Issuance of a death certificate in Turkey

Issuance of a death certificate in Turkey

Issuing a death certificate in Turkey and the papers required to obtain it is one of the things that many people search for, and there are many who believe that obtaining a death certificate in Turkey is very difficult, but quite the opposite. There are some steps that will be mentioned later. When following these steps, you can Avoid the difficulty of obtaining a death certificate and extracting it in a very short time. There are also some papers that need to be submitted when going to issue a death certificate . 

Documents required to obtain a death certificate in Turkey

The issue of obtaining the death certificate is very important and should not be neglected and waiting for a long time to pass on the deceased person. You must go and do not extract it immediately because there is a fine of up to approximately 60 US dollars in the event of a delay of about 80 days, but in the case of a longer time exceeding one year The value of the fine may increase and sometimes reach 150 US dollars. A death certificate can be obtained in Turkey by submitting these papers :

• You must bring the passport of the deceased person
• A death certificate approved by the city in which the person died is required
• Submit the burial certificate that was extracted by the hospital
• A document proving the identity of the deceased, and the application must be submitted
• 2 personal photos of the deceased

The mechanism of confirming the death of Syrians in Turkey

It is well known that Syrians seek refuge in Turkey and settle there, so the percentage of Syrians in Turkey is large and is still increasing in the recent period. It is possible that a death of a person with Syrian citizenship and who is present in Turkey often suffers a lot and finds it difficult to issue a death certificate for the deceased person in Turkey Therefore, in the event of the problem of obtaining a death certificate, several points can be noted, including :

• It should be known that deaths in Turkey are recorded in a specific area, which is the Department of Souls .
• There should be no delay in registering the death case for a long period, only ten days are allowed after death, and the identity of the deceased person must be presented .
• The death certificate can be obtained from any medical center in Turkey and there are also some hospitals that grant this certificate, but in the event that the death occurred anywhere other than hospitals, the death certificate is issued by the municipality .
• The death certificate must also be submitted to the Department of Souls, after obtaining it directly, in order to prove the state of death in the country .

Registration of deaths at the Syrian Consulate in Istanbul

What many people do not know is that it is very easy to obtain a death certificate for Syrians residing in Turkey, and their number is registered as well. You must follow the following steps to obtain it easily and in a short time :

• After obtaining the death certificate from the Souls Departments, it must be received and submitted directly to the Notar in order for the certificate to be authenticated, but before that it must be duly translated in order to be accepted and recognized as a death certificate and to register the case in the death rate .
• Some papers related to the deceased must be submitted in order to prove his identity. Among the papers that are recognized are the "passport, identity card, and family book of the deceased, if available ."
•  There are also some fees that are imposed to register a death case that must be paid for, which are approximately fifty dollars, not less than that, but can increase in some cases .
• The Syrian Consulate sets a date for the death case to be registered. Attention must be paid to obtaining it .

Note :

• There must be a person of the deceased’s relatives or one of his friends in order to receive the death certificate after registering the case, because it is very necessary to send it in a special statement to one of his other relatives in Turkey in order to be registered in the civil status system.
• Care must also be taken that all funds and property in Turkey of the deceased are seized, especially if the deceased has his own account in the bank, and this action is taken after the death registration is done.

Obtaining a death certificate from the Department of Health

There are many ways in which a death certificate can be obtained by health centers and some hospitals. It is also possible to extract a death certificate that was already obtained some time ago. There is a way to obtain a death certificate for the first time. Turkey is easy :

First issue of death certificate

When you want to obtain a death certificate for the first time, you must follow the following steps :

• You must go to the health office, but it is not specified. It is possible to choose the nearest health center, and then one of the employees in the center must be informed about the presence of a death case and that you wish to report it .
• The employee will request the implementation of some steps, including that he will bring a paper in order to write and fill in all the required data. This paper is for a report dedicated to the process of reporting the death case, which was imposed by the Turkish Ministry of Interior .
• After that, the matter will be left to a specialized doctor who goes with the person who submitted the notification of the death case to the place where the deceased is located in order to conduct some necessary tests to find out the cause of death and if the deceased was subjected to any kind of physical violence or poisoning and in the case of any order from Previous matters The person who submitted the communication is subject to legal accountability and the necessary measures are taken .
• However, in the absence of any accident or criminal death, and after the doctor makes sure of all of this, he records the death case with among the cases of natural death, but the doctor needs the personal card of the deceased in order to be registered in the death register .
• The burial permit is not issued except after obtaining the approval of the doctor who diagnosed the death. He also needs a true copy of the original ID of the deceased .
• As for cases of unnatural death that are related to an accident or murder, and this is also confirmed by the doctor, it is not possible to obtain a death certificate in addition to the burial permit, and all of this is not done until twenty-four hours have passed from the prosecution’s decision .

Issuance of a previous death certificate

There are many ways to obtain a death certificate that has already been extracted some time ago, but this method is considered the easiest to obtain a death certificate again, by following the following steps :

• Go to the civil registry in the city in which you reside .
• Go to one of the employees in the registry and submit to them a request to obtain a second issuance of a death certificate .
• The employee asks some questions such as: the name of the deceased person, you must be a first-degree relative of the deceased and present your personal card to prove this .
• After submitting all the papers that the employee needs and following the steps correctly, you can obtain a death certificate in a small time and easily