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Civil Registration

How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Lineal Kinship Inquiry[edit | edit source]

The Turkish government put their genealogy archives online. It is known as the [www.turkiye.gov.tr Lineal Kinship Inquiry]. The information mostly comes from civil registers the Ottoman Empire kept up to the 19th century.

Details about ancestors include names, dates of birth and death, the town, village or city of origin, marital status.^[1]

To use this service, you must log in using one of the following methods:

National ID Number
e-Government Password
Mobile Signature
Electronic signature
TR Identity Card
Internet banking^[2]

Verify ID, Turkey E-services

Links to e-Services Provided by Local Governments

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]

Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1884.^[3]

Yevmiye Vukuat (Daily Occurrences)[edit | edit source]

These records were kept from 1871 to 1914 in the Ottoman Empire.

Nüfus Tezkeresi (Population Identification Document)[edit | edit source]

These identification documents were from 1831-1918 and were written in Ottoman Turkish. They were formerly called Mürür Tezkeresi and Tezkere-i Osmaniye. An example and translation of a personal identification document is found here.

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

Yevmiye Vukuat (Daily Occurrences)[edit | edit source]

Name
Date and Location of Birth
Date and Location of Death
Changes in Military Status

Nüfus Tezkeresi (Population Identification Document)[edit | edit source]

Date and Location of Birth
Residence
Name of Father
Age

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Who are you again: Turks go crazy over genealogy service". Daily Sabah. https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2018/02/17/who-are-you-again-turks-go-crazy-over-genealogy-service Accessed 16 June 2020.
↑ Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), TÜBİTAK Panel Management System (PMS), Verifying Identity, (accessed 16 February 2023).]
↑ Commission Internationale de l’État Civil, “Guide pratique international de l’état civil: Turquie,” 2002, http://docplayer.fr/2477108-Guide-pratique-international-de-l-etat-civil.html.

[1] "Who are you again: Turks go crazy over genealogy service". Daily Sabah. https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2018/02/17/who-are-you-again-turks-go-crazy-over-genealogy-service Accessed 16 June 2020.

[2] Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), TÜBİTAK Panel Management System (PMS), Verifying Identity, (accessed 16 February 2023).]

[3] Commission Internationale de l’État Civil, “Guide pratique international de l’état civil: Turquie,” 2002, http://docplayer.fr/2477108-Guide-pratique-international-de-l-etat-civil.html.

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