ATTORNEY AT LAW

Divorce Proceedings for Foreigners

In case one of the spouses has foreign citizenship, if their marriage is a valid marriage and the marriage is registered with the civil registration, it is possible to divorce with the decision of the Turkish Courts. If the foreign spouses have the citizenship of the same country; in that case, the national legal rules will apply in the divorce case, if they do not have the same citizenship, the legal rules of the place where the spouses legal domicile is shall apply. In case the places which are their legal residence are not common, the Turkish rules shall apply. After examining the validity of the marriage between the spouses in determining the law to be applied to the divorce case, it should be checked whether there is a bilateral or multilateral agreement between the country in which the parties wishing to divorce are citizens and Turkey. In divorce cases that contain foreign element, it is important to determine the citizenship status of spouses and the place they live.