translator in Türkiye: an oath recorded at a notary A Turkish sworn translator is a person whose oath is recorded at a notary; the title belongs to a person, not an office. The French and German terms.