UK help and services in Turkey

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in Turkey. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK and Turkey.

Emergency help for British nationals

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.
  • This guide provides information about being arrested in Turkey and what conditions are like in prison there.

  • Contact the nearest British embassy, high commission, consulate or the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London to get help if you're the victim of crime abroad

  • Advice to British people affected by crises abroad such as large-scale terrorist attacks, natural disasters and political unrest, and how the FCDO can help.

  • This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.

  • Information to assist British nationals affected by rape or sexual assault in Turkey, including how to access medical treatment and legal advice.

  • The process when a British national dies in Oman, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.

  • The process when a British national dies in Turkey, including registering the death, funerals and bringing the person’s body to the UK.

Passports and emergency travel documents

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

Travelling to Turkey

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

Living in Turkey

How to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.

Birth, death and marriage abroad

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.
  • Find out how to get the documents you’ll need to get married or form a civil partnership overseas and how much they’ll cost.

  • Parents must register the birth in the country where the child was born - find out if you can also register the birth in the UK.

  • Information for British nationals who are considering entering into surrogacy arrangements in foreign countries.

  • Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.

  • The process when a British national dies in Oman, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.

  • The process when a British national dies in Turkey, including registering the death, funerals and bringing the person’s body to the UK.

News and events

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in Turkey.

Trade and invest

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Turkey.

British embassy or high commission

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.