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Civil Registration Services Law (Law No. 5490)

Article 34: Absence procedure

Part Three: Civil Status Events › Chapter Five: Death and Absence

(1) Decisions of absence shall be notified by the courts to the civil registry directorate of that place within ten days and shall be registered in the family registers by civil registrars.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 34 · Gaiplik işlemi

(1) Gaiplik kararları mahkemelerce on gün içinde o yerin nüfus müdürlüğüne bildirilir ve nüfus memurlarınca aile kütüklerine tescil edilir.

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

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