Divorce not only ends the marriage union between the spouses, but also requires important decisions to be taken regarding the future of the joint children. The most important of these decisions is “custody”. Custody is the totality of the rights and obligations granted to the mother and father in matters such as the care, education,...

Alimony is a monetary aid that the other party is obliged to pay during or after the divorce proceedings in order to ensure the subsistence of one of the parties or to participate in the care and education expenses of the joint children. The Turkish Civil Code (TCC) regulates the institution of alimony in order...

Divorce is the process of legal termination of the marriage union and is regulated in the Turkish Civil Code. This process starts when the spouses apply to the court with agreement (uncontested divorce) or disagreement (contested divorce). Divorce cases are emotionally and legally complex processes that lead to significant changes in the lives of the...

Under Turkish law, divorce from a foreign national spouse is an important legal process faced by both foreign national spouses and Turkish citizen spouses. Turkey has a detailed legal infrastructure for divorce proceedings and this infrastructure regulates the divorce proceedings of foreign spouses under the influence of international law. In this article, it will be...