Formal Requirements for All Documents, Whether Parties to the Hague Convention or Not                         
(For detailed information, you can access the Circular No. 2015/5 on Powers of Attorney Issued Abroad and its annexes HERE )                       
(For detailed information, you can access the Circular No. 2019/2 on Certification (Apostille) and its annexes HERE )  

PHOTO STATUS
There must be a photo on the document. In addition;
  • The photo can be a color printout.
  • It can be on any page.
  • There must be a seal or stamp on the photo.
LANGUAGE OF DOCUMENT
It must be in the language of the country of issue;
  • It can be in both Turkish and the language of the country on the same document.
  • In cases where there is more than one official language in the country, it must be at least one of the accepted official languages.
STAMP / SEAL
If it is a notary public, it must bear a stamp, and if it is an unofficial authorized institution, it must bear a seal.
  • It must be on the photo.
  • It must be on all pages.
  • It can be anywhere on the page.
  • Even if the stamp or seal is not on all pages separately, it must be connected to all pages.

Requirements for Official Documents of the Hague Parties

SITUATION IN THE COUNTRIES PARTY TO HAGUE CONVENTION
1- RELEVANT AUTHORITY APPROVAL
A certified document obtained from the authorized institution (*) in the country of the applicant foreign real person.
* Authorized institution: Notary public, attorney, church, civil registry office, etc.
2- COMPETENT AUTHORITY FOR APOSTILLE
Obtaining the approval of the apostille authority (*) of the relevant country.
* Competent authority: You can access the apostille authorities by clicking on the link: www.hcch.net
  • Powers of attorney must be in the statutory form. However, any power of attorney that does not contain the phrase “this power of attorney is issued in the form of approval” may be accepted as the statutory form.
  • Whether it is done by stapling the Apostille-approved document and the power of attorney together and certifying the attachments with the Apostille approval stamp or on the power of attorney, the Apostille approval and the approved document must be linked to each other.
  • If the Apostille authority and the authority issuing the power of attorney are the same (for example, if they are both notary publics), the two signatures must be different.

Requirements for Official Documents of the Non-Hague Parties

SITUATION IN COUNTRIES NOT PARTY TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION
1- RELEVANT AUTHORITY APPROVAL
A certified document obtained from the authorized institution (*) in the country of the applicant foreign real person.
* Authorized institution: Notary public, attorney, church, civil registry office, etc.
2- APPROVAL OF THE RELEVANT SUPREME INSTITUTION
Obtaining the approval of the supreme authority (*), which is the supreme approval authority of the country concerned.
* Supreme institution: Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice etc.
3- APPROVAL OF TURKISH CONSULATE
Approval of the document by the Turkish Consulate of the relevant country.
 
*As in the case of Nigeria, all authorities must be located within the country.
SITUATION IN COUNTRIES NOT PARTY TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION, EXAMPLE OF NIGERIA (*)
1- RELEVANT AUTHORITY APPROVAL
A certified document obtained from the authorized institution (*) in the country of the applicant foreign real person.
* Authorized institution: Notary public, attorney, church, civil registry office, etc.
2- APPROVAL OF THE RELEVANT SUPREME INSTITUTION
Obtaining the approval of the supreme authority (*), which is the supreme approval authority of the country concerned.
* Supreme institution: Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice etc.
3- APPROVAL OF TURKISH CONSULATE
Approval of the document by the Turkish Consulate of the relevant country.
 

IMPORTANT: These three different procedures and signatures in countries that are not party to The Hague must be done within the borders of the country. The document is not valid if it leaves the country except for “exceptions”.

SITUATION IN COUNTRIES NOT PARTY TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION AND WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE AN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE
If the Embassy or Consulate of our country does not operate temporarily or in any way in the country in question, the approval of the Embassy or Consulate of the neighboring country authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is accepted.
3- APPROVAL OF TURKISH CONSULATE
Approval of the document by the Turkish Consulate of the neighboring country.
 
2- APPROVAL OF THE RELEVANT SUPREME INSTITUTION
Obtaining the approval of the supreme authority (*), which is the supreme approval authority of the country concerned.
* Supreme institution: Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice etc.
1- RELEVANT AUTHORITY APPROVAL
A certified document obtained from the authorized institution (*) in the country of the applicant foreign real person.
* Authorized institution: Notary public, attorney, church, civil registry office, etc.
*As in the case of Yemen, the first two stages must take place within the country. The 3rd step can be carried out in the neighboring country Saudi Arabia.

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