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

Article 8/A: Records of Blue Card holders

Part Two: Conduct of Civil Registration Services › Chapter One: Authorities and Civil Registers

Added: 9/5/2012, Law No. 6304, Art. 12

(1) Persons who were Turkish citizens by birth but lost Turkish citizenship by obtaining permission to renounce it, and their descendants specified in Article 28 of Law No. 5901, shall be registered in the Register of Blue Card Holders kept in electronic form by the General Directorate. Persons registered in this Register are obliged to declare all civil status events to civil registry directorates when in Türkiye and to diplomatic and consular missions when abroad.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 8/A · Mavi Kartlıların kayıtları

(Ek: 9/5/2012-6304/12 md.)

(1) Doğumla Türk vatandaşı olup da çıkma izni almak suretiyle Türk vatandaşlığını kaybedenler ve bunların 5901 sayılı Kanunun 28 inci maddesinde belirtilen altsoyları, Genel Müdürlükçe elektronik ortamda tutulan Mavi Kartlılar Kütüğüne kaydedilir. Bu Kütüğe kaydedilenler, her türlü nüfus olaylarını yurt içinde nüfus müdürlüklerine, yurt dışında ise dış temsilciliklere beyan etmekle yükümlüdürler.

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

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