Step-by-step conveyancing and procedure stages

Urgent review

We read the deportation decision or entry-ban record and confirm exactly when the 7-day clock started and ends, so nothing is missed.

Stop the removal

Where grounds exist, we file the cancellation application with the administrative court inside the 7-day deadline, holding back removal while the court examines it.

Address detention

If you are held at a removal centre, we pursue review of the administrative detention at the magistrate's court in parallel and push for release or alternatives where the law allows.

Decode the restriction

We obtain a precise reading of your tahdit code, identify which authority placed it and why, and map the realistic route to lifting it.

Lift the ban

We act to remove or shorten the entry ban and clear the code — by payment, migration-authority application, or a further court challenge as needed.

Protect your other files

We make sure any pending residence permit or citizenship application is shielded, and coordinate with our criminal or family teams where the case requires it.

Plan re-entry

Once you are clear, we advise on returning safely and on the residence or citizenship steps that follow.

Critical statutory deadlines and calendar windows

The clocks that run in a deportation case

5 days~~Time in which the magistrate's court (sulh ceza hakimligi) must finalise a review of administrative detention — LFIP No. 6458, Art. 57(6). The application itself does not suspend detention.~~

7 days~~Time from notification of the deportation decision to apply to the administrative court for cancellation — Art. 53(3). Filing in time suspends removal automatically.~~

15 days~~Time in which the administrative court must rule on the cancellation application — Art. 53(3). That decision is final (kesin); there is no ordinary istinaf appeal of the deportation case.~~

every month~~Interval at which the governorate must review whether administrative detention is still necessary — Art. 57.~~

6 + 6 monthsAdministrative detention is capped at 6 months under Art. 57, extendable by a maximum of 6 further months where removal cannot be completed because the foreigner does not cooperate or supplies false information — a ceiling of 12 months.

5 yearsAn entry ban shall normally not exceed 5 years — Art. 9. Where the foreigner is a serious threat to public order or public security, the DGMM may extend it by up to a further 10 years, to a ceiling of 15 years.

What to put together before you speak to a lawyer

Removal cases are shaped in the first days, and the material below is what any challenge is built from. This is a list of things to gather and check — not a prediction about how a case will end.

Find the date the decision was served on you, and keep the notification document — that date, not the day you read or understood it, is what starts the 7-day clock.
Keep a full copy of the deportation decision itself, including the legal ground relied on, the entry-ban duration, and whether it orders administrative detention or allows voluntary departure.
If a relative is held, note the removal centre, the file details and the date of detention, so both the deportation challenge and the Art. 57(6) detention review can be prepared together.
Do not sign statements or acknowledgements at a police station or removal centre that you do not fully understand — ask for a lawyer first.
Collect the documents behind any genuine basis to stay: residence permits and their history, marriage and children's documents, business or property records, and any pending permit or citizenship file.
If you have overstayed, hold off on booking a departure flight until you have checked the current fine position and the departure formalities for your specific dates — how you exit affects the length of any ban.
Ask for a precise reading of your record so the tahdit code, the authority that placed it and the realistic route to lifting it are identified before you attempt any travel to Turkey.

Governing statutory provisions under Turkish law

6458~~LAW NO.~~

Law on Foreigners and International Protection (LFIP) · m. 53(3)

Sets the 7-day window to apply to the administrative court against a deportation decision, the automatic suspension of removal on a timely application, and the 15-day final ruling.

6458~~LAW NO.~~

Law on Foreigners and International Protection (LFIP) · m. 57

Governs administrative detention at a removal centre: the 6-month cap extendable by up to 6 further months, monthly review by the governorate, and the 5-day magistrate's-court review under Art. 57(6).

6458~~LAW NO.~~

Law on Foreigners and International Protection (LFIP) · m. 9

Governs entry bans: normally not exceeding 5 years, extendable by the DGMM by up to a further 10 years on serious public-order or public-security grounds.

Deportation & Entry Ban Defense: 7-Day Court Deadlines, Restriction Codes & Release

Step-by-step conveyancing and procedure stages

Urgent review

Stop the removal

Address detention

Decode the restriction

Lift the ban

Protect your other files

Plan re-entry

Critical statutory deadlines and calendar windows

What to put together before you speak to a lawyer

Governing statutory provisions under Turkish law

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