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Is a Stateless Person's Record in Turkey Citizenship?

Author · Av. Ayşenur Konar, Avukat

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In short

A stateless person's record in Turkey is not Turkish citizenship. This writing answers that question. A stateless-person identity document is a separate document given to a person who has been found not to be counted as a citizen of any state. A residence card and a civil-register card are other papers. Lack of documents does not give birth to a document by itself. There is no path of producing a document, of destroying a passport, or of inventing a writing.

What the finding record shows

Statelessness is the person not being counted as a citizen by any state under its own law. In Turkey this point is seen with a finding opened at the provincial migration directorate. The person cannot be declared stateless before a finding is made. If a finding was made, the result is read from the writing that was given, or from the stateless-person identity document. An oral claim does not take the place of the finding.

The application is made in person. The person can be asked which countries they have a tie with, and which identities are in their hand. The person shows what they know and the papers they carry. This page does not write which paper will be hidden, which passport will be destroyed, or which country tie will be concealed. If a consular writing, an old passport, or a previous identity is in the file, that paper is kept. The absence of the paper does not mean the finding ended positively.

If the finding is negative, the refusal letter is read from its own text. The refusal can carry the ground that the person is counted as a citizen of another country. The ground is not completed from this page. A positive finding is not read as if citizenship had been given either. If a stateless-person identity document was drawn up, the positive result is in that document's title.

If the document has a duration line, only that line is taken as the basis. If the line is blank, an end date is not added. The date on another card is not copied onto this document. This page does not put a duration figure.

A civil-register card does not come out of this record

A civil-register card and a Republic of Turkey identity card are citizenship documents. A stateless-person identity document is not their photocopy. One is not printed on the back of the other. Citizenship is a separate application within the frame of the Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901. That application is not the automatic result of this record. An application having been made does not mean one has become a citizen. The result is in the citizenship authority's own writing.

A citizenship refusal letter is not a stateless-person identity document either. The refusal shows that the citizenship request was refused. That the person is counted as stateless is not drawn from this refusal. If the two writings stand in the same folder, there are two transactions. One does not complete the other.

A foreigner identity number, if it is written in the document, is read from that line. The number is not turned into a citizenship identity number. If there is no record at the civil-registry directorate, this page does not produce a record. If there is a civil-register record, it is read from its own document and is not mixed with the stateless identity.

A residence card is a third document

A residence card carries the type of permit on its own face. A stateless-person identity document is not the short name of that card. If there are two documents, both stand. If one is missing, the other will not have given birth to it. Which document the stay rests on is read from the title of the paper that recognises the stay. If there is only a stateless-person identity document, a residence permit is not treated as having been given separately.

Non-extension of a residence permit is the writing belonging to an extension request. That writing does not mean the stateless record was accepted. Refusal of the extension does not cancel the stateless-person identity document by itself either. Each writing looks at its own service. Dates are not copied onto each other. An end is not produced from a blank line.

Refusal of a work permit is a separate result as well. A stateless-person identity document is not read as if a work permit had been given. The refusal writing does not erase the identity. An acceptance writing does not turn the identity into a residence card or a civil-register card either. The employer's papers are not put in place of the finding writing.

It is possible for three documents to stand at the same time: a stateless-person identity document, a residence card, and a work-permit paper. All three stay in their own transaction. The folder being single does not reduce them to one type of permit.

Lack of documents does not print a document

Carrying no identity from any country does not print a stateless-person identity document by itself. Completing a missing paper, destroying a passport, concealing a tie with a country, or producing a writing is not the subject of this page. Whichever official answer is in the file is the answer that is read. If there is no answer, an answer is not invented.

The application for the record is made in person at the provincial migration directorate. The application having been made does not mean the document was given. An appointment paper is not a finding decision. Before the finding is completed, it cannot be shown to an institution as if an identity document existed.

If a previous country's passport stands, that passport is not torn as the reverse of the stateless-person identity document. The passport stays in the file as the paper showing the person's tie with that country. Whether the tie continues is in the administration's finding writing. This page does not explain a path of erasing the tie. A false statelessness narrative is not built either.

The contact page, for reading the papers in hand together, does not give birth to a new identity. Which document is present is separated from its title.

A removal decision is not this identity

A removal decision is not the reverse of the stateless-person identity document. If there is a decision, objection to a removal decision is read from its own service. The stateless record existing does not drop that decision. While there is no identity document, the decision is not produced from this page either. If the two papers stand in the same file, their titles stay apart.

If the removal decision has a line about being sent to a country, that line is in the decision. Being stateless does not mean the country to be sent to will be chosen from this page. If the decision does not write a country name, a name is not added. If the decision writes a country, the name that was written does not change the title of the identity document.

An entry-ban or exit-ban record does not derive from this identity either. If the ban is written separately, it is read from its own record. The identity document does not lift the ban. How the ban would be crossed is not narrated.

Which papers stand in the finding file

The finding file is the place where what the person narrated and the official answers the administration collected stand together. If there is an old passport, a civil-register extract, a consular writing, or a previous country's identity, each is kept with its own title. These papers are not a stateless-person identity document. Whether the finding ended positively or negatively is in the administration's result writing. If there is no result writing, the finding is not treated as completed.

If the person carries no paper at all, this state is passed onto the file. Not carrying it does not mean the finding was accepted. Destroying a passport, concealing a country tie, or producing a writing in order to complete a missing paper is not narrated. If the administration asked for which information, the request writing is read. If there is no request, this page does not invent a document list. A false statelessness narrative is not built either.

If the result writing is positive, a stateless-person identity document may have been drawn up separately. If there is no document, the positive sentence does not mean the identity was printed. If there is a document, the title, the person, and any duration line are read from there. If the result is negative, the ground is in that writing. If the ground says the person is counted as a citizen of a state, that sentence is in the writing. This page does not change the ground. If a passport stands, it is not torn. Whether the tie continues is in the finding writing.

A citizenship application is not a continuation of this file. A request within the frame of Law No. 5901 is concluded with a separate authority's writing. A stateless-person identity document is not the acceptance of that request. A residence card and a work permit are separate applications as well. Refusal writings do not upset the finding by themselves. Acceptance writings do not give birth to a civil-register card. If four writings stand together, there are four transactions.

If the identity document is lost, a loss notification is seen with the directorate's transaction. A new title is not produced before a notification is made. A photograph of the old document does not give birth to a civil-register card or a residence card.

If a removal decision has mixed into the file, it is read from its own service. The stateless identity does not drop that decision. If the decision has a country name, the name is in the decision. If there is no name, this page does not choose a country. If there is no decision, a decision is not produced. An entry or exit ban does not derive from the identity either. If the ban is written separately, it is read from its own record.

Conclusion

A stateless record is a document separate from a citizenship card and a residence card. An identity document is not treated as given before a finding is made. Lack of documents does not give birth to a document. There is no path of production. The frame is on the international law page. The basis is the name of the Law No. 6458 on Foreigners and International Protection. Citizenship or a permit is not said before the document is seen.

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Frequently asked questions

Is a stateless record Turkish citizenship?

No. A stateless-person identity document is not a civil-register card or a Republic of Turkey identity card. Citizenship is a separate application within the frame of Law No. 5901. It is not built as the result of this record.

Is a stateless-person identity document a residence card?

No. A residence card carries the type of permit on its own face. If there are two documents, both stand. If one is missing, the other is not treated as having given birth to it. The stay is read from whichever document recognises it.

Does having no document at all give birth to an identity document?

It does not. Lack of documents does not print a stateless-person identity document by itself. The document is the paper given if a finding of statelessness was made. If there is no finding writing, the record is not treated as completed.

How is a missing paper turned into a document?

It is not. Destroying a passport, producing a writing, or a method directed at completing a missing paper is not in this text. Whichever official answer is in the file is the one that is read.

Is a removal decision a stateless-person identity document?

No. A removal decision is a separate transaction. The stateless record existing does not drop that decision. Refusal of a work permit does not take the place of this identity either.

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Av. Ayşenur Konar

Lawyer on the Ankara Bar Association roll, founder of Konar Hukuk. This text is general information; a specific file is reviewed separately. Author profile · Editorial policy

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