Archive for Family Law

A plaintiff who files a lawsuit in Turkey is not obligated to see that case through to a final judgment. Litigation strategies evolve, settlements get reached outside the courtroom, and sometimes parties simply reassess whether continuing makes sense. Turkish civil...

When a marriage involving foreign nationals breaks down in Turkey, one of the first legal questions that arises is which country’s courts have jurisdiction and which country’s law will govern the custody determination. The Turkish Private International and Procedural Law,...

When a marriage ends in Turkey, the legal consequences extend well beyond the dissolution of the marital bond. Turkish law recognizes that divorce can cause serious financial and personal harm to the innocent party, and it provides a structured mechanism...

Turkish family law imposes a specific time restriction on women who wish to remarry after the dissolution of a previous marriage. This restriction, traditionally referred to as the waiting period after divorce or iddet müddeti, exists to prevent uncertainty regarding...

An alimony order issued by a Turkish family court is not a lifelong sentence. Turkish law sets out specific situations in which the obligation to pay periodic maintenance comes to an end, sometimes by operation of law and sometimes through...

A divorce judgment that includes an alimony order does not close the financial relationship between the parties for good. Life changes after divorce, sometimes dramatically, and Turkish law recognizes that an amount fixed by a court years earlier may no...

Family solidarity is not left entirely to conscience under Turkish law. Where a close relative would otherwise fall into poverty, the law transforms what might be seen as a moral duty into a binding legal obligation, allowing a person in...

When a couple separates and a divorce action is filed in Turkey, the financial reality of running two households rarely waits for the court to reach a final decision. Cases can take many months, sometimes years, to conclude, and during...

When a marriage ends in Turkey, the financial consequences rarely fall equally on both spouses. One spouse may have spent years out of the workforce, may lack independent income, or may simply find their standard of living collapse after the...

A spouse who has a valid reason to end a marriage in Turkey does not hold that right indefinitely. Turkish law attaches conditions to fault-based divorce that can quietly extinguish the right to sue, sometimes before the wronged spouse even...