Locations Turkish ↔ English
Turkish translation in Haringey (Green Lanes, Wood Green, Tottenham)
Turkish was the second most spoken main language in Haringey at the 2021 Census, named by 4.9% of residents. Haringey is also where many Kurdish families from Türkiye settled, which changes what is needed: Turkish documents, but interpreting in Kurmanji or Zazaki.
A borough where the language shows up in the statistics
At the 2021 Census 4.9% of Haringey residents gave Turkish as their main language, second only to English in the borough and well above the 0.9% recorded across London. The community runs from Harringay and the Green Lanes shops up through Wood Green to Tottenham, and it is mixed: mainland Turkish, Turkish Cypriot, and a large Kurdish population from south-eastern Türkiye. There is no reliable count of the last group; the ONS has said it cannot produce one, so nobody should quote a figure, including us.
When the document is Turkish but the conversation is not
Documents issued by the Turkish state are in Turkish whatever language a family speaks at home, so the translation itself is Turkish into English. The difference shows in person: at a solicitor’s appointment, a hospital consultation or a tribunal hearing, the person who needs to be understood may speak Kurmanji, Sorani or Zazaki. We separate the two: certified document translation on one side, and Kurdish translation and interpreting booked as its own job on the other. Capacity in Kurdish is narrower than in Turkish, so ask early rather than the day before.
Local offices that see the paperwork
Haringey’s register office takes notices of marriage and issues certificates for events in the borough. Health records reach us from Whittington Health, which covers the west of the borough, and from North Middlesex Hospital for households in Tottenham. Housing, benefits and school admissions teams at the council routinely ask for evidence issued abroad to be translated, and the same applies to income and residence evidence in an immigration file — the requirements are set out on translations for indefinite leave to remain.
Getting documents to us from N4, N8, N15 and N17
We are an Ankara company with no premises in Haringey, no counter and no collection service. Everything begins with a photograph or a scan sent by e-mail or WhatsApp; a certified PDF comes back, usually inside two working days; a stamped paper set follows by courier for £30 if a receiving body has asked for one. Turkish into English is from £10.00 per 1,000-character page and English into Turkish from £6.50, with the certification page included rather than charged as an extra.
Frequently asked questions
Do you have a shop on Green Lanes?
No. Nothing on this site is an office in Haringey; we work from Ankara and deliver electronically.
My documents are Turkish but my mother only speaks Kurdish. Can you help at the appointment?
Yes, as a separate booking. The written translation stays Turkish into English; the interpreter is booked by language and by date, and Kurdish availability is limited, so give as much notice as you can.
Will the council accept a translation from a company based abroad?
Councils normally follow the gov.uk certification requirements, which concern what the certification statement says rather than where the translator sits. Our statement carries the company’s registered details, the date and a signature.
How do I send documents if I do not have a scanner?
A phone photograph is fine if the whole page is in frame, in focus and not cropped. We tell you before starting if a page needs re-taking.