The author examines the application of foreign law as one of the most difficult areas of Turkish private international law and analyses the Court of Cassation’s changing approach, particularly after 2023, in decisions given under Article 2 of Law No. 5718.
migration · residence · family
Academic publicationMigration and foreign nationals lawTürkiye
This article addresses the residence permit available to foreign victims of human trafficking under Turkish foreigners law. It examines Article 48 of Law No.
Elif Selen Batigün’s article in the Akdeniz University Faculty of Law Journal addresses fraud against the law (fraus legis) in private international law from the standpoint of Turkish law and in comparative perspective.
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.
Döndü Kuşçu’s article in Terazi Hukuk Dergisi examines the legal status of stateless persons in Türkiye within the framework of the YUKK and the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.
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.
Bahar Küpe and Ahmet Sürerdamar examine how Turkish citizenship might be redefined amid current constitutional amendment debates. They put forward proposals for revising the constitutional definition if it is to be reformulated.
This article by ŞULE ARSLAN, published in Antalya Bilim Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, examines persons’ nationality in the Ottoman State together with residence and the right to travel through the lens of nationality law and foreigners’ law.
Alman Hukukundaki Son Gelişmeler Işiğinda Birden Fazla Vatandaşliğin Türk ve Alman Hukukunda Incelenmesi The Acquisition Multiple Citizenship in the Turkish and German Law in Light of Recent Developments in German Law Authors: ÖZGE DEMIRDELEN.
This article addresses sperm banks and sperm donation as a route to parenthood for people who cannot have children naturally, and notes that under Turkish law the method is not available save in cases of medical necessity.
ESRA YILDIZ ÜSTÜN authored the academic publication “The Issue of Law Applicable to Foster Family Disputes Including Foreign Elements” in Sosyal Politika Çalişmalari Dergisi, published on 2025-06-30. The publication forms part of the private-international-law literature concerning Türkiye.
Ahmet Dulger’s article of 30 June 2025 discusses the role of the valuation report and certificate of conformity in the exceptional acquisition of Turkish citizenship through the purchase of immovable property.
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.
Zeynep Derya Tarman’s article in Başkent Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, published on 4 March 2025, addresses the private international law problems arising from multiple nationality under Turkish nationality law and from the special Blue Card status of persons who left Turkish nationality…