Glossary
Statutory declaration — explained for Turkish readers
A formal written statement of fact made under the Statutory Declarations Act 1835 and signed in front of a solicitor, commissioner for oaths or notary.
A statutory declaration is a written statement that the maker declares to be true, signed in the presence of a solicitor, commissioner for oaths or notary public. It uses set wording from the Statutory Declarations Act 1835, and making a false declaration is a criminal offence. UK bodies use it where there is no document to prove something: a change of name, a lost passport, a discrepancy between two spellings of a name, or freedom to marry.
The Turkish reader will recognise the purpose from the beyanname or taahhütname drawn up at a noter. The difference is that in Türkiye the notary drafts and keeps the document, whereas in England a solicitor merely witnesses a text you bring.
Turkish consulates and courts accept an English statutory declaration once it has been apostilled and translated into Turkish. We translate them with the closing clause reproduced in full; see statutory declarations and affidavits translated into Turkish.