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Certified Turkish Articles of Incorporation Translation
Certified translation of the documents that constitute and evidence a Turkish company, with the corporate form, the registry references and the powers of the representatives reproduced exactly rather than mapped onto US equivalents that carry different law.
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Esas sözleşme and the trade registry gazette
A Turkish company is constituted by esas sözleşme (for an anonim şirket) or şirket sözleşmesi (for a limited şirket), registered with the trade registry and then published in the Türkiye Ticaret Sicili Gazetesi. That publication is a document in its own right and is frequently what a foreign office asks for.
Every subsequent amendment is likewise registered and published, so a company's corporate history is a series of gazette issues rather than a single restated text.
Faaliyet belgesi and sicil tasdiknamesi
Two certificates recur and are not the same. The faaliyet belgesi is a certificate of activity issued by the chamber of commerce; the sicil tasdiknamesi is the registry certificate issued by the trade registry. Foreign offices ask for one, the other, or both.
Both carry a validity period and a stale one is refused, which no translation repairs.
Anonim şirket and limited şirket
The anonim şirket (A.Ş.) is the joint-stock form and the limited şirket (Ltd. Şti.) the limited liability one. The abbreviation is part of the legal name and neither maps onto a US entity.
The imza sirküleri — the signature circular — is the document that shows who may bind the company and how, and it is a notarial instrument separate from the registry certificate. A counterparty verifying authority is reading that.
Dotted letters, and which copy can be apostilled
Turkish uses ç, ğ, ı, İ, ö, ş and ü, and the dotted and dotless i are different letters — a company or director name stripped of its diacritics in one record and not in another is the kind of mismatch that gets queried.
Documents pulled electronically are frequently not apostillable; only a wet-signed, stamped original from the issuing body is. If your packet needs an apostille, obtain that first — see apostilles and translation.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Every seal, stamp, notarial recital and registry annotation is translated — a corporate document with its endorsements missing is not a complete document. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
What is the trade registry gazette?
The official publication where formation and every amendment appear. A Turkish company's history is a series of gazette issues rather than one restated text.
Faaliyet belgesi or sicil tasdiknamesi?
A chamber of commerce certificate of activity and a trade registry certificate. Offices ask for one, the other or both, and both expire.
What is an imza sirküleri?
The notarial signature circular showing who may bind the company and how. It is what a counterparty verifying authority reads.
Can an electronic copy be apostilled?
Usually not. Only a wet-signed, stamped original from the issuing body. Get it before ordering the translation.
Ready to get started?
Upload the deed or the registry extract and receive the certified translation, typically within 24 hours.