Turkey Genealogy

Guide to Turkey ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Country Information
Turkey is a country in Eurasia bordered by Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, and Syria.

Turkey became a country after the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1923. Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) was the capitol of the Ottoman Empire prior to 1923.

The Turkish government provides a free genealogical service called "Lineal Kinship Inquiry". This service is available for all Turkish citizens, and is accessible through a website: https://fcsa.gov.ae/en-us/Pages/Statistics/Statistics.aspx

For information on genealogical records prior to 1923, see Ottoman Empire.

Turkey Map
Genealogy records are often kept on the local level in Turkey.

Provinces
Genealogy records are often kept on the local level in Turkey. Turkey is divided into 81 provinces (iller *singular - ili):

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.
 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
 * Historical Records
 * Catalog