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Civil Registration Services Law (Law No. 5490)

Article 2: Scope

Part One: General Provisions › Chapter One: Purpose, Scope and Definitions

(1) This Law covers the substantive and procedural provisions concerning the regulation, conduct and development of civil registration services for Turkish citizens, persons who were Turkish citizens by birth but lost Turkish citizenship by obtaining permission to renounce it and their descendants, and foreigners present in Türkiye.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 2 · Kapsam

(1) Bu Kanun, Türk vatandaşları, doğumla Türk vatandaşı olup da çıkma izni almak suretiyle Türk vatandaşlığını kaybedenler ve bunların altsoyları ile Türkiye'de bulunan yabancıların nüfus hizmetlerinin düzenlenmesine, yürütülmesine ve geliştirilmesine ilişkin esas ve usûl hükümlerini kapsar.

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

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