Turkish Divorce Decree Translation for UK Marriage Notice

GOV.UK’s list of documents you need to give notice includes proof that a previous marriage ended and “a translation of any documents that are not in English”. If the divorce was granted outside the UK, the register office checks it: GOV.UK lists a fee of £55 for the local register office to check your documents, or £83 if the General Register Office has to check them (checked October 13, 2026).

Under section 46 of the Family Law Act 1986, a divorce obtained by proceedings abroad is recognised if it is effective under the law of the country where it was obtained and one party was habitually resident, domiciled or a national there. The registrar makes that assessment; a translation alone does not establish recognition.

Requirements beyond GOV.UK’s list are set by the individual register office. Ask yours in writing before you order, and tell us what they said.

• Boşanma ilamı — the Family Court’s judgment: court name and case number, the parties, the operative part ending the marriage.
• Kesinleşme şerhi — the court’s finality annotation, stamped or attached, confirming that the appeal period has passed. Without it the judgment does not show that the divorce is effective. We translate both.
• Nüfus kayıt örneği / e-Devlet “boşanma kaydı” — a civil registry extract that records the divorce event. It supports the judgment but does not replace it.

Which copy do you have? If you are not sure, send what you have and we tell you which document the translation should be made from before any work starts.

The UK has no sworn-translator system. GOV.UK asks the translator or translation company to confirm in writing that the translation is true and accurate, and to give the date, their full name and contact details. Our translations carry exactly that statement, signed and stamped by the sworn translator named below, with address, phone and e-mail.

In Türkiye the same translator is a notary-sworn translator (yeminli mütercim). That status lets us produce notarised translations for Turkish authorities; it is not a UK professional membership and we do not present it as one. See Turkish sworn translation vs. certified translation abroad.

We do not quote from a page count you type in. Send a scan or photo of every page of the decree, say that it is for giving notice of marriage, and tell us if your register office has asked for anything specific.

We then confirm in writing which document the translation will be based on, what it will contain, the price and the delivery time. If the document you sent is not the one the translation should be made from, we say so instead of translating it. We describe GOV.UK’s requirements and prepare the translation to them; we do not decide on the register office’s behalf whether a document will be accepted.

You receive the certified translation as a PDF by e-mail, usually within 1–2 working days of payment for a typical decree; the exact time is in your quote.

Some register offices accept a printed PDF; others ask to see the translator’s signed copy. Ask yours. If paper is needed, we send the signed and stamped copy by courier from Türkiye on request: you can choose the courier, the recipient pays the delivery charge, and we confirm the time and cost before dispatch. We have no printing or courier partner in the UK, so plan for international delivery time.

Payment options: credit/debit card, bank transfer and Western Union. You do not have to make an international bank transfer to Türkiye to order. The payment link or transfer details are sent privately after you accept the written quote; card, bank and Western Union charges, if any, are stated in the quote.

Every translation is prepared and signed by Uğur Arı, a sworn translator whose oath is recorded at the Kartal 12th Notary Office, Istanbul. The certification names him, with address, phone and e-mail, so the registrar can contact the translator. We work from Türkiye and have no UK office; we are not members of ITI, CIOL or ATC, and no UK authority approves translators.

Turkish divorce decree translation: typically £35–£90. This is an estimate for a typical decree. The final price is confirmed in writing after document review; very long judgments or a different scope can be priced separately. Notarisation and physical delivery are quoted separately. Our tariff is set in Turkish lira; sterling figures are approximate and the exact amount is stated in your quote.

A multi-page divorce decree is not a “standard single-page document”; the two are priced differently. For a UK spouse or partner visa, see divorce decree translation for a UK spouse visa and the UK applications page.