Foreigners and citizenship law
Foreigners law is a legal system that examines the restrictions to which foreign natural and legal persons in a country are subject, and the rights they hold, by reason of being foreign. Turkey is an international country that hosts many foreigners in both commercial and social life. Accordingly, the law contains a number of restrictions and regulations that determine certain rights and transactions of foreigners in our country, such as working, residing, studying and acquiring property.
Foreigners law is a hybrid branch of law because it is closely related to several other branches of law, such as citizenship law, company law, family law, inheritance law and labor law.
Whether a person is bound to a country by citizenship is one of the main factors affecting their legal status. In disputes across many areas of law, starting with criminal law, the fact that a party is a foreigner changes how the law is applied.
Foreigners law is a branch of law that examines the rights a person holds and the restrictions they face solely because they are foreign. Foreigners also need effective legal advice for activities in our country that are subject to permits, above all residence, as well as work.
At this point, Eker Law Firm provides foreigners with legal services and effective advice in multiple languages through attorneys who are experts in their fields, with a command of international law and several foreign languages. Eker Law Firm provides effective legal advice on resolving all legal disputes involving a foreign element and on handling lawsuits for natural and legal persons with foreign status in our country.
- Some of the services our firm offers in this context include:
- The Law on Work Permits for Foreigners
- The Foreign Direct Investment Law
- The Tourism Incentive Law
- The Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners in the Republic of Turkey
- Citizenship applications, and the resolution of disputes and handling of annulment actions if an application is rejected
- Work and residence permit applications and their follow-up
- Recognition and enforcement of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards
- Lawsuits and enforcement matters in our country to which natural and legal persons with foreign status are parties
- Inheritance matters in our country involving natural persons with foreign status
Legal advice in Turkish, English, French, Japanese and Korean for companies with foreign status
- International contracts
- Company formation by foreigners in our country and all related advisory services
Our office has resolved, and continues to resolve, disputes faced by many foreign clients in numerous areas of law, including civil law, property acquisition, criminal law, company law and inheritance law.
In addition to our work protecting the rights of foreigners, particularly regarding property and in certain criminal cases, we also provide advisory services in cases concerning their civil rights (marriage, divorce, custody, alimony).
Through solution partners with whom it is in constant contact, our office can communicate in English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Bosnian and Croatian.
Because the bond of citizenship has legal significance, the nuances of how it arises also need to be regulated by a separate branch of law. Our law firm provides legal assistance in all judicial and administrative proceedings, above all the acquisition and loss of citizenship, and has assisted its clients in many matters, particularly the recognition and enforcement of judgments rendered by foreign courts abroad and their registration with administrative authorities (civil registry, land registry and similar records).