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Turkish diploma supplement (diploma eki) translation
Certified English translation of a Turkish diploma supplement (diploma eki) where it was issued in Turkish or carries Turkish stamps and course titles, for UK ENIC, postgraduate admissions and professional bodies. Many supplements are already in English and need no translation.
What the receiving body requires
“If you need to certify a translation of a document that's not written in English or Welsh, ask the translation company to confirm in writing on the translation: that it's a ‘true and accurate translation of the original document’; the date of the translation; the full name and contact details of the translator or a representative of the translation company.”
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· checked 29 August 2026What a diploma supplement is, and why yours may already be in English
The diploma supplement (diploma eki) is the Bologna Process document that accompanies a higher-education diploma and describes the qualification in a standard eight-section layout: the holder, the qualification, its level, its contents and the results obtained, its function, additional information, the certification and a description of the national higher-education system. Turkish universities have issued it to graduates since the mid-2000s, and the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) requires it to be produced in English, free of charge, alongside the diploma. A large number of Turkish graduates therefore hold a supplement that a UK reader can use as it stands.
What we translate are the exceptions: supplements issued in Turkish only, which some universities produced in the early years and a few still do; bilingual supplements where the course list in section 4 is in Turkish; and English supplements whose stamps, seals and signature blocks are Turkish and which a body has asked to see rendered in full. Before you order, look at section 4 of your supplement. If the course titles, grades and the grading-scheme explanation are in English, send us a copy and we will tell you whether any translation is needed at all.
When a UK body asks for it
- UK ENIC recommends sending the diploma supplement with the diploma and transcript for a Statement of Comparability, because it describes the programme and the grading scheme in the standard format ENIC works with. See translations for UK ENIC.
- Postgraduate admissions, where the module list and the description of the degree's level and access rights help an admissions tutor assess a Turkish lisans or yüksek lisans.
- Professional bodies such as the Engineering Council's licensed institutions, the Architects Registration Board and the accountancy bodies, which look at programme content when deciding on recognition or exemptions. See translations for ARB, Engineering Council, RICS and accountancy bodies.
- Health regulators occasionally, as supporting evidence next to the transcript.
What the translation must contain
ENIC, universities and professional bodies apply the gov.uk standard quoted below. Where the supplement is wholly in Turkish, we translate it in full and certify it in the usual way, with the date, our company details and Ankara Trade Registry number, and a signature. Where only parts are in Turkish, the certificate states exactly which parts have been translated and that the English text is reproduced as issued by the university; a reader can then see that nothing has been rewritten. We never certify an English text we did not translate, so if your supplement is entirely in English the university's own document is what you submit.
Consistency with the transcript is the practical issue. A supplement's section 4 lists the same courses as the transcript, and if we translate both we use identical titles in each; if the university's English supplement already names the courses, we adopt the university's wording in our transcript translation so that the two documents agree. Send both together and ask for them to be aligned. Read transcript translation.
Apostille and missing supplements
No UK body has asked us for an apostille on a diploma supplement, and the supplement is verified with the university if a question arises. Graduates who never received one can ask their university's student affairs office to issue it retrospectively; most universities do, and the retrospective issue is normally in English.
Price and turnaround
A supplement issued in Turkish runs to 4 to 8 pages of 1,000 characters, so the certified translation is £40.00 to £80.00; section 8, the description of the Turkish system, is standard text and accounts for a good part of that. A translation of Turkish stamps and signature blocks on an English supplement is charged as a single page at £10.00. Certification is included and no UK VAT is charged. Standard turnaround is 2 to 3 working days, and the economy option, at 20 per cent less over twice the time, is a sensible choice for a full supplement. The translation arrives as a certified PDF; a signed hard copy by courier from Ankara is £30. We have no UK office and do not offer collection.
What you receive
- Translation of the Turkish-language sections of the supplement, or the whole document where it was issued in Turkish, with course titles aligned to your transcript
- Certification page in the gov.uk wording stating exactly what has been translated, dated and signed with company credentials
- Copy of the supplement attached
- Certified PDF by e-mail; courier hard copy optional
Frequently asked questions
How do I know whether my supplement needs translating?
Open section 4 and the certification section. If the course titles, grades, grading explanation and signatory details are in English, no translation is needed. If any of those are in Turkish, or if the receiving body has asked for the stamps to be rendered, send us a copy and we will confirm the scope and price before you commit.
Can you certify the English supplement my university issued?
No. A certified translation is a statement that we translated a text. The university's English supplement is already the document a UK body wants, and it is verified with the university rather than with us.
The English course titles on my supplement differ from the ones in a transcript translation I already have.
Send us both. We can issue a revised transcript translation using the university's English titles so that the two documents match, which avoids questions from an admissions office.
I graduated in 2003 and have no supplement.
Ask the student affairs office; most universities issue supplements retrospectively. If yours will not, ENIC and universities work from the diploma and transcript, which we translate.
Do you translate section 8, the description of the Turkish higher-education system?
If the supplement is in Turkish, yes, because the certified translation must be complete. It is standard text and is included in the page count.