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Av. Çağatay KISALaw & Consultancy

Divorce Lawyer

Divorce Law

Divorce proceedings in Turkey may be filed as uncontested or contested. An uncontested divorce can be finalized in a single hearing if the settlement protocol is ready; in a contested divorce, fault, alimony, child custody, and division of marital property are each assessed separately. Managing the process correctly prevents the loss of rights.

Divorce produces consequences that will shape your life for many years — custody, alimony, pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages, and the division of marital property. The grounds and procedure for divorce, set out in Articles 161-184 of the Turkish Civil Code, call for a different strategy in every individual case.

Our office handles the entire process under one roof: from drafting the uncontested divorce protocol to gathering evidence in contested proceedings, and from protective measures under Law No. 6284 to actions for the liquidation of the matrimonial property regime. The confidentiality of our clients' private lives is at the center of how we work.

Services We Provide in This Area

  • Drafting the uncontested divorce protocol and handling the case
  • Contested divorce actions (irretrievable breakdown, adultery, desertion)
  • Custody, visitation arrangements, and modification of custody
  • Interim, poverty (post-divorce), and child support alimony claims
  • Claims for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages
  • Liquidation of the matrimonial property regime and participation-claim actions
  • Protective measures under Law No. 6284
  • Family residence annotation and parentage (paternity) actions

Frequently Asked Questions

Divorce Law: Frequently Asked Questions

For an assessment of your specific case, please book an appointment.

Where the parties agree on every issue and the settlement protocol is fully prepared, an uncontested divorce is usually concluded in a single hearing, on average within 1-2 months depending on the court's caseload. The marriage must have lasted at least 1 year.

Contested divorce cases take on average 1-2 years at first instance, depending on the evidence, the number of witnesses, and the court's caseload. Appellate review and cassation can extend this period. Proper management of the evidence shortens the process considerably.

For marriages concluded after 2002, the statutory regime of participation in acquired property applies. Assets acquired during the marriage are, as a rule, shared equally; personal assets (inheritance, pre-marital property) are excluded from the division. The liquidation action is conducted separately from the divorce case itself.

Alimony is set at the judge's discretion, taking into account the parties' financial circumstances, the degree of fault, the child's needs, and the standard of living. For poverty alimony, the spouse claiming it must be facing poverty as a result of the divorce and must not bear the greater fault.

A divorce action based on adultery must be filed within 6 months of learning of the adultery and, in any event, within 5 years of the act. If the deadline has passed, the action may instead be based on the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.

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