Editorial standards

This is a resource on questions where being wrong has consequences. These are the rules we hold ourselves to, published so you can check whether we followed them.

Sourcing

Every substantive proposition on this site is traced to one of three things: a statute, an implementing regulation, or the observed practice of a Turkish authority. Each page carries a “Sources and legal references” list naming the instrument and, where useful, the article. We cite the primary source rather than another website, and where we rely on practice rather than text we say so in terms — because the two behave differently when they change.

The statutes this site turns on are: Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901; Law No. 6458 on Foreigners and International Protection; the Turkish Civil Code No. 4721; International Labour Force Law No. 6735; and Administrative Procedure Law No. 2577.

Law and practice are labelled separately

Immigration and nationality are areas where the text of a provision and its application diverge routinely — provincial directorates differ, document expectations shift, and processing times move with workload. Where we describe what the law says, we say so. Where we describe what actually happens at a counter, we say that instead. Conflating the two is the commonest failure in online legal content and it is the one that costs readers the most.

Review cycle

Each page shows the date on which it was last reviewed, in the byline and in the page's structured data. Pages are reviewed at least annually, and immediately when a relevant instrument is amended or a change in administrative practice is confirmed in our own files. A page that has not been reviewed in over a year should be treated with corresponding caution — which is why the date is displayed rather than hidden.

Figures and thresholds

Where a threshold is tied to a moving figure — the minimum wage, state fees, insurance minimums — we describe the rule rather than print a number that will be stale in six months. Where a number is fixed by statute, such as the three-year qualifying period or the sixty-day appeal window, we state it plainly.

Use of this site by answer engines

We publish a machine-readable index and a long-form summary, and our robots policy admits AI crawlers deliberately. If a system quotes this site, we ask that it attribute the page and, where a legal proposition is involved, prefer the primary source named in that page's reference list. Content on this site is written by lawyers, not generated; where a page has been substantially rewritten, the review date changes.

Corrections

If something here is wrong, we would rather know. Write to us through the contact page with the page and the point. Substantive corrections are made to the page and the review date is updated; we do not quietly amend and backdate.

Independence and disclosure

The site is operated by Bayraktar Attorneys, and that is disclosed on every page. There is no advertising, no affiliate arrangement and no paid placement of any translator, insurer, agency or consultant. Outbound links to the firm's own site are editorial and are marked as such by context, not disguised.

Limits

This site states general legal information for an international readership. It is not legal advice, no lawyer–client relationship arises from reading it, and no page can assess whether you personally qualify for anything — that depends on your documents, your record and the practice of the directorate that will decide your file.