Vanessa Ruget analyses how Russia’s 2023 citizenship law and several subsequent decrees instrumentalise citizenship. The framework reshapes naturalisation through a new civics test, revised oath-of-allegiance requirements, compulsory military registration and an emphasis on “traditional” values.
Hannah Naccasha’s article in Immigrants & Minorities examines the role of adultery in immigration cases in New York and California between 1952 and 1975. It addresses the point where nationality law and immigration litigation meet.
This article focuses on the citizenship of children born through cross-border surrogacy. It notes the difficulties created by Turkey’s prohibition of surrogacy, the widespread application of the mater semper certa est rule, and the lack of international regulation on parentage in such cases.
Çoban, Aslihan authored the academic publication “Some Considerations on the Issue of Polygamy in the Acquisition of Turkish Citizenship by Exceptional Means” in Karatekin Hukuk Dergisi, Vol. 4 No.
Elif Selen Batigün’s article in Ombudsman Akademik addresses how sham marriages can be identified in the acquisition of Turkish nationality through marriage and what legal consequences follow. Set against Article 16 of the Turkish Citizenship Act No.
Ipek Sarioz Buyukalp’s article, published in the Galatasaray University Faculty of Law Journal on 16 June 2025, considers how the concept of citizenship in the Constitution of the Republic of Turkey relates to the nation-state approach.
The article states that foreigners’ acquisition of Turkish citizenship through investment was introduced into Turkish law in 2016 by adding a new subparagraph to Article 12/1 of the Turkish Citizenship Law.
Merve Acun Mekengeç’s research article, “Discretionary Power of the Administration in Acquiring Turkish Citizenship by Marriage”, was published in the Public and Private International Law Bulletin on 19 July 2023.
Rifat Erten authored the academic publication “Common Requirement in the Ways of Regaining Turkish Citizenship: Not to Have a Condition Constituting an Obstacle in Terms of National Security” in Public and Private International Law Bulletin, published on 2020-12-30.
Ilyas Gölcüklü authored the academic publication “Acquisition of Turkish Citizenship by Investment in Light of Recent Developments: Problems and Proposed Solutions” in Public and Private International Law Bulletin, published on 2020-06-30.
The article examines the rules governing applications by foreign students in Türkiye to acquire Turkish citizenship through the general route by decision of the competent authority.