The “Certificate of Celibacy” stating whether a person is single, divorced or widow should be obtained from the relevant authorities of the foreign person’s own country. If this document is to be issued in the foreigner’s country, it must be certified or apostilled by the Turkish Consulate or Embassy there. It should also be translated into Turkish and must be notarized, otherwise, the marriage would not be valid in operation in Turkey. Certificate of celibacy of foreigners in Istanbul can also be issued by the Consulate of the country authorized by the Istanbul Governorship. If the document has been issued by the foreign country’s embassy in Ankara, located in Ankara it must be certified by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs.