Abstract:

Cancellation of Turkish citizenship is one of the ways of the loss of Turkish citizenship by decision of the competent authority in Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901. According to Article 31 of that Law, the decision of acquisition of Turkish citizenship shall be cancelled by the decision-making authority, if the concerned person acquired citizenship by misrepresentation or by hiding essential matters constituting the basis in the acquisition of citizenship. According to that provision, the decision of the cancellation of the acquisition of Turkish  citizenship is not limited for a certain period. In such a case, the competent authority has a power and obligation to cancel the decision of acquisition of Turkish citizenship if it ascertain that the concerned person acquired citizenship by misrepresentation or by hiding essential matters constituting the basis in the acquisition of citizenship no matter how much time passes after the acquisition of Turkish citizenship. Therefore, that provision of the new Turkish Citizenship Law, which is enacted by means of many changes in favor of citizens, is regarded as one of the few provisions in the Law against citizens.

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