The Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (Hague Apostille Convention)which has been signed between 99 State Parties so far constitutes the basic regulation regarding the Apostille Certificate in Turkey. With this Convention stipulating the Apostille Certificate, the State Parties skip the long legalization processes of the official documents required by the home and other States. This convention has been in effect in Turkey as of Sept. 29, 1985.
The form of the apostille certificate has been determined already in the Hague Apostille Convention and according to the Convention it has to have the title "Apostille Convention de La Haye Du 5 Octobre 1961" in French.
The apostille certificates are obtained from the Governor's Office. Turkey is divided into "IL"s and "ILÇE"s in terms of districts. Ilces are the smaller districts of Ils and they are eventually bound to Ils. Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir can be examples for Ils and Kadıköy, Beyoğlu, Kuşadası can be given as examples of Ilçes. So the documents should be apostillized in İl's (valilik) or İlçe's (Kaymakamlık) Governor Offices. In cases where the documents to be apostillized have already been certified by a Notary Public, it is advised that the notarised document be taken to the Il's Governor Offices as the İlçe's governor office may avoid apostillizing the document, claiming they are not authorised, which would not be in compliance with the Hague Apostille Convention. It is also possible that the official document can be apostillized by the issuing directorate immediately. For example if you obtain a birth certificate from The Directorate of Population, then the Director may apostillize the document as it is issued by himself.
No price is paid for the apostillization.
Overall, the best way to get an apostille certificate is to take the official document directly to the Il's governor office and have it apostilled there. Apostillization normally does not take more than five minutes if you know where to apply. You can see information about the process at these sites as well:
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