Family law is a legal discipline that regulates relations of individuals’ family environments comprising of issues related to family relations such as marriage, divorce, engagement, property division, alimony, custody and guardianship and that aims to protect both parties in a legal relationship. The matter of family encompasses many areas of life. Thus lawyers specialized in the field, therefore, prefer assisting people facing domestic problems under family law umbrella from adoption to paternity, from recognition of marriage to divorce, from child custody to alimony. Current marriage and divorce statistics states that hundreds of thousands of married couples get divorced every year. Due to it’s sensitive nature, the divorce can be one of the most traumatic experiences in an adults life. Our law firm in Turkey understands the inherently sensitive nature of family law practice. We believe, a family lawyer shall not limit her services with professional advice and support, but also shall provide effective legal services to her clients whenever they are in an emotional turmoil. The family lawyer you seek must have an excellent work ethic, must be sensitive to your emotional condition but shall be able to put aside her own emotions and act with extensive legal knowledge under any circumstance putting overpressure. In Turkish Law, there is no obligation for the principal to follow his/her cases with a lawyer. However, bearing in mind complex contents of the family law, we are in the opinion that married couples willing to divorce shall at least take legal assistance and consultation from a divorce lawyer in Turkey before filing a divorce case and understand detailly his/her rights and obligations to the full extent. 

MESCI Law Firm has a team specialized in family and divorce law allocated always for family law matters. Our family lawyers in Turkey and divorce lawyers in Turkey also do represent victims or perpetrators of domestic violence before the civil and criminal courts, making complaints before the public prosecutors, obtaining protection orders and shielding their clients rights in the best manner. Our law firm in Turkey is all about listening you, understanding the difficulties you are going through, drawing you a legal pathway and coming up with applicable solutions clarifying your judgement and leading you to the right choice. 

Divorce can be briefly defined as, termination of marital union by a court decision. In other words, a divorce, formally dissolves a legally valid marriage. If there is an element of foreignness in a divorce case, it is important for your lawyer to determine whether if divorce lawsuit can be filed in Turkey or not and whether if Turkish rules are applicable to the dispute or not. If spouses are willing to divorce before the Turkish Courts, their marriage must be valid as per Turkish law and registered before the Civil Registry. If spouses are citizens of the same foreign country or different foreign countries with a domicile in Turkey, they have the right to file for divorce before the relevant Turkish court. If one spouse is a Turkish citizen and the other is a citizen of a foreign country we shall then take a look to Article 41 of 5718 numbered Law. As per mentioned article, if lawsuits concerning the personal status of Turkish citizens are not or cannot be filed before the foreign courts, the competent court in Turkey based on the relevant place shall handle the case. In case of absence of such a competent court, the place where this Turkish national is resident shall be a determinant. If this person does not reside in Turkey, the case shall be handled by the court of his/her last domicile in Turkey and in absence thereof, it shall be filed before the Courts of Istanbul, Ankara or Izmir. If spouses are foreigners that are not based in Turkey, they can still file for a divorce in Turkey in several conditions that shall be carefully evaluated by a divorce lawyer in Turkey.