The importance of noter in Turkey
Noter is one of the Turkish vocabulary that you will encounter while you are in Turkey. You will notice that many foreigners’ transactions in Turkey need to be documented and certified in the noter office, which is the guarantor of legal procedures in Turkey.
What is Noter?
Notary is the person accredited by the Turkish state to authenticate documents (Turkish Notary Public), and therefore any document after its ratification in Notary becomes an official document.
One of the main tasks of the Notary is to attest documents, including: public and private agencies, undertakings, agreements and corporate contracts, documenting signatures and seals of persons and companies.
One of the most important is the ratification of residential or commercial rent contracts in Turkey. In addition to any document that needs translation into Turkish, it must be attested by the Notary in Turkey in order to be official and acceptable when submitted in official transactions in Turkey.
However, in view of the notary fees in Turkey, the cost of notary procedures differs according to the type of document, the number of its pages, or the number of translated words “if the document is not Turkish.” Considering that the notary in Turkey is not a basic government institution, you may find many differences in terms of the cost of attesting a document from one state to another. , and even in the state itself, from one region to another.
The working hours of the notary offices in Turkey are all days of the week except Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm, and there is a lunch break between one and two o’clock in the afternoon, but there is an on duty notary who works in shift system during the two days of the holiday “Saturday and Sunday” when he has to Many people have to conduct certification transactions at Notre-Dame on Saturday and Sunday to make the most of the time.
You can find out the names and addresses of the duty offices in any Turkish state during Saturday and Sunday through the following link:
https://portal.tnb.org.tr/Sayfalar/NobetciNoterBul.aspx
After clicking on the link, select the state and date, then press Aramaya Başla (Start Search) and you will be informed of the names and addresses of the notaries on duty on the day you selected.
