Turkish Asylum Document Translation to English

Certified Turkish to English translation for asylum

Turkish court papers and official records are detailed and full of legal terms. The Home Office and the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) need them in English, in a certified translation signed by the translator.

GOV.UK's guidance on certifying a document (opens in a new tab) says the translator should confirm it is a "true and accurate translation of the original document", and include the date and their full name and contact details. Our Turkish to English certified translation UK service provides:

• a signed certificate of accuracy on every translation
• the translator's full name, contact details and credentials (we are members of the ITI, CIOL and ATC)
• the date of translation
• case numbers, file numbers and verification codes copied exactly
• notes on stamps, signatures, barcodes and handwritten additions

Sample

Certified translation

Court decision (Mahkeme karari), criminal court

Turkish → English

Court

redacted Criminal Court, redacted

File number (Esas)

redacted

Decision number (Karar)

redacted

Date of decision

redacted

Defendant

redacted

Charge

[As written, with article number]

Verdict

[Translated in full]

• [Barcode and verification code: copied exactly]
• [Round stamp of the court; signature of the judge]
• [Handwritten: date added by hand]

Translator's statement

I confirm that this is a true and accurate translation of the original document.

Date

DD/MM/YYYY

Translator

Full name

Signature

We cannot promise how the Home Office or a judge will assess your evidence. That is their decision. We make sure the translation is complete, faithful and easy to check against the original.

Turkish documents we translate

People seeking protection from Turkey often bring legal papers, identity records and evidence of political or community activity. We translate:

Our ID card translation for asylum page covers identity papers from many countries. Police records and statement transcripts are explained on our police report translation for asylum page. For warrants and summons in more detail, see arrest warrant translation.

We also translate party membership cards and political letters. See political party card translation.

Turkish script and dialects

The Turkish alphabet

Turkish has used the Latin alphabet since 1928. It adds letters that English does not have: ç, ğ, ı, ö, ş and ü. It also has a dotted İ and a dotless ı as separate letters. When these are lost, names change. "Işık" becomes "Isik", and "Şahin" becomes "Sahin". We keep the Turkish spelling in the translation and use the spelling on your passport or Home Office file for the English name.

Dialects and other languages

Official documents use standard Turkish. Letters, messages and witness statements may show regional speech, which our translators understand. Many people from Turkey speak Kurdish (Kurmanji or Zazaki) at home, while their official papers are in Turkish. If you have Kurdish documents or messages too, see our Kurdish asylum document translation page.

Documents from Turkey in Turkish

Many Turkish records are now printed from online systems. Documents from the e-Devlet portal carry a barcode and a verification code. Court documents often come from the national judicial system, UYAP, and show a file number (dosya no) and a decision number (karar no). We copy every code and number exactly, so the document can be checked.

Turkish legal documents cite articles of the Turkish Penal Code and other laws. We translate the article references precisely and do not interpret what they mean for your claim. Your solicitor can advise on that.

If you are preparing papers for your Home Office interview, see our asylum claim evidence translation guide.

English to Turkish: Home Office letters in your language

An English to Turkish Home Office letter translation helps you follow every point in a decision about your claim. We translate refusal letters, interview records, tribunal determinations and letters from your solicitor.

Read more about this service on our Home Office refusal letter translation page.

If you are in the UK when you are refused, you usually have 14 days to appeal. Speak to a solicitor or an adviser regulated by the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) without delay. We translate; we do not give legal advice.

Our Turkish translators

Our Turkish translators are native speakers with experience of Turkish legal and court documents. They know the terms used by prosecutors, courts, police and population offices. Their credentials appear on every certificate, and we never use machine translation for certified work.

If you need a Turkish translator UK asylum solicitors can rely on for long indictments or full appeal bundles, we can split large files between translators and still keep terms consistent. A second linguist checks each translation. Uploads are encrypted, handled under UK GDPR and deleted after delivery.

Turkish translation price and delivery time

We price by page and complexity. A single ID card costs much less than a long indictment.

Prices shown are starting prices and include VAT. We confirm your exact price in a written quote before any work starts.

You receive a signed PDF by email. For long files or tight deadlines, see our translation prices page, or send your documents for a fixed Turkish translation quote.