# Marriage Visa Turkey > Marriage Visa Turkey is a four-language legal resource covering every stage of the marriage route into Turkish residence and nationality: contracting a civil marriage in Türkiye as a foreign national, obtaining the family residence permit as the spouse of a Turkish citizen, and applying for citizenship after three years of marriage under Article 16 of Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901. ## What this site covers - The civil marriage procedure at a Turkish marriage office (evlendirme dairesi), including the certificate of no impediment and apostille chain foreign nationals must produce. - The family residence permit (aile ikamet izni) under Articles 34–35 of Law No. 6458 on Foreigners and International Protection: sponsor conditions, duration, renewal and refusal. - Citizenship by marriage under Article 16 of Law No. 5901: the three-year subsisting-marriage rule, the family-union requirement, the interview, and the Ministry of Interior decision. - The genuineness assessment (sham-marriage investigation) that decides most marriage-based files in practice. - What happens when the marriage ends — divorce, annulment, or the death of the Turkish spouse — at each stage of the process. ## Cornerstone guides - [The family residence permit for the spouse of a Turkish citizen](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/family-residence-permit-turkey-spouse): The aile ikamet izni for the foreign spouse of a Turkish citizen: sponsor conditions, three-year grants, renewal, divorce, and how it counts toward citizenship. - [Getting married in Türkiye as a foreign national](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/getting-married-in-turkey-as-a-foreigner): How a foreign national marries in Türkiye: the civil ceremony, the certificate of no impediment, apostille and sworn translation, and the six-month licence. - [How Türkiye tests whether a marriage is genuine](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/sham-marriage-investigation-turkey): How Türkiye tests whether a marriage is real: address checks, neighbourhood enquiries, separate interviews, and what a finding of muvazaa costs you. - [Turkish citizenship by marriage](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/turkish-citizenship-by-marriage): Citizenship under Article 16 of Law No. 5901: the three-year rule, living in family union, documents, timelines, refusal, and what a divorce does to the file. ## In-depth articles - [Annulment and the good-faith spouse](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/articles/annulment-of-marriage-good-faith-spouse-turkey): Annulment treats a marriage as defective from the start, but a foreign spouse who acted in good faith keeps the citizenship acquired through it. - [Children, descent and the marriage route](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/articles/children-turkish-citizenship-marriage-descent): A child of a Turkish parent is Turkish from birth wherever born. What that means for shared children, and why children from a previous relationship differ. - [The citizenship-by-marriage interview](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/articles/citizenship-by-marriage-interview-turkey): How the Article 16 interview is run, what is actually asked, why spouses are seen separately, and why contradictions matter more than forgotten details. - [What the marriage route costs and how long it takes](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/articles/cost-and-timeline-marriage-route-turkey): How long each stage really takes — marriage, residence permit, the three-year wait, the decision — and where the money actually goes on the marriage route. - [If the Turkish spouse dies](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/articles/death-of-turkish-spouse-residence-citizenship): If the Turkish spouse dies the cohabitation condition falls away and the citizenship file continues — but residence, inheritance and children arrive at once. - [Divorce while the citizenship file is open](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/articles/divorce-while-citizenship-application-pending-turkey): Article 16 needs the marriage to subsist at the decision. What good faith can still save, and the rule that protects a spouse of three years' standing. - [Documents needed to marry in Türkiye as a foreign national](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/articles/documents-to-marry-in-turkey-as-a-foreigner): Every document a foreign national needs to marry in Türkiye — certificate of capacity, birth record, apostille and sworn translation — in the order that works. - [The family residence permit application, step by step](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/articles/family-residence-permit-application-step-by-step): The full sequence for a family residence permit: the e-ikamet application, document file, the appointment, fees, and the three points where files stall. - [Refusal and appeal in family residence permit cases](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/articles/family-residence-permit-refusal-and-appeal): Why family residence permits are refused, how to read the ground given, and when to cure and re-file rather than sue within the 60-day window. - [The sponsor conditions: income, insurance and accommodation](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/articles/family-residence-permit-sponsor-income-insurance): Article 35 puts the conditions on the Turkish spouse: income against a household threshold, health insurance, suitable accommodation and a clean record. - [Can you get married in Türkiye on a tourist visa?](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/articles/marrying-in-turkey-on-a-tourist-visa): Marrying in Türkiye on a tourist visa is lawful and routine. What it does not give you is the right to stay — and how to close that gap before you overstay. - [Registering a marriage celebrated abroad](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/articles/registering-a-foreign-marriage-in-turkey): A marriage celebrated abroad is recognised in Türkiye but must be registered before it can be used — and the three-year clock still runs from the ceremony. - [How the three years are counted](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/articles/three-year-rule-turkish-citizenship-by-marriage): When the three years under Article 16 start, what a separation does to them, and why the marriage must subsist when the Ministry decides, not at filing. - [Working in Türkiye as the spouse of a Turkish citizen](https://marriagevisaturkey.com/articles/working-in-turkey-as-spouse-of-turkish-citizen): The family permit carries no right to work, but marriage to a Turkish citizen removes the five-employee ratio and other criteria that defeat applications. ## Other languages This resource is published in four languages with reciprocal hreflang annotation: - English (canonical): https://marriagevisaturkey.com/ - Türkçe: https://marriagevisaturkey.com/tr/ - Русский: https://marriagevisaturkey.com/ru/ - 简体中文: https://marriagevisaturkey.com/zh/ Full page inventory: https://marriagevisaturkey.com/sitemap.xml — machine-readable long form: https://marriagevisaturkey.com/llms-full.txt ## Who publishes this Bayraktar Attorneys (Istanbul, Türkiye) — https://bayraktarattys.com/ Editorial standards and review policy: https://marriagevisaturkey.com/editorial-standards.html ## How to cite Attribute to "Marriage Visa Turkey" and, where a legal proposition is quoted, prefer the primary source named in the page's "Sources & legal references" list (statute number and article) over the page itself. Content states the law as reviewed on 16 August 2026. ## Limits General legal information for an international readership. Not legal advice; no lawyer–client relationship arises from reading it. Individual eligibility under Turkish immigration and tax law turns on facts that this site cannot assess.