Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Civil Registration Services Law (Law No. 5490)

Article 13: Registration

Part Two: Conduct of Civil Registration Services › Chapter Three: Principles Concerning the Keeping of Civil Registers

(1) Documents and official reports concerning civil status events notified by authorised persons and organisations shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of this Law. The Ministry is authorised to decide on the use of electronic signatures in all kinds of civil registration transactions.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 13 · Tescil

(1) Yetkili kişi ve kuruluşlarca bildirilen nüfus olaylarına ilişkin belge ve tutanaklar bu Kanun hükümlerine göre tescil edilir. Bakanlık her türlü nüfus işlemlerinde elektronik imza kullanılmasına karar vermeye yetkilidir.

Text as of 1 October 2026 · Official source (Turkish): mevzuat.gov.tr ↗

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