Family & Divorce Law

In the Turkish legal system, the family is accepted as the cornerstone of society and is under the special protection of the state. However, due to the complexity of human nature and social relationships, the bonds between spouses can be irreversibly damaged, and maintaining a joint life may become impossible. At Çevik Legal, we base our approach on preventive law in these challenging and sensitive periods, producing proactive solutions by identifying problems our clients face or may face from the very beginning.

A divorce lawsuit brings extremely critical legal consequences that will have lifelong effects—not only the legal termination of the marriage bond, but also alimony, custody, material and moral compensation, and liquidation of the property regime. Contested divorce lawsuits can be filed based on general divorce grounds such as the fundamental disruption of the marital union, or specific divorce reasons such as adultery or attempts on life under the Turkish Civil Code (TCC).

The most important stages of these processes—custody arrangements where the best interests of the joint children are observed, subsistence protections such as poverty alimony assigned to the party who will fall into poverty, or child support alimony decreed for the child—must be carefully examined. On the other hand, in accordance with the legal regime established during the marital union, the liquidation of acquired assets (remaining value) other than personal property and balancing is essential for fair property division.