Glossary
Veraset ilamı — meaning and English translation
A veraset ilamı is the certificate of inheritance issued by a Turkish court or notary naming the heirs of a deceased person and their shares of the estate.
Turkish succession does not pass through an executor. On death the estate vests in the heirs, and what they need is a document naming them and stating their fractional shares. That document is the veraset ilamı (also mirasçılık belgesi), issued on application either by a Turkish notary or by the civil court of peace; where an heir is a foreign national, or a foreign will or judgment is involved, the court route is used. The Turkish Consulate in London does not issue it.
We translate it as “certificate of inheritance”. A grant of probate or letters of administration authorises a personal representative to deal with an estate; the Turkish certificate declares who the heirs are, which is a different legal act, so we keep the terms apart and explain the equivalence in a translator's note.
UK probate registries and banks ask for it when a Turkish estate is involved. See certificate of inheritance translation.