Children who were born to a Turkish mother or a Turkish father can become a Turkish citizen by birth automatically. Important consideration for Turkish citizenship is the citizenship of the parents, not where the child is born. A child that is born in Turkey doesn’t get Turkish citizenship automatically. One of his parents should be Turkish citizen at the time of birth. At the same time, a child that is born out of Turkey to a Turkish mother or a Turkish father can apply for the Turkish citizenship. So, Turkish citizenship passes by blood, not by the territory.
The citizenship of the child is granted if the mother is Turkish whether the mother is married or not, because it is 100% certain that the child is from that mother. However, if the father of the child is Turkish, then either the child should be born within a marriage or the Turkish father should acknowledge the child in order to be eligible to apply to Turkish citizenship for the child.
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