Bayraktar Attorneys represents foreign nationals who face deportation, known in Turkish law as removal (sınır dışı etme). Our immigration lawyers act quickly to challenge removal decisions, respond to administrative detention, and protect your right to remain, all in English.
Deportation cases move on tight deadlines. If you or a family member has received a removal decision or been taken to a removal center, the sooner you speak to a lawyer, the more can be done.
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A removal decision is stressful and time-sensitive, and the rules are unfamiliar to most foreign nationals. Our team steps in quickly, explains where you stand, and takes the legal action that protects your position.
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A removal decision (sınır dışı etme kararı) is issued by the provincial governorate under the Law on Foreigners and International Protection. It is used where a person falls within the grounds set out in Article 54 of the law. The assessment and decision stage is generally completed within a short window, in practice often within about 48 hours, and the decision is then notified to the person concerned together with information about their right to object.
Article 54 sets out the grounds for a removal decision. They include, among others:
Not everyone within these grounds can lawfully be removed. Turkish law recognizes that removal must not expose a person to serious danger.
A person may not be removed where there are serious grounds to believe they would face the death penalty, torture, or inhuman or degrading treatment, or where their life or freedom would be at real risk on return. These protections have to be raised and evidenced properly.
Removal may not be appropriate for someone with a serious medical condition where suitable treatment is not available in the destination country, or for victims of human trafficking or of violence who are within a support or reflection process.
You have the right to challenge a removal decision before the administrative court. The objection is generally made within fifteen days of being notified, and while it is pending the removal is, as a rule, not carried out until the court has ruled. The court is expected to decide within a short period, often around seven days, and its decision on the objection is final.
Because the window is short, it matters to act at once. We prepare and file the objection, set out the legal grounds and the evidence, and press any exemption that applies to you.
Alongside the decision itself, two practical issues often arise: whether the person is detained, and how any departure is arranged.
Where removal is ordered, the person is often granted a period of fifteen to thirty days to leave Turkey voluntarily, and a departure permit may be issued for this purpose. This period does not apply in every case, for example where there is a risk of absconding.
The governorate may order administrative detention in a removal center where it considers this necessary, for instance because of a risk of absconding. Detention is generally limited to six months, with a further extension possible only in defined circumstances, and it must be reviewed regularly.
A detention decision can be challenged before the Criminal Court of Peace (Sulh Ceza Hakimliği). We can seek your release and make sure the time limits and review rules are respected.
Removal itself is carried out by law enforcement, sometimes with the cooperation of international organizations. Travel costs are, in principle, met by the person removed, with provision for those who genuinely cannot pay.
We review the removal decision, any detention order and your history in Turkey, and explain your options and the deadlines that apply.
We prepare and file the objection with the administrative court within the time limit, setting out the legal grounds to stop the removal.
Where you are held in a removal center, we challenge the detention before the Criminal Court of Peace and press for release.
We gather evidence, raise any exemption or protection you are entitled to, and represent you before the authorities and the court.
We keep you and your family informed, pursue every available remedy, and advise on your status once the matter is resolved.
We understand that removal cases run on short deadlines and respond without delay.
We represent foreign nationals every day and work entirely in English.
We handle both the removal decision and the detention side of these cases.
We keep you and your family updated at every stage, in plain language.
Atty. Nevzat Oğulcan Bayraktar
Confidential, English-speaking help with removal decisions, detention and appeals.
This page provides general information about deportation in Turkey and does not constitute legal advice. For guidance on your specific situation, please contact Bayraktar Attorneys for a consultation.
