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Turkish vaccination record (aşı kartı) translation
Certified English translation of a Turkish child's vaccination card (aşı kartı) or the e-Nabız vaccination record, with Turkish vaccine abbreviations mapped to their UK names, for GP registration, nurseries, schools, universities and NHS occupational health. £10.
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 the record looks like
A child born in Türkiye receives a paper vaccination card (aşı kartı) from the family health centre (Aile Sağlığı Merkezi, ASM) or the hospital, and each dose is entered by hand with the date, the vaccine, the dose number, the batch number (seri no), the nurse's initials and the centre's stamp. The same information, for anyone vaccinated since the national system went online, can be printed from the personal health record e-Nabız through e-Devlet, with a barcode. The Turkish schedule differs from the UK one in its abbreviations and in some of its contents: Hepatit B at birth, one and six months; BCG at two months; the five-in-one DaBT-İPA-Hib at two, four, six and eighteen months; the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (KPA); oral polio (OPA) at six and eighteen months; KKK, which is measles, mumps and rubella, at twelve months and again at school entry; varicella (suçiçeği) at twelve months; Hepatit A at eighteen and twenty-four months; and tetanus-diphtheria (Td) in adolescence. Adult records show COVID-19 doses by brand and, more recently, HPV and influenza.
We translate every entry, keep batch numbers exactly, render the stamps and handwriting, and give each Turkish abbreviation its UK name in brackets at first appearance, with a short table at the end mapping the two: KKK to MMR, DaBT-İPA-Hib to DTaP/IPV/Hib, KPA to PCV, OPA to OPV. The table is a translator's note and is marked as one.
Who asks for it in the UK
- GP registration. The practice records a child's immunisation history and the health visitor or practice nurse plans catch-up doses under the UK schedule, which includes vaccines the Turkish schedule does not, such as MenB and rotavirus, and omits BCG for most children. GP practices are covered under translations for the NHS and GP registration.
- Nurseries and schools. No UK law requires vaccination for school entry, but admission forms ask, and school nursing services check.
- Universities, which ask new students about MenACWY and MMR.
- NHS employers and occupational health. Healthcare workers starting in the NHS must show evidence of hepatitis B, MMR and varicella immunity and BCG status, and a translated adult record from Türkiye is the usual starting point. Read translations for employers and HR.
What the translation must contain
Practices and employers apply the gov.uk certification wording quoted below, and our certificate meets it with the date, a signature and our company details. The value of the document lies in its detail, so the translation keeps every date in day-month-year order written out, every batch number, and the brand where the card names one, and it does not merge doses or tidy the sequence. Where the card is a printed grid with handwritten entries, the translation reproduces the grid so a nurse can read across.
Points that cause questions
Older cards are entirely handwritten and some entries are hard to read; we mark an unreadable batch number as such rather than guess, because a nurse who cannot verify a dose will repeat it. The e-Nabız record may be incomplete for children born before the system was introduced, in which case the paper card is the fuller document and the two should be sent together. A BCG scar noted on the card is translated, since UK occupational health asks about it. Vaccination records are never apostilled, and no UK reader has asked for one.
Price and turnaround
A card is 1 or 2 pages of 1,000 characters, £10.00 to £20.00, and an e-Nabız printout one page. There is no charge for certification and no UK VAT. We return the certified PDF the next working day, or the same day with the fast option for files received before 11:00 UK time, which helps when a school or an employer has set a start date. A hard copy by courier from Ankara is £30. As we have no UK office, collection is not available.
What you receive
- Translation of every entry with dates, vaccines, dose numbers, batch numbers, stamps and handwriting
- Translator's note mapping Turkish vaccine abbreviations to UK names
- Certificate in the gov.uk wording, dated and signed, with company details
- Certified PDF by e-mail the next working day; courier hard copy optional
Frequently asked questions
Does the UK require vaccinations for school?
No law requires them, but schools ask and the NHS offers catch-up doses to children arriving from abroad. A translated card lets the practice see what has been given and what has not.
The Turkish schedule and the UK schedule are different. Will the nurse understand the card?
That is what the mapping note is for: each Turkish abbreviation is given its UK name, and the nurse plans any catch-up from there. We do not say which doses are due; the practice decides that.
Is the e-Nabız record enough on its own?
For anyone vaccinated after the system went online, usually yes. For older children and adults the paper card may hold doses the system does not, so send both if you have them.
I am starting an NHS job and occupational health wants my vaccination history.
Translate the adult record from e-Nabız and any card showing hepatitis B, MMR, varicella and BCG. Occupational health may still take blood tests for immunity, but the record shortens the process.
The card is lost. Where can I get the record?
From e-Nabız through e-Devlet, or from the family health centre that gave the doses, which keeps its own register. Our page on using e-Devlet from the UK explains access from abroad.