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German to Turkish Translation

This corridor runs mostly on decades of Turkish-German labor migration, not tourism: civil-status, pension, and academic-recognition paperwork dominate. Turkey has no state licensing exam for sworn translators — a yeminli tercüman is appointed directly by a notary after an interview and oath, and the notary's subsequent approval (noter onayı) is what gives the translation legal force, not a government register comparable to Germany's court-appointed system.

What we translate between German and Turkish

  • Certified & sworn documents for visas, universities and authorities
  • Contracts, corporate and compliance documents
  • Websites, apps and product content
  • Technical manuals and specifications
  • Marketing campaigns and brand content

Why order your German–Turkish translation here

  • Native Turkish linguists with domain specialization
  • Independent revision included on every order
  • Human-confirmed quote before any payment
  • Confidential, GDPR-compliant file handling

Documents we translate in this pair

  • Personenstandsurkunden and nüfus kayıt örneği (civil/population register extracts)
  • Pension and social-insurance records (Rentenversicherung / SGK)
  • Academic diploma recognition files (Denklik)
  • Employment references
  • Marriage and birth certificates

Who accepts these translations

  • Turkish notaries (noter), who approve yeminli tercüman translations
  • German Standesamt for reciprocal civil-status filings
  • Turkish YÖK for diploma recognition (Denklik)
  • German Rentenversicherung and Turkish SGK for pension file exchange

Certification & formatting notes

The corridor is dominated by pension and social-insurance paperwork because Germany's Fremdrentengesetz and the German-Turkish social security agreement require documented employment history from both sides, alongside Denklik diploma-equivalence filings with YÖK for the large population of German-educated Turkish citizens and Turkish-educated German residents. Civil documents crossing either direction still need country-of-origin apostille — from a Turkish valilik or the issuing German Land authority — before translation, since neither country's sworn-translator status substitutes for that separate authentication step; Turkey's notary-appointment model for yeminli tercüman also means credentials aren't centrally searchable the way Germany's justiz-dolmetscher.de directory is.

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